Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of President Municipal Committee Thathri VS Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir dated 03/12/2024. Joint committee report dated November 25, 2024 has been filed through the Central Pollution Control Board. Project proponents stated that they want to file an objection to …
Suez expects to land "multiple" large-scale projects in Brazil after a consortium led by the French electricity and water group won a concession for a $5 billion hydroelectric plant in the Amazon. Due to merge with state-owned gas supplier Gaz de France in coming weeks, Suez said the Brazilian deal …
With the Indo-U.S. civilian nuclear deal hanging in the balance, the government is framing a policy for importing power from neighbouring countries including Pakistan to overcome the peaking shortage, say highly placed sources. Work on the policy is being expedited. For, although India considers Nepal, Bhutan and Myanmar a natural …
Despite recommendations of the Rangarajan Committee and the Prime Minister's Reconstruction package, much of which is dedicated to power sector, non-transfer of two major projects to Jammu and Kashmir by the union power ministry has dashed all hopes of addressing the issue of acute power shortage and consequent drainage state's …
Underlining India's close economic and strategic relations with Bhutan, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday pledged to extend the Indian rail network into its northern neighbour. Dr. Singh made this commitment to his Bhutanese counterpart, Jigmi Y. Thinley, on the first day of a two-day visit to the country the …
To tied-over energy shortfall, the government is planning 40,000 mw of hydroelectric power generation capacity during the 12th (2012-17) and 13th Plan (2017-22). "We are making preparations for power projects in the 12th and 13th Plan, and are planning to add 40,000 mw capacity in the hydro sector,' Central Electricity …
JUNEAU, Alaska: Conservationists swoon at the possibility of it all. Here in Alaska, where melting arctic ice and eroding coastlines have made global warming an urgent threat, this little city has cut its electricity use by more than 30 percent in a matter of weeks, instantly establishing itself as a …
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is likely to announce a fairly large grant to Bhutan when he travels there on Friday on a two-day visit, which is aimed at further consolidation of the bilateral energy cooperation. The Prime Minister will hold wide-ranging talks with his Bhutanese counterpart Jigme Y. Thinley on …
Arunachal Pradesh is awarding hydroelectric projects to private companies at the breakneck speed of one every nine days without proper scrutiny. The government says hydroelectricity is the key to the state
Heed to the warnings of ill-planned approach Challenges thrown up by the Ranganadi Hydro Electric Project (rhep) stage I, commissioned in 2002, are lessons to be learnt by the state government and the project proponents. The project involves transfer of water from the Ranganadi, a tributary of the Subansiri, into …
Faced with increasing opposition in executing power projects in the NE, the NEEPCO has decided to form an "advisory group' to address issues related to environment. Union Minister of State for Power, Jairam Ramesh announced here recently that the NEEPCO would form the advisory group comprising eminent environmentalists drawn from …
The tiny island nation can teach the United States valuable lessons about energy policy. The Blue Lagoon, Iceland's largest tourist destination, is a 100-degree melting pot. On a cold March day, as driving rain blows wisps of vapor from the nearby geothermal power plant, a group of Brazilian twentysomethings, a …
The eco-movement is turning governance upside down. Who's winning this brand-new game? With less than a year left in office, President George W. Bush will probably never win the Greenpeace seal of approval. He is, after all, the leader who, in one of his first official acts back in 2001, …
Apropos a news item carried by a section of press, Munda Hydropower Project said the news item casts unjust and inappropriate aspersions on the concerted and sincere efforts of the sponsors towards developing of the MMDP. A mega hydropower project awarded for the first time not only in the history …
Floods and landslides which accompanied the heavy deluge, specially during the last two days, were showing signs of receding but had left nine people dead and over 50,000 affected in eight districts, authorities said yesterday. Weather experts predict more heavy showers accompanied by lightning and strong winds during the next …
The Ministry of Power is considering two options including the proposal to construct a bridge over Brahmaputra river connecting Sadiya and Dhola in Assam, as part of the Dibang Multi-purpose Hydroelectric Project. The Ministry of Power has submitted a proposal to the Public Investment Board (PIB) for the Dibang Project …
As the governments of Argentina and Brazil are taking a new look at the Garabi hydroelectric project, initially planned in 1972, environmentalists are calling attention to the dam's potential harm to the Uruguay river basin. Already riddled with several dams, the flow of the Uruguay river, which flows through Brazil, …
