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The use of solar energy is now moving into new frontiers, some as varied as illuminating the billboards. Perhaps the sun is becoming brighter as the day progresses more so in the rural landscapes and lately within the urban ambiences too. The moot question that remains is whether there is a compulsive need to use solar energy for urban uses like advertising?
Kolkata, Sept. 20: The country
Within two months of Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi meeting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and demanding a development package for the Bundelkhand region, the Planning Commission has firmed up a proposal to set up a 4,000-Mw power plant there.
National Aluminium Company (Nalco), a leading producer of aluminium in the country, intends to enter the energy sector as an independent power producer. The company is exploring thermal, hydro and nuclear route to achieve this ambition.
B.S. Satish Kumar The Federation of Karnataka Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FKCCI) has appealed to the State power regulator to extend the rebate on solar energy to those who use other alternative sources of energy such as biofuels and agricultural waste, to heat water.
According to the FKCCI, there is a disparity between the actual amount of monthly solar rebate being given by the Escoms to consumers and the potential for the Escoms to earn carbon credits, by showcasing these solar water heaters as sources of green energy that reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Special attention is paid on the conservation of energy along with electricity generation by the government in the view of heavy crisis of electricity in all over the country. In this series, Energy Conservation Award was given to the Industries and other voluntary organisations earlier for the conservation of energy.
Canada's wind power companies are getting a lift from rising oil prices, a healthier economy and energy-friendly government policies, even as tight capital markets continue to curb the recovery of the fledgling sector.
Kerala lags behind other states in wind power generation. However, the state which relies heavily on hydroelectric power, is now gearing up to generate power from its wind energy resource. According to the data available (December 2008) with the Centre for Wind Energy Technology (C-WET), the gross wind potential for Kerala is 1,171 MW.
Sujay Mehdudia NEW DELHI: The Union government is understood to have firmed up a proposal to set up a 4,000 MW thermal power plant in Bundelkhand in Uttar Pradesh. The move comes close on the heels of a demand by All India Congress Committee general secretary Rahul Gandhi that a major developmental package be given for the drought-hit and poverty hit region.
