IN A BID to offset the ever-increasing coking coal prices and widening the gap between demand and supply, industry body, Assocham, has submitted a proposal to encourage new green technologies used in steel production with a view to reduce costs and carbon emissions while improving productivity.
Taking the first concrete step on setting up two more China-supplied nuclear reactors in the Chashma nuclear complex, Pakistan has obtained the approval of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) board for the safeguards agreement to cover the two new reactors, Chashma 3 and 4. The approval was obtained in the ongoing IAEA board meeting at Vienna.
The penultimate year of the 11th Five Year Plan is expected to witness a record addition to power generation capacity of 15,000 megawatt, taking the total capacity to 1.75 lakh MW, but insufficient availability of coal and fuel due to environmental restrictions pose a problem to meeting the overall Plan target.
T3 To Need 250MW In A Few Yrs New Delhi: Airports-to-infrastructure conglomerate GMR is setting up a 420MW power plant of its own to meet the energy needs of Indira Gandhi International Airport's Terminal 3, estimated to rise to 250MW
<p>Large-scale promotion of small scale decentralized renewable energy technologies to achieve a part of millennium development goal remained a great challenge until recently.
Shortfall in coal supply may touch 269 million tonnes by 2021-22, from the current level of around 80 million tonnes as domestic producers fail to keep up with the growing demand for the commodity. The demand for coal in 2021-22 is projected to be around 1,353 million tonnes as against the production assessment of 1,084 million tonnes, resulting in a shortfall of 269 million tonnes, said the Co
Power Finance Corporation, a Navratna public sector lender, is in the process of creating a wholly-owned subsidiary for the renewable energy sector, in a couple of weeks, to be called PFC Green Energy Ltd. M K GoelM K Goel, director (commercial), PFC, told reporters here today that this sector required relatively smaller amounts and had not been getting adequate priority.
Continuing his emphasis on the power sector, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot presented the Budget on Wednesday while also stressing on social sectors by announcing that pulses, rice and wheat will now be tax-free.
<p>The global push towards a more biomass-based energy sector is ramping up efforts to adopt regionally appropriate high-yielding crops. As potential bioenergy crops are being moved around the world an assessment of the climatic suitability would be a prudent first step in identifying suitable areas of productivity and risk.
The Orissa government has threatened it will not support the Union power ministry
Proposed transaction in JSW Energy will be for about . 100 cr Ispat Industries, the Dolvibased steelmaker that was acquired by Sajjan Jindal
So we learn from the Budget presentation of the finance minister that India is planning to launch a National Mission for Hybrid and Electric Vehicles
The final report on the price of ethanol set by a committee of the Planning Commission has been signed with dissent notes from the ministries of food and oil and natural gas. "The report is qualified since most of our concerns were not being addressed and we will wait for the Cabinet to take a final call when it vets these final recommendations,&" said an official member close to the developmen
He is neither Shah Rukh Khan from Swades nor is he young or foreign-returned.
ONGC has announced a significant gas discovery in Tripura, which is part of the Assam-Arakan Basin. The success of this well gives impetus to exploration of more such areas on the flanks of major structures in Tripura fold belt, the company stated after a board meeting. The discovery has been notified to the director general of hydrocarbons (DGH). Meanwhile, ONGC has informed that D.
<p>With muddled media reports of the ongoing crisis, New Scientist spells out exactly what has happened up to 15 March, and what might happen next.</p>
<p>fiscal deficit. Diesel, the largest consumed petro-product in India is<br /> also largely used in rural areas for agricultural purposes as well as meeting other energy needs. Cheaply available kerosene is being mixed with diesel and used in place of pure diesel. This is not only causing misuse of subsidized kerosene, damage to plant and machinery using it but also
As part of its diversification, state-run telecom player Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) plans to set up a wind power plant in Maharashtra. The company will soon appoint a consultant for carrying out a feasibility report over its proposed power plant. A senior official from MTNL confirmed the development and said the consultant would work out all the details with regard to setting up of
Additional safety to be considered following Japanese experience The tsunami-triggered nuclear crisis in Japan will not slow down India
A major gas pipeline project in Gujarat is almost on the verge of getting derailed due to opposition from Jamnagar Congress MP Vikram Madaan. The Mangala Development Pipeline project is the longest continuously heated and insulated pipeline in the world. Work on 590 kms of pipeline has been completed from Barmer to Salaya in Gujarat.
