DVC to seek new home for thermal power plant
With Damodar Valley Corporation's proposal for a 1000MW thermal power plant at Durgapur being turned down, the company has decided to apply afresh for setting up the project at another
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Reliance, VSP, Jindal units bag awards for energy conservation
Reliance Industries Ltd's Hazira petrochemical unit and Jamnagar refinery have won the National Energy Conservation Award 2004. The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, on Tuesday presented the company
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PM for multi-faceted approach to energy pricing
The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, said the Government would adopt a multi-faceted approach towards pricing of energy resources, including auto fuel, LPG, kerosene and electricity aimed at
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Crude shock hits ethanol distilling mills hard
The petroleum ministry's decision to discontinue the use of ethanol-doped petrol has thrown the Rs 600-crore investments made by various sugar factories in jeopardy. The reversal came after the
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NTPC to invite bids for Gandhar plant next week
National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) will invite tenders next week for the engineering procurement and construction (EPC) contract for its 1300 mw gas-based Gandhar power project in Gujarat. The
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Bhel kits to extend life of thermal plants
Thermal power plants in the country will live for longer periods than they were intended to thanks to the initiatives of the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) and the new equipment and control
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1 year extension for Dabhol probe panel
Even as the Congress led government has made a fresh plea to the Centre for an early resolution to the Dabhol tangle, it has given a one-year extension to Justice SP Kurdukar Commission appointed to
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Need for energy audit in industrial sector stressed
There is scope for improving the energy efficiency in the high-power intensive industries such as chemicals, iron & steel, fertilisers, aluminium, textiles through regularly conducting energy audits
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CERC to revise power transmission norms
Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) is going to revise its regulations on open access in inter-state power transmission. CERC has circulated a staff paper on amending open access
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India in talks with Total for buying LNG for Yemen
In a bid to diversify its energy supply sources, a high level delegation from the ministry of petroleum and natural gas is expected to leave shortly for Yeman. India, which has been trying to break
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MSEB sees acute power shortage ahead
Maharashtra will have frequent blackouts for the whole of 2005 in view of the burgeoning power demand, lack of capacity addition and the non-availability of power from outside on account of
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Dahanu under siege
The Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) is now trying to denotify Dahanu taluka, in Maharashtra, as an ecologi- cally sensitive area. In a decade long battle by local activists to have
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Mexican ecologists protest U.S. gas plant on coast
For years, Cristina Imana has gazed out from her clifftop porch near the Mexican resort town of Ensenada and watched migrating gray whales roll around with their babies in the glistening surf below.
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Clean power from Turkey droppings!
Turkey leftovers will take on a whole new use after a Minnesota company finishes construction of a power plant fired by the birds' droppings. It may not be the total answer to oil, but the plant will
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Orissa Power on expansion mode
The US utility giant AES Corp-managed Orissa Power Generation Corp (OPGC) has appointed German firm, Lah Mayer International, as consultant for its Rs 1,800-crore expansion project. AES Corp and the
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Centre keeping close watch on oil prices: FM
The government is keeping a close watch on the movement of global crude oil prices and would take
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Natwar's Dec 25 visit renews hope for Indo-Oman pipeline
Indicating renewed hope for the Indo-Oman gas pipeline, the ministry of external affairs is preparing an agenda for the upcoming visit of external affairs minister K Natwar Singh to three significant
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Towards energy conservation and rational pricing
As the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, launched a multi-sectoral National Campaign on Energy Conservation on Tuesday here with the twin objectives of fostering public awareness of the importance
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Soon, wearable solar panels
Wearable solar panels that can be stuck to clothing, helping to charge mobile phones, music players or light batteries, are likely to come on sale within three years, the British weekly New Scientist
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There's no oil off Kochi; ONGC calls off drilling operations
It's official. There is no oil off Kochi. After their two-month-long exploratory drilling, the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has called off its operations in the western theatre some 60-km