Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved two thermal power and two hydro power projects, a hydro power scheme and a revival scheme for stressed assets The central government has cleared projects and schemes totalling Rs 31,000 crore to boost investment in the languishing power sector. The Cabinet Committee on …
Coal Minister Piyush Goyal Monday dedicated to the nation a 1,000-megawatt (MW) thermal power project of Neyveli Tamil Nadu Power Ltd (NTPL) and a 150-MW solar power projects of NLC India Ltd (NLCIL) in Tamil Nadu. "Piyush Goyal...has dedicated the 1,000 MW coal-based thermal power station of Neyveli Tamilnadu Power …
Adani Power Maharashtra (APM), which operates 3,300 mw of thermal power plant Tiroda in the Vidarbha region, cannot escape from its responsibility to fully utilize the fly ash as per its commitment and action plan submitted to the union ministry of environment of forest (MoEF) while setting up its plant. …
Australia is the only developed country that allows climate change funding to be used to upgrade coal-fired power plants, green finance experts say. Experts say allowing Vales Point coal-fired power station to register with the Morrison government’s emissions reduction fund, rebadged this week as a “climate solutions” policy, puts Australia …
The White House is advancing plans to form a presidential panel that will question science used in U.S. military and intelligence reports showing that human-driven climate change poses national security risks, according to a source briefed by participants in the negotiations. The National Security Council at the White House has …
Analysts estimate that about 17 GW of power plants will have to be decommissioned as they would not meet the emission norms within the deadline, mainly due to lack of space to accommodate the new systems. To meet the additional expenditure required to adhere to the environmental norms for thermal …
The Goods and Services Tax (GST) has increased the cost of solar photovoltaic (PV) power generation by almost 6 per cent and reduced the cost of coal thermal power generation by 1.6 per cent. The absolute size of the subsidy to coal power generation remains INR 7,685 crore (USD 1.1 …
South Korea will suspend operations at four of its older coal-fired power plants from March to June to help reduce air pollution, the energy ministry said on Thursday. South Korea has enforced temporary shutdowns among the country’s six plants that are more than 30 years old since 2017 as part …
U.S. environmental regulators on Tuesday announced they are leaving intact an air quality standard for power plant pollution that can worsen asthma in children, despite calls by health advocates for a tougher standard. The move keeps in place a threshold for sulfur dioxide pollution established in 2010 by the U.S. …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Ashok Kisan Khatri & Others Vs Tata Powers Company Ltd. Tromboy & Others dated 27/02/2019 regarding validity of Environmental Clearance (EC) dated 08.05.2014 for modernization of existing Unit-6 (500 MW) of M/s. Tata Power Company Ltd. at Trombay Thermal Power …
China and the US may be the largest producers of coal power, but power plants in India take the highest toll in the world when it comes to health, a global study claims. Coal-fired power plants produce more than just carbon dioxide, which contributes to global warming, said researchers from …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Conservation Action Trust & Other Vs MoEF & CC & Others dated 08/02/2019 regarding change of fuel at the Trombay Thermal Power Station’s Unit 6. The change is from oil based to coal based. Naresh Pandvrang Patel, Head-Environment Trombay Thermal …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Association of Power Producers & Other Vs Sandplast (India) Ltd. & Others dated 04/02/2019 regarding disposal of fly ash by thermal power plants. SC sets aside the order of the National Green Tribunal dated 3 January 2019 for the …
Minerals Council of Australia report overstates India’s import needs by as much as 2 billion tons up to 2030, dashing claims of Australia’s new thermal coal export prospects. The IEEFA Briefing Note: “Recalculating India’s 2030 thermal coal import needs” says the forecasts in the MCA report were based on assumptions …
This winter, signs in Delhi indicate that the number of days in ‘severe’ and ‘very poor’ air pollution categories is comparatively less, as compared to the previous winter. This is encouraging, as the capital has to battle winter pollution every year – the air is laced with toxic emissions and …
Most of India’s new power generation capacity in future will be from renewable energy sources, as investments in thermal power capacity remain sluggish and availability of coal continues to be a challenge, India Ratings said in a report. Most of India’s new power generation capacity in future will be from …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of National Thermal Power Corporation Ltd. Vs Sandplast (India) Ltd. & Others dated 25/01/2019 regarding the environmental hazards caused by undisposed fly ash particularly by thermal power stations. The National Green Tribunal in the judgement dated 20 November 2018 directed …
NEW DELHI: India will be unable to meet one of its Paris Agreement commitments of generating 175-gigawatt (GW) of renewable energy by 2022 “if the sector continues to be plagued by policy inconsistency and discom problems”, Delhi-based environmental research and advocacy group, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), has warned …
PARIS (Reuters) - The French government and utility EDF (EDF.PA) will study the possibility of converting the 1.2 gigawatts (GW) Cordemais coal power generators to burn biomass due to its importance in guaranteeing security of supply, the energy ministry said on Tuesday. President Emmanuel Macron’s government plans to phase out …
Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Reliance Infrastructure Limited Vs State of Maharashtra and Others dated 21/01/2019 regarding the validity of a tariff regulation determining the Station Heat Rate framed by the Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC). According to Reliance Infrastructure Limited its thermal power …
