Jatropha biofuels: the true cost to Tanzania
Billed as wonder crop, the establishment of jatropha plantations on the ground in Tanzania has been far from successful, or, in some cases, ethical: a report.
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R-Power plans 8,000-Mw plant in Gujarat
Mansi Taneja & Surajeet Das Gupta / New Delhi July 3, 2010, 0:11 IST Shortlists Bharuch, Dahej as possible locations.
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Games power plan hits Koderma stalemate
The Koderma Thermal Power Project (KTPP), which was supposed to contribute to the power supply for the Common Wealth Games has failed to take off on account of land acquisition problems. Set up to supply 500 MW of power to Delhi, the projects
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3 dead, 80 hurt in AP during protest over power project
Hyderabad, July 14 In a clash reminiscent of Nandigram tragedy, three persons were killed today when the police fired on a violent mob protesting against a thermal power project in Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh.
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CPI yatra to protest coastal corridor
Visakhapatnam July 10: The state unit of CPI has decided to stage a month-long padayatra from Itchapuram in Srikakulam district to Nellore to protest against the proposed coastal corridor. The former MLA and state president of the AP Rythu Coolie Sangham, Mr K. Ramakrishna said in a meeting that the CPI would stall the project. The meeting on
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Stronger role of Gram Sabhas needed to check displacement and pollution - Report of a public hearing
Pollution and displacement increasingly threaten the life and livelihood-indeed the very existence - of several rural communities. Panchayati Raj can play a very important role in checking this, but this potential has not been adequately realised yet. A lot of work needs to be done to realise this potential of panchayat raj in checking pollution and displacement.
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Wetlands that neutralise toxins encroached upon
May 27: Environmentalists are up in arms over the encroachment of wetlands. They maintain that wetlands serve to neutralise the toxins discharged through industrial effluents and domestic sewage, before letting the water percolate down into the earth to replenish aquifers.
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Wind is big
The 11<sup>th</sup> plan has set what industry considers a modest target of 10,000 mw capacity addition in five years. Everyone agrees that much more is possible. But for this to happen, big time, the business of wind must be into energy generation and not just encashing credits because of investment subsidies.
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States responsible for power crisis
The Power ministry came down heavily on 6 major states of the country holding their lethargic attitude towards ensuring optimum power. A released report from the Ministry claimed that these six states have failed to ensure water and land allotments leading to delays and creating acute power crises.
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Govt inks pact over power plant project
The Government of Karnataka has signed a joint venture agreement with Larsen and Toubro for establishing a 1600 MW (800x2) power plant in Chattisgarh.
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Power projects in State
There are complaints from the investors that the State government takes a very long time in allotting land for setting up power projects. This not only delays industrialisation but also enhances the cost of the project. Hence the government is being criticised for entering into pacts with industrialists but going slow later.
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Push to break land tangle in Teesta project
Siliguri, Sept. 16: The Trinamul and Congress members of the Teesta Barrage Project (TBP) monitoring cell have decided to speak to land-losers in an attempt to persuade them to withdraw cases they have
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In trouble again
Supreme Court issues notices against closure of final tunnels of Tehri dam; conditions unfulfilled
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Tata Motors, JLR to jointly develop engines, vehicles
New Delhi: Tata Motors has kickstarted a move to jointly develop engines and vehicles with its UK subsidiary, Jaguar Land Rover, over two years after its $2.3 billion acquisition of the British marques.
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Remembering Kalinganagar - Will cheap and dirty industrialization work?
From the highway the gravestones were visible. Thirteen headstones, rough and blunt, carved with names of each dead tribal. Each stone was placed so that together they formed a semi circle looking
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Faulty rehabilitation policy
On february 26, yet another full page advertisement appeared in national dailies as a part of the ruling coalition s feel good blitz in the build up to the April May general elections. It trumpeted that the Union government s recent nod to the first natio
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Opinion divided on Bangalore metro rail project
Construction work on the Bangalore metro rail project is on amid protests from environmentalists. While activists say the project will lead to further traffic congestion, officials justify the
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Bhusan Steel in ash pond land row
DHENKANAL:A Bid by Bhusan Steel Limited (BSL) to construct an ash pond is mired in controversy after the district administration, the Rehabilitation and Peripheral Development Advisory Committee (RPDAC) rejected it on the grounds of stiff resistance from villagers. The Orissa State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) too refused permission for its construction.
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Panchayats seek more compensation for land acquisition
Gram panchayat members of 19 villages have demanded that the compensation for land acquisition be increased from Rs.75 lakh per acre to Rs.2 crore. At a meeting organised by senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Vijay Goel at Alipur here, it was pointed out that the Delhi Government had increased the compensation from Rs.25 lakh per acre to only Rs.75 lakh per acre in the last ten years, "even though the market price in these areas had gone up to Rs.3 crore per acre'.
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Green boost for Konkan plan
MUMBAI: In the backdrop of power shortage in the state, there is good news for the people of Maharashtra and Reliance Power as well. An appeal filed against the environmental and CRZ clearances given to the power company for its proposed 4,000 MW power project in Konkan has been dismissed by the National Environment Appellate Authority, paving way for the early development of the project.