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 Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has pushed back its deadline for red-category air polluting industries in Delhi-NCR districts to instal online pollution tracking devices to June 30, almost two months after the original March 31 deadline. In a letter issued to state pollution control boards of Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan …
NAIROBI (Xinhua) -- Kenya’s proposed 2 billion U.S. dollar Lamu Coal Power plant that will be built by China Power Global will be the cleanest coal fired power plant in Africa, Project officials said on Wednesday. Francis Njogu, the Managing Director of Amu Power Company, told a media briefing in …
Currently, 34 power plants with capacity of about 40,000 MW and outstanding debts of Rs 1.74 lakh crore are stressed. Dealing another blow to the government’s 2005 initiative of developing ultra mega power projects (UMPPs), Reliance Power has transferred its entire stake in the 3,960 MW Tilaiya power plant to …
The government today said it has finalised the methodology for rationalisation of coal linkages for independent power producers (IPP). Under the new methodology, dry fuel can be supplied to IPP plants by a coal company other than the one with which they have signed the pact. The methodology was approved …
Ironically, the power plant will automatically wind up operation in March, 2021 for being 50 years old as per the norms set by Central Electricity Authority. ANGUL: Adding to the miseries of Talcher Thermal Power Station (TTPS) which continues to wait for the State Government’s approval for its expansion plans, …
PATNA: The state government on Tuesday handed over three of its power generation plants to National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) Ltd on 30-year lease. The plants are Barauni Thermal Power Station (BTPS), Kanti Bijli Utpadan Nigam Limited (KBUNL) and Nabinagar Power Generating Company Limited (NPGCL). A memorandum of understanding (MoU) …
TANGEDCO officials told Express that the current availability of coal stock to generate power in the thermal stations will only last less than a week. NAMAKKAL: At a time when Tamil Nadu’s electricity demand has crossed 15,000 mega watts per day, three major thermal power stations in the State, which …
HYDERABAD: The Central Pollution Control Board has directed 21 companies in Telangana and 30 companies in Andhra Pradesh to comply with new emission norms on captive power plants by December 31, 2018, or face action as per Environment Protection Act. And this may also include closure. The list comprises cement, …
Under the scheme, a single entity can be allotted a maximum capacity of 600 Mw The power ministry’s efforts to ease stress in the sector may fall short of expectations because the scheme it has made has more risks than benefits for generators, industry executives say. On May 1, the …
Save Lamu, an environmental activism group, says it is determined to stop the establishment of the Sh200 billion coal-fired power plant at Kwasasi in Lamu County. Environmentalists and a group of Lamu residents suffered a blow after a judge in Malindi declined to hear a case late March 2018 seeking …
Spanish multinational Abengoa will officially launch its third large-scale solar thermal plant in South Africa on May 18, near Pofadder in the Northern Cape. It is expected to have an impact on the local community and demonstrate the viability of renewable energy as a sustainable source of electricity. The parabolic …
State PDC to build the project as joint venture with NTPC In coming years, J&K; might get a breather from long and unscheduled power cuts, especially during winter, as the government of India has given the State Power Development Corporation (PDC) a green signal for setting up its first thermal …
Crop burning, dust pollution, vehicular pollution, thermal power generation, have all been around for donkeys years. They all cause air pollution but are marginal contributors . The game changer that has created the most environmental pollution is none other than the refinery crude at the bottom of the barrel called …
Once the plants are commissioned, some of the existing old thermal plants will be retired in line with the Centre’s resolve to phase out power plants older than 25 years and replace them with supercritical ones. MAHARASHTRA IS likely to get its first ultra supercritical thermal power plant soon, officials …
The sector added 11,788 MW to the grid, against 9,505 MW by traditional sources For the first time in the country, the renewable energy sector has added more capacity than the conventional power — thermal, gas and nuclear — in 2017-18. The renewable energy sector which includes solar, wind and …
Ministry of Power issued the guidelines for the said scheme on April 10 Electricity generating firms would now be able to sell power without binding pacts, as the Union government on Monday allowed procurement of power for three years under medium term from generators with commissioned projects but without Power …
This report examines the challenge of managing India’s renewable energy growth with increased flexibility in the system. This component specifically tries to address the dual issue of flexibility and stranded assets and looks at the plausibility of using existing coal-based power plants as flexibility reserves.
Making sense of recent energy trends can seem like a high-stakes Rorschach test. Some experts see the boom in renewable energy and the shift away from coal in many countries as evidence that the world is beginning to turn a corner on global warming. Others see simply a continuing reliance …
Pollutant spewing coal-based thermal power plants, indispensable because they account for 60% of India’s electricity production, will conform to emission standards by 2022, the Centre informed the Supreme Court on Wednesday. The ministry of environment, forests and climate change gave this assurance in an affidavit before a bench of Justices …
Nagpur: The Parliamentary standing committee on environment, forests, science and technology is likely to submit a report on the environmental issues related to Vidarbha in Parliament. The committee has also assured to take up complaints received from activists relating to pollution cases in and around the city. The committee, headed …
