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 …
Barack Obama, Justin Trudeau and Enrique Peña Nieto will commit to a new regional clean power goal at a summit this week in Ottawa, the White House has said. The leaders of the US, Canada and Mexico, meeting on Wednesday at the so-called “Three Amigos” summit, will pledge to have …
At the start of 2015 there were 436 operable reactors around the world and by year-end there were 439. This increase in reactor numbers came despite the retirement of seven units during the year. A larger number of nuclear power units are under construction than at any other time in …
Nuclear energy is not at all expensive. It is safe and green energy,” said Dr. N. Saibaba, former Chairman and Chief Executive of the NFC, dispelling the view that nuclear energy is dangerous. He was delivering the 9th M.P. Chary Memorial Lecture on ‘Advances in nuclear technology for common man’ …
The government is redoubling its efforts to scale up the share of the hydro energy sector in the country’s overall energy mix. Two new sub-committees have been formed to specifically look at ironing out the legal and regulatory framework that is throttling the sector. A hydropower policy push is in …
Chennai: Ask a lay person about nuclear energy and the Kudankulam plant and the chances are the images conjured up will be of two big domes against the backdrop of the Bay of Bengal. Now, in an attempt to demystify working of the plant in Kanyakumari district, a 15-minute film …
Installed electricity generating capacity has grown phenomenally from about 1,400 MW in 1948 to about 157,000 MW in Feb 2010; an increase of 110 times. Annual electricity generation from all sources has increased from about 61,000 MU in 1970-71 to 724,000 MU in 2008-09 an increase of 12 times in …
The agreement misses Japan’s National Diet session The India-Japan civil nuclear agreement is likely to have a long waiting period, probably more than a year, before it fructifies. This is because, the National Diet failed to take up the agreement in the summer legislative session which ended on June 1. …
Greenpeace India released a report titled ‘Red Alert – India’s nuclear disaster plans, outdated and inadequate’. The report assesses India's nuclear disaster plans and concludes that India’s plans do not offer a complete defence-in-depth for existing nuclear plants. According to the report, some of the disaster intervention levels set by …
NPCIL to begin fresh study after PM’s visit to the US; Terms of Reference are prepared. Visakhapatnam: The Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) is gearing up to do a fresh Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) study due to the changes in the reactors that are to be installed at …
Ranchi: Heavy Engineering Corporation (HEC) has signed a memorandum of understanding with Rosatom, Russia's state nuclear energy corporation, for local manufacture of equipment to be used in the Kudankulam nuclear power project. The agreement between the two state-owned corporations follows a deal between Nuclear Energy Power Corporation of India Limited …
The German government passed a regulation on Wednesday that aims to ensure utility companies remain liable for the costs of shutting down nuclear power plants even if they split up. Germany decided to end nuclear power by 2022 following Japan's Fukushima disaster five years ago. Chancellor Angela Merkel's cabinet said …
The annual Tracking Clean Energy Progress (TCEP) report highlights the development and deployment of key clean energy technologies year on year. An excerpt of the publication Energy Technology Perspectives (ETP), which lays out pathways towards a sustainable energy system in 2050, this comprehensive overview tracks the evolution of select technologies …
As per the joint venture agreement Nalco would have 26% stake in the new entity, NPCIL-Nalco Power Company Aluminium major Nalco has decided to drop its plan to foray into nuclear energy generation. The company had signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) …
Japan will cut reliance on nuclear power when it releases an updated energy plan as early as next year, reflecting public opposition and a recognition that current policy is unrealistic, three sources familiar with official thinking told Reuters. The move is expected to boost the country’s use of renewable energy, …
Japan will cut reliance on nuclear power when it releases an updated energy plan as early as next year, reflecting public opposition and a recognition that current policy is unrealistic, three sources familiar with official thinking told Reuters. The move is expected to boost the country's use of renewable energy, …
Climate change is a global problem that has been plaguing us for years. And while experts around the world are persistent in finding ways to curb the effects of climate change, Cambridge engineering professor Michael Kelly says the attempts to fix it could actually be making the situation worse than …
The U.S. Congress asked the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a technical study on lessons learned from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident for improving safety and security of commercial nuclear power plants in the United States. This study was carried out in two phases: Phase 1, issued in 2014, …
China has signed a framework agreement with Sudan to build the African nation's first nuclear reactor, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Tuesday. Xinhua said the deal was signed on Monday during a three-day visit to Sudan by China's top energy official, Nur Bekri. The report did not say …
The French government is "completely committed" to constructing the Hinkley Point nuclear power plant, the French economy minister has told the BBC. Emmanuel Macron told the Andrew Marr Show the £18bn project in Somerset was "very important" for France and EDF, which is 85% owned by the French state. Mr …
Finnish firm Fortum on Tuesday said it was planning to invest 200-400 million euros (Rs 1,500 crore – Rs 3,000 crore) in solar power projects in India, joining firms from Canada to Japan that are looking to tap into the country’s growing renewable energy sector. The government plans to increase …
