Groundwater level has increased by 0.6 metres
Rs. 20 crore has been allocated for supplying water across the State, says TWAD Board managing director The groundwater level has increased from 18.10 metres below ground level (pre-monsoon) to 17.5
Rs. 20 crore has been allocated for supplying water across the State, says TWAD Board managing director The groundwater level has increased from 18.10 metres below ground level (pre-monsoon) to 17.5
TIRUCHI: Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has bagged an order for the main plant package at the upcoming Bela Thermal Power Project (TPP) in Maharashtra, involving a new rating unit of 270 MW. Valued at Rs.703 crore the order for the greenfield power project, located at Bela in Nagpur district, has been placed on BHEL by Ideal Energy Projects Limited.
The first unit expected to go on stream by October 2010 A GREAT EFFORT: A boiler drum that was erected at Vallur Thermal power project in Chennai on Tuesday. CHENNAI: The lifting and erection of a 216-tonne boiler drum at a height of 72 metres by BHEL marked the crossing of the first milestone for the 1,500-MW Vallur Thermal Power project on Tuesday.
Rally and a street play by schoolchildren organised AIDING AWARENESS: Students participating in a rally organised as part of Global Wind Day celebrations at the Marina beach on Monday.
To increase renewable energy share from 2.5 per cent to 15 per cent by 2020
Amutha Kannan POWER-SAVING INNOVATION: The team from Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham with its innovation (seen right) - a solar-powered vapour absorption ice maker.
N. Anand ONE MORE ATTRACTION: The hybrid streetlight installed at Mudaliarkuppam on East Coast Road. CHENNAI: The Rain Drop Boat House at Mudaliarkuppam off East Coast Road has one more attraction
ENLIGHTENING: Actor R.Sarath Kumar switches on an LED light bulb as part of the run-up to the 99999 lights-out campaign, in Chennai on Sunday. Exnora International Founder M.B.Nirmal is in the picture.
Shastry V. Mallady MADURAI: Solar and thermal dryers, which could be used by manufacturers of spices and condiments, are going to be developed here with the support of Tamil Nadu Energy Development Agency (TEDA).
COIMBATORE: Coastal Energen Private Limited, which is setting up a 1,200 MW power plant in Tuticorin, plans to offer under the open access system about 500 MW to be generated there.
150 research papers and over 40 posters presented 205 participants shared their expertise CHENNAI: An International Conference on Algal Biomass, Resources and Utilisation (ICABRU- 2009) was organised in the city recently by the Krishnamurthy Institute of Algology and the Department of Plant Biology and Plant Biotechnology of Stella Maris College. Foreign participation