PM talks energy for villages
Speaking on the 61st birth anniversary of Rajiv Gandhi here today, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh expressed concern that even today not all Indian villages have access to electricity. The Prime
Speaking on the 61st birth anniversary of Rajiv Gandhi here today, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh expressed concern that even today not all Indian villages have access to electricity. The Prime
The Supreme Court has come down heavily on Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB) for inordinate delay in granting power connections to certain farmers and directed it to pay compensation of Rs 5,000
Indicative bids are due by Friday for the sale of Australian hydro and wind power assets owned by New Zealand's top state-owned electricity generator Meridian Energy, with strong interest expected,
Good news for power-starved Maharashtra. The Union ministry of environment and forests has given environment clearance for the now unbundled Maharashtra State Electricity Board's (MSEB) plan to
Biomass available in the country can support electrical power plants aggregating a total of 17,000 MW, senior environmental engineer of the Pollution Control Board Assam Kamal Kalyan Dutta said.
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (Bhel) is being geared to take up 800 MW supercritical thermals sets and 765 KV substations through appropriate policy support. "In the next couple of days, Bhel will
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi has proposed a plan to generate electricity from methane , produced form domestic waste at its dumping sites.An integrated system to produce methane gas from
Power ministry and Central Electricity Authority (CEA) have launched a crucial exercise in order to bring in at least 5,696 MW of surplus power available with captive power plants (CPPs) in the
Central Electricity Authority (CEA) has formulated national transmission plan (NTP) with an objective to achieve an inter-regional transmission capacity of 16,450 mw by the end of 10th Plan and about
Rashtrapati Bhavan has plans for a captive solar power plant to meet its energy requirement. "Rashtrapati Bhavan is considering generation of electricity from renewable resources to take care of its
An elaborate blueprint has been drawn to conserve electricity at Rashtrapati Bhawan at the behest of President APJ Abdul Kalam. The Central Public Works Department (CPWD) has come up with an unique
Hike in power tariffs in UP is on the cards. The UP State Electricity Regulatory Commission has allowed the UP Power Corporation to set a fuel surcharge of 9 paise per unit on all categories of
Marine power in Scotland is set to get a major finance boost in order to provide up to 10% of Scotland's electricity and create 7,000 jobs. Scotland's Enterprise Minister Ninol Stephen said he was
Come December and if everything goes according to plan, 1,000 families on Sagar Island near the Sunderbans will be the first in the country to receive electricity from a wind bio-mass power plant.
The Delhi government has decided to kick off a new scheme for electricity dues called Collective 100% Waiver of Late Payment Surcharge in a week's time to bolster its arrear recovery system. The
The power ministry is pushing National Thermal Power Corporation to place contracts for supplying 8-10 super critical units of 800 mega watt with Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) through the
A solar pond which can be used to generate electricity is being built in Pondicherry for the first time in India. Such ponds can perhaps supply power to remote rural areas. The project is a joint
The country's first bio-methanation plant for generating electricity out of vegetable waste is set to be inaugurated shortly near the Koyambedu Wholesale Market Complex in the city(Chennai).
The power ministry has decided to withdraw the amendments proposed by it to as many as eight sections of the Electricity Act. The amendments under Sections (61, 66, 73, 75, 79, 86, 107 and 108) were
China is preparing for a multi-billion dollar listing of the state-run electricity distribution grid in the south - a move that would help fund a planned $2,500bn, 30-year investment programme to