Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Rajaram Vs State of Haryana dated 27/05/2025. By the execution application, the applicant was seeking compliance of the NGT order July 5, 2024 passed in OA No. 735/2024. In the OA, the applicant has raised the grievance in respect of …
India currently generates 6,780 MW of nuclear electricity. To meet the high cost of Light Water Reactors, the government has decided to bring in such projects, which currently involve foreign collaborators, as joint ventures (JVs) with public sector undertakings (PSUs). This will also allow the Nuclear Power Corporation of India …
Private, state thermal producers exceed capacity addition targets; hydro, nuclear power languish Lanco, Dabhol bag half of gas in e-auction by Power Ministry Power generation will be 100 per cent of the envisaged capacity addition target of 88,537 megawatt (Mw) by the end of the Twelfth Five-Year Plan. The sector …
Last December, more than 190 countries adopted the Paris Agreement. At least 55 countries representing minimum 55 per cent of global emissions need to formally join the agreement before it comes into force. US President Barack Obama has said the Paris climate deal would come into force much earlier than …
Indian Railways and state-owned companies in energy sector including Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, Indian Oil Corporation and NTPC Ltd could soon be funding the country’s nuclear energy expansion programme. State-run Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) is in talks with cash-rich public sector undertakings in energy sector and …
The central government is looking at possible sites in the northern states of Uttarakhand, Punjab and Haryana for setting up new atomic power plants, a minister said on Tuesday. "We are exploring the possibility of having such establishments in other places, for example near Dehradun in Utarakhand and near Patiala …
India's energy policy would have to be in tune with the international commitments on emission reduction Worries of India being left out of the negotiations for the Paris Agreement rulebook starting November have ended with the government moving to ratify the global climate change compact on October 2. A ratification …
A snow-covered former U.S. army base in Greenland — dubbed “a city under ice” — could leak pollutants into the environment as the climate changes, raising difficult questions over who is responsible for clean-up. In 1959, U.S. army engineers began constructing a futuristic project in northwestern Greenland that might as …
The call to leverage JVs for new projects under the foreign collaboration route marks a departure from the current strategy. The decks have been cleared for state-owned Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) to launch nuclear ventures in collaboration with three other public sector firms, with the NDA government …
China's nuclear developers must seek the consent of local stakeholders before going ahead with new projects, according to draft rules published by the country's cabinet on Monday. Developers will need to assess the impact a nuclear project will have on social stability and solicit public opinion through hearings or announcements, …
NEW DELHI: French state-run power major EDF will invest heavily in renewable energy in India, with projects worth $2 billion in the pipeline, and is bullish about the sector, where it sees electricity tariffs falling 30% in five years, EDF Energies CEO Antoine Cahuzac told ET. India is among the …
The official said a lot of countries are expected to ratify the pact during the UN General Assembly this month. The U.S is confident that India will be able to ratify the Paris Agreement on climate change before the end of the year, according to a senior Obama administration official. …
The Russian-built Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) in Tamil Nadu could, in the near future, be operating on the newer generation TVS-2M fuel assembly, which offers increased uranium capacity, improved heat reliability and enhanced operational safety, a senior Russian official has said. "Today we can offer our Indian colleagues a …
After China said that the issue of India's membership in the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) is not a bilateral one but a multilateral one, New Delhi on Thursday said that issues like clean energy have "a strong bilateral dimension". "On issues such as development and clean energy or terrorism for …
Expanding their civil nuclear partnership India and Russia are expected to sign agreements at the upcoming annual bilateral summit for building the fifth and sixth reactors at Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP). India is also expected to announce the second site for Russian built nuclear power plant, likely in Andhra …
The ministers underscored the importance of the Canada–India Energy Dialogue and discussed ongoing work in support of the objectives established under Mission Innovation. Maintaining that the world is changing with increasing energy demand, shifting energy markets and the effects of climate change, India and Canada have agreed take action to …
India and Canada are broadening their energy dialogue to cover nuclear energy and renewables besides traditional hydrocarbon sources of energy as Ottawa hopes to emerge as Delhi's key energy provider across all sectors, according to Canada's Minister of Natural Resources Jim Carr. "We want to provide solutions to entire energy …
The Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) has reportedly submitted its crucial report to the Union Ministry of Environment and Forest seeking its approval for the construction of an atomic power plant in Kovvada of Ranasthalam mandal in Srikakulam district. The report, in the form of terms and references, …
NEW DELHI: Without mentioning that China thwarted India's Nuclear Suppliers Group membership+ , Beijing-run media said it is "high time" New Delhi shows it means business when it comes to limiting the effects+ of climate change+ . "India has striven to become a world power and to have a bigger …
CHENNAI: With synchronization of the second unit of the Kudankulam power plant, India's civil nuclear programme has reached a couple of landmarks: the Kudankulam project+ turned a page on protests and a legal challenge over its safety parameters in the Supreme Court, and India crossed the 6,000MW mark in nuclear …
The second 1,000 MW unit of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) in Tamil Nadu was connected to the grid on Monday, said a senior official. "The second unit of KNPP was connected to the grid at 11.17 a.m. The unit is operating at 170 MW," R.S. Sundar, the site …
