Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit in Thanjavur appearing in The Hindu dated 19.05.2025". The application is registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled 2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit …
In a worldwide search for sustainable development, the energy sector seems to be a viable target for radireform. Even in the dominant coal-fired power industry, much thought has gone into reducing carbon emission for unit power generation. The OECD countries, over this century, have shown a good result on that …
FOR Thapar-Dupont Limited (TDi I has been opposition all the wav fn Goa to Gummidipoondi - 45 lcm fr Madras. Even before the decision relocate the Rs 600 crore Nylon plant was finalised, some Tamil Na NGos had collected details about plant. Immediately after the m between the Tamil Nadu …
BATHED in a halo of neon and sodium lights, Port Blair looks very attractive at night. For a few undiscerning moments, you are impressed by the fruits of development. But it"s not long before the effect wears off, revealing the sordid picture underneath. The entire town draws its electric fuel …
HIGH cost power has many defenders-private investors who are Putting up the plants, equipment manufacturers and those in power who decide the cost the State Electricity, its Boards will have to pay for electricitv they buy from autonomous units - while the case for lowest-cost expansion of the power gridiron …
The Enron case is important as it was the first of the fast track projects and has been responsible for modifications to the government guidelines. Enron, General Electric (GE) and Bechtel jointly own Dabhol Power Corporation-through shell companies located in Mauritius to reduce tax liabilities-with 80 per cent, 10 per …
Assuming that 5,000 MW and 20,000 MW are installed through foreign investments in the 8th and 9th Plans respectively, the NWGP notes that: • Foreign investor-owned projects have rupee funds for 40 per cent to 60 per cent of the project costs raised from Indian savings. • If indigenous equipment …
The National Working Group on Power which includes 3 former Chairpersons of the Central Electricity Authority, showed the impact of these projects on the tariffs, the deficit of the SEBs and the outflows from the economy. In brief this reveals that: • The SEBs will have to incur additional losses …
THIS small book is a fairly detailed technoeconomic analysis of the Enron controversy and raises some interesting questions. Apart from the problems of high capital cost and high load factor guarantee, it brings out 2 facts not generally known. First, Dabhol Power Corporation (DPC), a subsidiary set up by Enron …
The Bombay Suburban Electricity Supply Company (BSES) has worked out an agreement with a consortium of lamp manufacturers and a leasing company, to lease out highly energy-efficient compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) to consumers. This novel venture of replacing conventional incandescent bulbs with the costly CFLs is being financed by the …
FOR decades the Indian power sector has been hounded by the scourge of mounting transmission and distribution losses, currently estimated at 23 per cent of the total power generated in the country, stalling efficient systems operation. But a solution might now be at hand. The Power Finance Corp (PFC), the …
ON JULY 17, the construction of India's largest power station and one of the world's biggest private sector power plants would have begun. The ultra-modern, 2,015-mw plant in Dabhol, 170 km south of Bombay in Maharashtra's Ratnagiri district, is being pitched as the "most efficient solution" to the looming power …
It might sound like an electric ripoff but it's not. Grounded in reality is the wistful look that power corporations involved in genertation, transmission and distribution all over the country are giving to the "consume-more-during-peak-hours-and-pay-more" -- or, simply, the time-of-day (TOD) -- metering system. Krishna Swarup, chief consultant to the …
Jonas Hamberg stumbles on fictitious companies dealing in public funds. It was all there on the Rajasthan Renewable Energy Corporation (RREC) website—names of companies, addresses and phone numbers. But calling them up did not work. We were to find out the reason later. I am talking about the companies that …
Solar mission is too important to let doubtful dealings hijack it. In public perception the renewable energy sector is a do-good sector that promises environment-friendly and affordable energy. It is for this reason that this sector gets overwhelming support from all sections of society. Civil society organisations, including the Centre …
India’s solar power policy is now entering round two. And there is much that needs to be reviewed and reworked as the business of solar energy has seen massive turbulence in India as well as globally. In the first phase (2010 to 2013) of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission …
How will solar energy be made to work in India? As I discussed in my previous article there are three key challenges. One, how will the country pay for solar energy in a situation where there is no money to pay for even the crashed costs of installation. Two, what …
Annually IPP will supply 56 million units of clean & efficient energy for next 25 years 53261 tones of carbon emissions will be mitigated by Welspun Energy’s solar power project Mumbai, July 3rd, 2013 Welspun Energy Ltd. (WEL) has been awarded 32 MW solar capacities by the Punjab Energy Development …
Biogas Plant to Generate Power and Heat for Textile Industry The Belgian investor and project developer NPG Energy has requested WELTEC BIOPOWER GmbH from Vechta, Germany, to set up a biogas plant. The investor will also serve as the operator of the 2.4-MW plant, which is to go live in …
Company Profile : Conceived in 1995 with just 20 people, Suzlon is now a leading wind power company with: • Over 13,000 people in 32 countries • Operations across the Americas, Asia and Europe • Fully integrated supply chain with manufacturing facilities in three continents • Sophisticated R&D; capabilities in …
This is primarily a Solar Panel Production Company which has recently made a big bet to get into the Power Production Space as well.Moser Baer Projects Private in which the Blackstone Group made a $300 million bet has plans of a 20:80 mix of Green and Dirty Power. Company Overview: …
