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. …
This study is an attempt to understand the lived experience of people affected by land use change and related conflicts. Equally, if not more importantly, this research seeks to analyse what affected people do when such conflicts arise. What are the strategies they adopt and what kinds of remedies do …
With three days to go for the official paddy sowing season to start, the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) has ensured 13,000 MW of power generation to meet an expected demand of 12,500 MW during the paddy season (June 20 to August). It claims to have made elaborate arrangements …
About half of NTPC's 40.4 Gw coal-based installed capacity, generates power at Rs 3 or lower. The company will add a 5,000-Mw coal-based capacity this year NTPC, India’s largest thermal power producer, is planning a power despatch schedule wherein cheaper power will be loaded first. The move aims to reduce …
Over 9,000 megawatt (mw) of thermal power plants are shut due to non-availability of coal while almost 3,500 mw of thermal power projects are idle for the want of gas, taking the total total capacity out of the grid because of lack of fuel at 12 gigawatt (gw). Most of …
L&T; Group firm Nabha Power Ltd (NPL) on Thursday said it has been forced to shut a 700 MW unit of Rajpura thermal power station due to shortage of coal. NPL, which has been supplying power to Punjab from Rajpura plant since 2014, shut down unit-2 of 700 MW on …
Creditors to Maharashtra-based thermal power plant RattanIndia will meet the officials of Mahagenco next week to discuss the takeover of the facility at Nashik. SBI Caps and NTPC, who have been appointed to undertake the financial and technical viability of the power plants, will also make a presentation to the …
Highlighting the Minister Jeff Radebe’s statement on Friday for government’s intention to proceed with the procurement of expensive, dirty electricity from two independent coal power plants, the environmental organisations have issued a request for an urgent meeting with the energy minister to discuss these issues. Last week, the Energy Research …
Judgement of the High Court of Delhi in the matter of Reliance Power Ltd. & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 06/06/2018 regarding cancellation of coal block Chhatrasal for the Sasan UMPP and the supply of surplus quantity of coal upto a maximum of 9 Million Metric Tons …
The state government has requested the railway ministry to provide rakes for transporting coal to the power plants to avoid any shortage of the coal during this peak season Thermal power plants in the state are not getting adequate supply of coal and could face closure, leading to power shortage, …
Nagpur: More than 10,000 people (above 25 years) in Maharashtra die prematurely every year due to toxic emissions from thermal power plants, which is the highest in the country. Nationally the figure is nearly 80,000 adults. All this because 300 thermal power plants have failed to meet the air pollution …
Solheim stre-ssed on reduction in use of petrol- and diesel- based vehicles. Mumbai: Even as Maharashtra moves towards replacing petrol– and diesel- based vehicles with electric vehicles, emission from thermal power plants continues to be a problem, given that India is highly dependent on coal for power generation. In such …
Nagpur: Every year in India, around 26.45% premature deaths (among people above 25 years) are due to air pollution from thermal power plants and industries. While most of the coal-fired plants are violating air pollution standards thanks to the extension on the already-missed deadline given by the central government, the …
Thanks to the rise of low-cost electricity from wind and solar plants, a third of India’s coal power plant capacity is likely to be ‘stranded’. Since India has 197,171 MW of coal power, a third of it (65,723 MW) is quite a lot, and the big question is, what to …
The Anpara Thermal Power is located on the banks of Rihand reservoir in Anpara of Sonbhadra district. It has a total of 9 units and has a power generation capacity of 3,830 MW. A massive fire broke out at the Anpara Thermal Power Station in Sonbhadra district of Uttar Pradesh …
The Indian Government has expressed willingness to extend a $310 million soft loan to Zimbabwe to finance a rehabilitation programme for Hwange Thermal Power station that would entail upgrading the plant and extending its lifespan by a further 15-20 years. The power plant has design capacity of 4 x120 megawatts …
New report reveals 13 solutions to air pollution that can help reduce pollution levels by 40% nationally. A new study by Louisiana State University (LSU) points out towards 13 measures that can reduce air pollution levels by almost 40 percent and avoid nine lakh premature deaths caused by air pollution …
Every year in India, around 26.45% premature deaths (among people above 25 years) are due to air pollution from thermal power plants and industries. While most of the coal-fired plants are violating air pollution standards thanks to the extension on the already-missed deadline given by the central government, the compliance …
The fall in PLF of private plants to 55.2% even as state-owned producers saw theirs rise to 77% reveals the sector’s woes The gap between the capacity utilisation levels of India’s state-owned and private power plants continues to widen, with the plant load factor (PLF) of state-owned thermal plants rising …
Across the world, change is accelerating in power systems driven by the advent of low-cost, abundant wind and solar energy, the rise of distributed energy resources and increasing digitalization. These factors are leading to a structural shift in the way power systems are best planned and operated. In particular, they …
Across the world, change is accelerating in power systems driven by the advent of low-cost, abundant wind and solar energy, the rise of distributed energy resources and increasing digitalization. These factors are leading to a structural shift in the way power systems are best planned and operated. In particular, they …
