Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari threatens lives livelihoods appearing in the Telangana Today dated 13.05.2025" dated 29/05/2025. The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari …
Researchers at Tokyo Metropolitan University in Japan have developed a material which can be attached to chimneys of power plants and factories to remove carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) from emissions and help protect against global warming. This material, a sieve-like membrane which can selectively remove CO 2 from mixed …
NATIVE REMEDY: Pune-based Bio Ved Pharma (BVP) is all set to make its mark in the Indian pharmaceuticals market, with the launch of its first Ayurvedic drug artrex in February next year. BVP is a 100 per cent subsidiary of the US-based Ayur Core Inc. Artrex, an arthritis drug, will …
Most surveys on environmental impacts of power generating companies usually have only bad news to offer. This time, however, the Natural Resources Defense Council's (NRDC) survey of power utilities spread across US, presents a more eco-friendly picture of these industries. Releasing its first
POOR power quality of lighting equipments has not yet become a great problem. But it has to be managed in the future. Compact fluorescent lamps (CFL) can provide high-quality light at a low power consumption level. In 1991, a major environmental group in Sweden attacked the programmes sponsored by electric …
Compressed air energy storage is one of the several energy storage technologies developed for the power industry. There are two separate portions in the storage cycle: compression and expansion. A compressor pumps high-pressure air into an underground reservoir (salt dome, porous media, or hard rock) using a motor or generator. …
A RECENT government decision which will -force power companies in the UK to bring down emissions of sulphur dioxide drastically,- could help large areas of land affected by acid rain to make a recovery. The two main electric power stations, National Power and PowerGen, have been asked to, bring down …
LIGHT-EMITTING diodes (LEDs) have come a long way since they became known to the public 20 years ago with the introduction of the first digital wrist watches. Now red LEDs can be used in traffic lights to reduce the energy consumption of traffic signals by 60 per cent and to …
A new lighting control equipment based on daylight sensors is being tested in eight experimental offices in Trondheim, Norway, by the Norwegian Electric Power Research Institute. One of the two control systems in the equipment switches off lights automatically when day- light exceeds a specific limit, and switches them on …
A NEWLY invented light bulb promises to offer significant energy savings and better light to future users worldwide, according to the US department of energy (DOE). The bulb is filled with inert gas and a small amount of sulphur that is bombarded by microwaves to produce luminescence. The Washington Post …
Lumatec of Austin, Texas, USA, is selling a wafer-thin flashlight that is small enough to be slipped into a shirt pocket, wallet or calendar/ organiser. Dubbed Flashcard, it features a super bright krypton bulb, a dome-shaped on/off switch, and a mercury-free battery. This flat light device is water-proof to a …
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 …
