The Government of Andhra Pradesh on March 11, 2024, issued the Andhra Pradesh Energy Efficiency and Energy Conservation Policy 2023-2028 to encourage and promote the large-scale deployment of energy conservation and efficiency measures in the State. This policy ensures efficient energy usage directly catering to the local and national economy …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
The first Unit at Kudankulam, which went critical, or started generating power, on July 13, 2013, was connected to the southern power grid on October 22 the same year Days after the first Unit of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant was dedicated to the nation, officials of the Russian firm involved …
The unit-I of the KNPP, an Indo-Russian joint venture, started commercial generation from December 31, 2014. Weeks after the second 1000 MWe unit at the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant attained criticality, the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) has given its nod for generating electricity from the reactor, a top KNPP …
The third and fourth units - of 1,000 megawatt each - will be commissioned by 2022-23, with total investment of Rs 40,000 crore Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) hopes the second unit of the Kudankulam nuclear power plant in southern Tamil Nadu, with generation capacity of 1,000 megawatt (Mw), …
At present India with twenty one (21) nuclear power reactors, stands seventh (7) among thirty one (31) countries with nuclear power in terms of number of reactors and thirteenth (13) in terms of electricity generation. The present nuclear power installed capacity of 5780 MW is expected to shortly increase to …
Vladimir Angelov, Director of projects for ASE group of companies in India, part of Rosatom of Russia spoke on the safety aspects and progress of setting up Russian nuclear plants in an exclusive interview to The Hindu in response to written questions. Many people raise safety concerns after the incident …
The much awaited Unit-2 (Reactor-2) of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) attained criticality at 8.56 pm on Sunday, the officials declared here. The 163 uranium assemblies in the Unit -2 (Reactor -2) of KKNPP had been loaded in the Reactor 2 (Unit-2) on May, 2016. The uranium loading process took …
With the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) giving its nod for criticality in the second reactor of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project, a 6-member team from Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change may inspect the facility for two days beginning Friday before submitting its report to the Supreme Court . …
India's nuclear sector regulator has given the nod for the second 1,000 MW unit at Kudankulam in Tamil Nadu to go critical/start fission process, said an industry official. "The permission to NPCIL (Nuclear Power Corp of India Ltd) has been given so that the Kudankulam second unit can go critical," …
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 …
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 …
NPCIL will be in a position to mobilise Rs 10,000 cr debt and also equity from JV partners The finance minister Arun Jaitley’s proposal to allocate Rs 3000 crore for the nuclear power generation will help the state run Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) to raise debt of Rs …
The first reactor of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project on Monday resumed generating electricity. Earlier, it had been stopped for mandatory tests as the turbine was synchronised with the southern grid. Speaking to The Hindu, Site Director, KKNPP, R.S. Sundar said the turbine, which was operated at 11.16 p.m. on Sunday …
India’s commitment to construct at least 12 nuclear power plants, having highest safety standards in the world, with Russian assistance is important for country’s energy security. The two sides have outlined an ambitious vision for nuclear energy and construction of at least 12 reactors by Russia’s state-owned Rosatom at a …
The $3-billion Russia-India joint project of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) in Tamil Nadu will be unveiled soon, coinciding with the annual summit of the two countries. The first unit, at the phase of guarantee operation, is expected to be completed at the end of this year by Russian civilian …
Accord will help plants run at higher plant load factor Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a crowd during Indian Diaspora Event, at Ricoh Coliseum, in Toronto, Canada on Wednesday, 16 April 2015 Picture by PTI India’s move to enter into a commercial contract with Canada for the supply of 3,000 …
