UK's quest for fresh energy sources
Unusually cold weather this week sent the UK collectively running for the central heating thermostat. Homeowners all over the country cranked up the power, sending demand for gas and electricity
Unusually cold weather this week sent the UK collectively running for the central heating thermostat. Homeowners all over the country cranked up the power, sending demand for gas and electricity
The Delhi Power Supply Company (DPSC) has finally realised that the solution to city's endemic electricity problems lies in improving its generating capacity. The state government-run power company
State-owned electricity generation utility National Thermal Power Corporation has signed an MoU with the Uttaranchal government for constructing two hydel projects in the state at a cost of Rs 5,000
The Centre has agreed to provide 150 MW electricity to tide over the ongoing power crisis in the Capital. Union Power Minister Anant G Geete assured Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Wednesday that
Mini power plants based on rice husk ash technology can fulfil the electricity needs of rural areas and can be a boon to farmers and millers alike, besides ensuring sustainable development as
The Bharat Heavy Electricals(BHEL) is all set to take over the 500 MW Birsinghpur Thermal Power Project at Umarja district of Madhya Pradesh. This would be finalised at a meeting between the state
The Bombay High Court has rejected a plea by the Bombay Suburban Electricity Supply (BSES) to give temporary connections to some 2500 hutments within the Sanjay Gandhi National Park at Borivali,
Power Minister Digambar Kamat has assured that not even a single house in Goa would be left without electricity by the end of 2004. Kamat was addressing a gathering during the 'Bijlee Adalat' at
The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission has decided to act tough with states violating the grid code and resorting the overdrawal of power from the grid. The central power regulator has imposed
Half an hour from the breezy, filmstar-dotted suburb of Versova you will find the village of Dharivli, how, to 69 Adivasi tribals who until two months ago had never known electricity. The main
India's IPP-based power dream may have gone sour, but some of the smaller captive power plants are slowly building up mega capacities. Bhilai Electric Supply Company (BESC), the 50: 50 capative power
With the outstanding power-bills of the North East States due to North Eastern Electrical Power Corporation (NEEPCO) touching a staggering Rs 1395 crore, the NEEPCO has threatened to regulate power
The Minister of State for Agriculture and Planning, Himanta Biswa Sarmah dedicated the Sualkuchi 33 KV power sub-station installed by the Assam State Electricity Board to augment the power situation
The future of Dabhol Power Project (DPP) has once again plunged into darkness with General Electric, an equity partner in the distressed project, imposing fresh conditions for restarting the power
Environmentalists have expressed "deep concern" over the Tamil Nadu State government announcement to pursue the 14.85 MW waste-to-electricity plant at Perungudi using gasification pyrolysis
IT sounds impossible: a nuclear reactor that generates electricity from nuclear waste. Yet that is what Claudio Filippone, a nuclear scientists and director of the Centre for Advanced Energy Concepts
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Ajit Jogi has said other states could get cheap electricity if they set up thermal power plants in his state, which is rich in coal.
The Electronics Division of the public sector Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) has supplied and commissioned solar photovoltaic systems for use in rural telephone systems in Gujarat. The solar
The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam(TTD), which pays over Rs. 1 crore towards electricity charges every month, will soon have a dedicated wind power project. The TTD is all set to enter into a
After a marathon four-hour meeting, the state Cabinet cleared an anti-theft Bill and a reforms Bill to overhaul the power sector and to corporatise the Gujarat Electricity Board (GEB). While the