Flyash will improve crop production
Applying small amounts of flyash - a polluting waste from thermal power plants - to soil can help to improve agricultural yields, says crop scientists. Adding flyash to soil improves growth and yield
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Flyash mist envelopes Ring Road
A thick layer of flyash in the air made driving on the Outer Ring Road a nightmare on Wednesday. Blowing from the sides of the IP thermal power plant and also near the Nizamuddin bridge, the ash
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-Flyash can get $630 m for the country
Flyash, the by-product generated by thermal power plants and boilers, has the potential of earning the country $630 million every year through emissions trading, says the Institute for Solid Waste
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Thermal power plants violate pollution norms
The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has identified 11 thermal power plants (TPPs) of West Bengal performing at about half their optimum efficiency levels. These plants are using coal that does
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Delhi HC raps Centre over fly ash disposal
Expressing concern over the harm caused to environment by flyash from thermal power plants, the Delhi high Court has flayed Centres various agencies for not taking appropriate steps to implement
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Industrial waste to be used for road building
A breakthrough in the use of industrial waste like fly ash from thermal power plants and slag from steel plants in road-building is close at hand with flyovers and several new road stretches using
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CESC adopts multi-pronged strategy to check pollution
CESC Ltd, the flagship company of the R.P. Goenka group, has unveiled a multi-pronged strategy to combat pollution at its five thermal power plants, some of which are over 50-years-old. Speaking to
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Govt rushing coal to power plants to prepare for summer demand
The government has ramped up coal supply to ramp up buffer stock at thermal power stations in anticipation of electricity demand shooting in line with the weatherman's prediction of an early and hot summer
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Monthly Overview on State of Environment, Pakistan, December 2013
<p>Monthly Overview on State of Environment, Pakistan, Dec 2013 Erratic climate change events have hit the rice production in Pakistan this year and to take account of damages, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in its end-of-the-season report has downgraded its production forecast for the country by 600,000 tonnes to 8.7 million tonnes (5.8m tonnes, milled basis). Read more in this December 2013 edition of the Monthly Overview on State of Environment, Pakistan</p>
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CIL likely to set up power plant to utilise excess coal
NEW DELHI, 31 AUG: The world's largest coal producer, Coal India Ltd (CIL), today said it might consider setting up power plants in the country to utilise excess coal.
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Farmers stage protest against vacating land for power plant
A farmer allegedly set his house afire, as others raised slogans and tried to resist authorities' move to get the land vacated for Meja Urja Nigam Private Limited (MUNPL)'s project of setting up ash dyke
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CIL inks fuel-supply deal with 14 power plants
New Delhi Coal India has so far entered into pacts with 14 power plants for the supply of fossil fuel, while some have refused to sign it due to their objections on some of the clauses of the model fuel supply agreement. “Till now, 14 power units have entered into fuel supply pact with Coal India (CIL). The last unit with which the PSU has signed FSA is CESC," a source close to the development said.
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State bats for N-power plant
The Punjab Government is seriously perusing a nuclear power plant for the state. After the SAD-BJP government in Punjab announced a reversal from the stand taken on the issue by the previous Congress regime, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and his Cabinet colleagues have asked the Centre to build a
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Pakistan State of Environment Report: The Monthly Overview, November, 2013
<p>The Global Climate Risk Index 2014 has ranked Pakistan among the three most affected countries worldwide for three consecutive years by climate-related catastrophes. Read more in this November 2013 edition of the Monthly Pakistan State of the Environment Report published by the South Asia Environment Portal. Read and Share.</p>
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AEP Sees Carbon Capture From Coal Ready By 2015
Technology to capture carbon emissions from coal-fired power plants and store them underground will be ready by 2015 and could be in wide use in the United States by 2020, according to the top executive at American Electric Power Co Inc.
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Gas policy tweak to help NTPC beat linkage clause in projects
THE government may amend its gas allocation policy to get around the rule that state-owned companies cannot start project before securing fuel linkage, allowing NTPC to start work on its numerous stranded power plants.
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HC light on power crisis
Barely 24 hours after power supply was back to normal, most parts of the state plunged into darkness again with three units at Patratu Thermal Power Station developing technical snags and power generation plummeting to 270MW against a peak time demand of over 850MW.
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Give up!
Health and environmental costs of tobacco use far surpass the revenue generated by the sector
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MoEF scientist inspects CSTPS over pollution allegations
Chandrapur: A scientist from union ministry for environment, forest and climate change (MoEFCC) visited Chandrapur Super Thermal Power Station (CSTPS) here after a complaint was lodged by MoEFCC regional
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Bangladesh State of the Environment Report : The Monthly Overview, September 2013
<p>Brick makers in Bangladesh using conventional methods blamed for polluting the air, now seek two more years to be ready for conversion into environment-friendly technologies though they have already enjoyed around three years for this. Read more in this first Monthly Bangladesh State of the Environment Report published by the South Asia Environment Portal. September 2013 Edition is out! Download, Read and Share. Happy reading!</p>