The world: set to surge?
Promotion schemes for renewable sources can be divided into these broad categories
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Power generation goes up
The power generation capacity in the state has risen by 2937 megawatts during the last four years. With an extension unit of Amarkantak thermal power plant becoming critical soon, 210 MW more is going to be added to this capacity. Giving utmost importance to power, the state government has provided MP State Electricity Board and its companies Rs 939 crore as capital investment.
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German lessons
An ambitious cross-subsidy scheme has given rise to a new industry
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Palatana project to come up by April next
AGARTALA, Nov 21 – The first phase of 726 MW Palatana power plant is all set to be operational by April next year, according to official sources. The new deadline has been announced after a review meeting
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1,000 rural households to go solar
SELCO Solar Private Limited, a social enterprise of Magsaysay award winner Harish Hande, in collaboration with Applied Materials Foundation will electrify 1,000 village households and 10 schools in the
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Promotion of solar appliances needed'
Emphasising the need to increase awareness on benefits of solar energy appliances as they provide recurring relief in electricity bills and recover their cost in a few years, Delhi Chief Minister Shei
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Bush is late and lame on global warming
Even allowing for the low expectations we bring to any lame duck president's final state of the Union address
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Investments take a nosedive, Bharat Nirman shows signs of a slowdown
Bharat Nirman, the Centre's massive four-year
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BJP ups the ante on grim' power situation
In the face of severe criticism from the Opposition on the issue of power distribution, supply and billing, Power Minister A.K.
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NLC surpasses record in lignite production
The Nevyeli Lignite Corporation has surpassed its previous records during 2007-08 in lignite production and electricity generation.
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Rajasthan to get world’s largest solar power plant for Rs 30k cr
After conventional ultra mega thermal power projects, India is set to launch similar projects in the non-conventional energy space. The country’s first ultra mega solar power project is being planned near
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More King Longs in BEST fleet soon
The Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) undertaking has decided to increase the number of Chinese-made King Long buses.
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Energy efficiency improvements in commercial buildings
<p>The UNDP as the implementing agency for the project entitled: India: IND Energy Efficiency Improvements in Commercial Buildings - under the Programmatic Framework for Energy Efficiency in India. The project aims at promoting the construction of new energy efficient buildings or use of EE technologies and equipment in existing buildings.
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Power Ministry seeks approval of Cabinet on gas price pooling mechanism
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs is likely to take up on Thursday the Power Ministry’s proposal for a Rs.11,000 crore subsidy payout to cover the hiked electricity tariffs on account of the proposed
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Solar power installation drops sharply to 73 MW in last three months
India recorded a total of 622 MW of solar power installations in the first seven months of 2013, with only 73 MW installed in the last three months. Mercom Capital Group, llc, a global clean energy
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Power plants drag feet on emissions cuts
Heavy-polluting power plants have detailed ''clean investment plans'' in exchange for $1 billion in carbon price compensation delivered this month, revealing limited, or even no, action at some generators
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Centre to fast-track 40,000 MW of hydro projects
Minister of State for Power (Independent Charge) Jyotirditya Scindia on Tuesday said the government was making efforts to fast-track nearly 95 hydro power projects with a capacity of 40,000 MW to give
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ONGC’s dithering delays Tripura gas power project
The state-owned ONGC’s repeated dilly-dallying on supplying gas has delayed the state-run NEEPCO’s second biggest thermal power project in northeast India and resulted in huge losses, an official said
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Call to scrap projects on holy river
Gangtok, Nov. 16: The National Commission for Minorities today urged the Sikkim government to review the two hydel projects on the Rathong Chu as the river was considered holy by the Buddhists. The appeal
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India needs to triple energy capacity to meet demand
India needs to add the equivalent of about half the electricity generating capacity of the UK each year - or about 30 gigawatts - if it is to maintain its present rapid rate of economic growth, a new report shows. Yet the country in the past decade has managed to build an average of only 4GW of fresh capacity a year, a fraction of what the study by McKinsey & Co estimates will be required if the economy is to continue to expand at 8 per cent a year.