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. …
Fuel despatches have gone up keeping in line with increased demand for thermal power generation, said Gopal Singh, Chairman, Coal India, on Thursday. The coal-based generation witnessed 17 per cent jump in August, as availability of hydro power declined by 12 per cent. As of September, the miner is loading …
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators on Wednesday postponed until 2020 new limits on toxic metals and other pollutants in the wastewater of coal-fired power plants, a delay welcomed by industry groups that had sought it but decried by environmental groups. The Environmental Protection Agency’s move “resets the clock” for the …
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany’s Greens said on Monday that closing the country’s 20 dirtiest coal-fired power stations would be a key condition of any coalition with Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives after this month’s election. Greens co-leader Cem Ozdemir said he wanted to anchor the fight against climate change as the …
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Air pollution caused by coal-fired winter heating has slashed life expectancy in northern China by more than three years compared with the south, according to a new study, underlining the urgency of Beijing’s efforts to tackle smog. Researchers with the Energy Policy Institute at the University of …
Improved rural supply, demand from large users among reasons for spike At the India Energy Exchange (IEX), the average electricity tariff for August was ₹3.12 a unit (kilowatt hour) with peak tariff touching ₹7.91. In the first seven days of September, the average was ₹3.34 a unit and maximum at …
Committee recommends amendment of existing ToR The Expert Appraisal Committee of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has asked Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) to take up revised impact assessment in tune with its plans to increase the capacity of its proposed thermal power plant, second stage of …
Thermal and renewable generators must collaborate, not compete, say experts India’s massive power grid system needs re-balancing to deal with the fluctuating/erratic nature of power generated from renewable energy flowing into the system and keep supply in sync with demand, says experts. The concern comes as India pushes for an …
PATIALA: The All India Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF) has demanded that the National Electricity Policy be reviewed to maintain a balance between renewable energy and thermal energy and has urged Union power minister R K Singh to discuss the matter with the power engineers. In a press release issued by …
India’s current per capita electricity consumption is less than a quarter of the world average but is expected to grow significantly in the future. Shared socio-economic pathways (SSPs) are narratives visualising alternative futures of the world. Using five SSP narratives, develop alternative futures for India’s electricity generation sector for up …
Monitoring plan aims at coordination with Railways, Power Utilities for supplying coal To make it easier for thermal power plants facing coal shortage, the State-owned Coal India Ltd has set up a round-the-clock monitoring cell that aims to ensure steady supply of the feedstock, a top official said on Monday. …
The installed power capacity is 3,30,153 MW, of which thermal power comprises 1,94,432 MW and renewable energy 58,303 MW. Hyderabad: No new coal-based power plants will be allowed by the Centre, apart from the ones already under construction. This has been included in the national electricity plan. According to a …
At a time when the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) is buying power at high rates from thermal plants, its hydel plants produced 33 per cent more electricity from April to August than the corresponding period last year. The five hydel plants produced 2,398 MUs (million units) in the …
In a major development which would boost the power production on the state, the 1st unit of 660 MW of Meja thermal power project, was synchronised with the main grid, on Thursday. Although the present synchronisation has started for testing, when this unit will be taken up in its full …
The Punjab cabinet today constituted a sub-committee to consider and work out the modalities for the closure of the state-owned thermal plants in view of the CEA guidelines to retire non-viable Thermal Power Plants (TPPS) that have exceeded 25-year life span. The decision was taken at a meeting of the …
Researchers Chart Energy Road Map For 139 Countries More than 70% of the countries in the world -including India, the UK, US, China and other major economies -could run entirely on energy created by wind, water and solar by 2050, according to a road map developed by scientists. And the …
The second volume of the Economic Survey, 2015-16 (http://indiabudget.nic.in/budget2016-2017/vol2_survey.asp) makes for very interesting reading. But its analysis of the energy sector is inadequate. Take the Survey’s forecast (based on estimates done by the Central Electricity Authority) that solar power will overtake thermal power generation only around 2026 (see chart). That …
NEW DELHI: The Badarpur thermal power plant which stopped operations last winter will again close down from mid-October to keep air pollution levels under control in winter. Lieutenant governor Anil Baijal on Thursday, following a meeting with all government agencies and Sunita Narain, environmentalist and Environment and Pollution Control Authority …
Overemphasis on renewable energy would result in reducing viability of coal-fired thermal power plants in India, adding to the massive non-performing assets (NPAs) of state-run lenders, Chief Economic Adviser (CEA) Arvind Subramanian said on Thursday. "Rapid changes in technology are promising to help realize the promise of renewables, which is …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Indian Council for Enviro- Legal Action (ICELA) Vs. Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change & Ors. dated 18/08/2017 regarding thermal power plants polluting river Ganga and its tributaries. NGT directs the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change and …
A major new report shows Australia’s power stations are allowed to emit far more pollution than those in the US and Europe, operators are failing to adopt available pollution reduction technologies and one even admitted to falsifying pollution reports. Nearly 900,000 Australians in Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria live …
