Pact criticised
An agreement between the Maharashtra State Electricity Board (MSEB) and Enron Corp, a US-based multinational power company, to set up a 2,015 megawatt power plant in Dabhol in Ratnagiri district has
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The price of power
As political parties, environmentalist banner-holders and indigenous industries cry themselves hoarse over the entry of the Cogentrix facility, moot ecological issues seem to take a backseat
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Hydro power plants facing the blues
At a time when coal supply constraints are keeping thermal power generation capacity under-utilised, hydropower producers, too, are facing the heat. Reservoir levels are down to 16 per cent from 27 per cent last year, setting the alarm bells ringing for hydropower generators. If rainfall fails, the situation could turn grim. Some initial impact has already started appearing. In the Nathpa Jhakri hydro power station, run by Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam Ltd (SJVN), in Himachal Pradesh, low rains have already affected power generation.
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Centre clears Raichur unit
The Centre today cleared the seventh unit of the Raichur Thermal Power Station (RTPS) from the techno-economic angle paving the way for the work on the coal-based plant to surge
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Villagers forced to migrate due to thermal plant pollution
Pollution caused by the Tau Devi Lal Thermal Power Station (TDLTPS) has forced over 10,000 residents of the five villages in the vicinity of the plant to look for new homes. The release of the huge
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Paying for environmental abuse
Warer cess assessment and collection have proved to be inadequate in getting local bodies and highly industrialised states like Maharashtra to pay their dues.
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3 power projects coming up in Tripura
Tripura's power scenario is expected to get a major boost with the setting up of three gas based thermal plants that are expected to turn around the state's economy. " Three major thermal
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Bihar power plants flout all eco norms
Pollution is hardly a cause for concern in Bihar with all the three generation plants of the Bihar State Electricity Board (BSEB) at Patratu, Kanti and Muzaffarpur, and the Barauni thermal power
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The four pillars of non conventional energy
After initial success in deriving energy from water, sun, wind and biomass, India is poised for a great leap in making these the energy sources of the future.
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Bhel-Itochu combine bags Rs 1,400cr WBPDCL order
The Bhel-Itochu combine has bagged the over Rs 1,400 crore main-plant contract for the 420 mw Bakreswar-Stage II thermal venture being promoted by state-owned West Bengal Power Development
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BHEL commissions Rihad power plant
Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd's 500-MW unit at National Thermal Power Corporation's Rihand power station in Uttar Pradesh has been commissioned. The engineering firm had bagged the main plant package
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Bio-cleaners bring hope
Use of algae and methanol for rapid carbon recycling is gaining popularity among power producers. As glaciers and rivers threaten to disappear, Indian coal-based power plants may have to look at algae and methanol for rapid carbon recycling.
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Low carbon or new development model?
<p>The last two years have seen a flurry of reports that have projected the long-term greenhouse gas emissions trajectory of India, and how the country can go low-carbon and help solve the climate change crisis.
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Differing views
Environment ministry guidelines state that many of the adverse impacts of thermal plants can be foreseen and minimised through judicious siting, preventive and control
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"Some power is better than none"
With the country, reeling under an intensifying power crunch, and various authorities only predicting a darker future, the search for alternative energy sources becomes that much more important. N B AMIN, chairperson of the Gujarat based Sardar Pate
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Sethusamudram ship canal project
<p><span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Sethusamudram ship canal project</strong></span></p> <p><img alt="" src="http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/country/srilanka/sethusamudaram_hl.jpg" style="border-width: 2px; border-style: solid;" /></p> <p><span class="bodytext">Sethusamudram Ship Canal Project started by the government of India has many adverse effects on Sri Lanka . It is already proved that both India and Sri Lanka will undergo massive environmental damage as a direct result of this project. </span></p>
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Guidelines unveiled for schemes under Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission
<p><span>To tap the diverse and enormous potential of solar energy for use in all applications -- rural, urban and industrial, Union New and Renewable Energy minister unveiled flexible and market friendly norms for two schemes under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission.
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NTPC plans to use LNG in TN project
The National Thermal Power Corportion (NTPC), which is putting up a power project at Cheyyur in Tamil Nadu, plans to use LNG as fuel for the plant. It plans to source the LNG from the project that is
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NTPC to expedite work on Ramagundam unit
National Thermal Power Corporation Ltd has announced plans to complete the Rs 1,979-crore, seventh unit of 500 MW at the Ramagundam superthermal power plant by this fiscal-end, few months ahead of
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Developed nations refuse to reform
Industrialised nations continue to be the major contnlxftrs of greenhouse gases and their emissions are increasing