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Dirty RIVER blues
Children of Delhi rediscover Yamuna. And see how everything is being done to reduce it to a drain
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Punjab on verge of power crisis as two plants critical
Punjab is likely to face an acute power crisis in the coming days as the Ropar Thermal Plant is likely to suspend generation, as it is left with coal stocks of barely four days, reliable sources
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Moving towards commercialisation
MNES anticipates that its financing in the last two years of the Eighth Plan will be augmented by about Rs 1,300 crore, with the additional funding coming mainly as external assistance from the World Bank and GEF.
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Who prospers from development?
Rajender Singh, chairperson and managing director of National Thermal Power Corp described to Down To Earth the way NTPC is tackling issues relating to environment and rehabilitation
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Dying for a river
In Raigarh district of Madhya Pradesh, tribals are fighting to save their only source of water from an industrial house. A woman has already died while sitting on a hunger strike
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Talking Energy - On a lighter note
<p>Every niche has its own lingo and Energy might have one of the most complicated ones around. Just as an example energy can be measured in six different ways! - Joule, Calorie, Tonne Oil Equvalent,
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10 firms to set up solar projects in 6 months
A total of 10 companies plan to set up solar projects in the State under the Karnataka Solar Mission over the next six months. Of these, eight companies plan to set up solar photovoltaic projects for
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Tata Power to set up 3000 MW thermal project in Jharkhand for Rs 15,000 crore
Tata Power will set up a 3,000 MW greenfield thermal project in Jharkhand at an investment of around Rs 15,000 crore. When completed, the project will be the largest single-location power project in
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Fast breeders: why India prefers them
A fast breeder reactor (FBR) breeds more fuels than it consumes i.e. it produces more plutonium than it consumes while generating power. For a uranium scarce country like India, it is an attractive
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Koel Karo battles on
Tribals have been fighting the Koel Karo dams for the last 20 years the longest struggle against a project. Now, a fresh budget fuels the controversy further
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Social protests block engineering developments
<p>During the last few years, India has been witnessing an unusual development. The country is trying to make progress, which needs the availability of uninterrupted electrical power. This may be obtained from different types of sources such as hydel, thermal, nuclear, tidal or fossil fuel power stations.
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Patalganga PPA cleared by Cabinet
The Maharashtra Cabinet on Tuesday approved the revised power purchase agreement (PPA) with the proposed 410-mw integrated thermal lpower project (ITPP) of the Reliance Group at Patalganga near
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Energy aplenty
The recycling option has once again shown that wastes like bagasse and wheat straw can be profitably used to generate energy, which could in all probability, ease the continuing energy shortage
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Govt draws up plan to boost power generation capacity
The Centre has adopted a multi-pronged strategy to raise power generation by hiking capacity of thermal, hydro and nuclear projets. An increase of nearly 1 lakh mw is proposed through thermal, 50,000
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Govt to focus on setting up mega thermal stations
With the ongoing fuel shortage taking its toll on the power sector, the Ministry of Power has decided to shift its thermal generation strategy in favour of setting up mega thermal stations of around
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ONGC plans massive exploration in Tripura
The Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has announced to go for large-scale exploration work in Tripura with the increasing investment scope in the power sector and medium-scale industries in the State. ONGC officials said here today that the exploration would commence at Tulamura under Belonia subdivision from the first week of June since the requirement of natural gas had increased because of the upcoming thermal plants at Palatana in South Tripura and Monarchak in West Tripura and expansion of existing plants in Barmura and Rokhia.
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Cries of anguish
Most Indians are defenceless against the fine toxic particles in the air largely products of vehicular emissions and scientists are finding newer and deadlier things about pollution. Surprisingly, this is not confined to metropolitan cities. Evidence
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The price of power
As political parties, environmentalist banner-holders and indigenous industries cry themselves hoarse over the entry of the Cogentrix facility, moot ecological issues seem to take a backseat
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Bhel-Itochu combine bags Rs 1,400cr WBPDCL order
The Bhel-Itochu combine has bagged the over Rs 1,400 crore main-plant contract for the 420 mw Bakreswar-Stage II thermal venture being promoted by state-owned West Bengal Power Development