'Hydrogen has the ultimate potential'
Dr Bibek Bandyopadhyay is Senior Scientific Advisor in the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) and heads the Solar Energy Centre (SEC). He is an expert in the fields of hydrogen energy, fuel cells,
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Differing views
Environment ministry guidelines state that many of the adverse impacts of thermal plants can be foreseen and minimised through judicious siting, preventive and control
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Ravaged region
JHARKHAND stretches from Bankura district in West Bengal to Surguja in Madhya Pradesh; and from Santhal Parganas of Bihar to Sambhalpur in Orissa. Approximately 1,87,646 sq km in area,
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India to harness ocean energy
India would soon set up the world's first power generating plant, ocean thermal energy conversion, to harness ocean energy in Andaman and Nicobar islands, a top government official has
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Major power crisis ahead
The Punjab state is heading towards a major power crisis as its thermal plants face a grim situation because of depleting coal stocks. The Coal India Limited has drastically cut down its supplies to
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Chhattisgarh plans 500-MW thermal station at Korba
Chattisgarh with a surplus power position is planning to set up a 500 MW thermal station at Korba as the new State is expected to become power-deficient from 2003 with increase in
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Transco throws water on Genco's plans
APGenco's proposals to expand its existing thermal units and set up new power plants appear to have gone awry, with APTransco declaring that the Andhra Pradesh is poised to become power surplus by
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Ministries split over 250 MW power projects
The Union ministries of power and finance are at loggerheads over the latter's proposal for extending mega-power project status to thermal projects of 250 mw capacity. The current policy envisages
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Delhi submits MoU to source 1,000 mw from NTPC plant
The Delhi government has submitted a memorandum of understanding (MoU), for approval, to the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC), for sourcing 1,000 mw of power from the National Thermal
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Guidelines for implementation of R&D-cum-technology demonstration and resource validation multi-purpose project for Power and energy generation from geo-thermal energy resources in India
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy will be considering multi-purpose geo-thermal energy projects for harnessing geo-thermal energy in the country so as to take up at least one such project in all
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Plan afoot to halve mega power projects capacity
The Government is considering the possibility of reducing the stipulated capacity of 'mega power projects' from 1,000 MW to 500 MW in the case of thermal and from 500 MW to 250 MW for hydro power
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Developing distress
The birth pangs of development have been faced so far by the downtrodden, but things need to change soon
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TPC to seek $2/million btu for B'desh project
Tata Power Company (TPC) is looking at the gas price of around $2 per million British Thermal Unit (BTU) for setting up a 1,000-mw power project in Bangladesh. TPC, which inked Expression of Interest
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Cooking made easy
Improved chulhas (stoves) named Anganbandhu and Anganmitra, with power ratings of 1.0 and 1.4 kw and a thermal efficiency of 40 per cent have been designed by the Central Fuel Research
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Reimposition of power curbs by GEB unlikely
Additional assistance of 100 mw of power from the northern region and augmentation of 450 mw of power at the Gujarat Power Energy Company and Essar owned gas based thermal stations at Paguthan and
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Clouds Cover the Sun: Despite falling cost of solar power generation, it will survive on subsidies and peak at 7% of total power
The April 28, 2012, issue of The Economist has a story on India’s solar power and mentions Charanka village in Patan district, Gujarat. Solar energy can be converted into electricity, using photovoltaics,
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Coal-based "merchant" power plants- A threat to ecology and livelihoods
<div> (From my website <a href="http://eassarma.in">http://eassarma.in</a>)</div> <div> </div> <ol type="1"> <li>While India is seriously engaged in global climate talks, it has simultaneously launched a highly misconceived plan to set up private “merchant” power plants based on coal.
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Lanco to buy Australias Griffin Coal
Lanco Infratech has agreed to buy an Australian coal mining company with over 1.1 billion tonne of thermal coal reserves for an undisclosed amount. The deal is valued at $800-850 million, according to a report in The Australian newspaper, though the company did not reveal the size of the buyout. The move will help the company ensure fuel supply for its fast-paced capacity addition in power g
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Solar lighting - No time to wait for grid or government
Less than a kilometer from Asia's largest Solar Termal plant, west of Bikaner, Rajasthan, lives the farmer Sabhu Khan. His hamlet is still unreached by the grid. Instead of the grid connection, he decided
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Power play
ON APRIL 10, the environment and forests ministry issued two notifications empowering state authorities to accord environmental clearance to power projects. After months of dithering, the