HARARE, Aug 8 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Innovative ways to pay for solar power systems could make clean energy affordable for many of Zimbabwe's 1.5 million households that lack electricity, campaigners
The 1,980 Megawatt project has been at the centre of a controversy and inter-ministerial tussle surrounding its location In a major achievement for power generator NTPC Ltd, the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has given environmental clearance for a reworked plan of the company’s Rs 15,000-crore North Karanpura Super Thermal Power Project to come up in Jharkhand.
The next logical step for South Korea is to ask India for a nuclear park site. “We have not yet reached that stage. They are yet to ask us for a site, though Kepco and the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for cooperation. The South Korean Foreign Minister will come in the second half of this year. There could be talks on this aspect too,” the sources said.
Based on ground-level report of the 7-member AERB teams carrying scrutiny at the plant The Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) on Thursday said the fuel loading at the first 1000 MWe unit of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) had not yet begun owing to last minute checks. The AERB would give the final clearance for fuel loading only after a review of the ground-level report of its seven-member team carrying out the scrutiny, S.S. Bajaj, Chairman of AERB, told reporters on the safety measures at the KKNPP. He added that it was the responsibility of the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) to meet the necessary regulatory parameters.
Power generation major and a Maharatna company NTPC and the State Government has entered into a pact for setting up windmills at potential locations in Kerala to generate an estimated 200 MW. A memorandum of understanding to this effect was signed here on Monday by Mr Inderjit Kapoor, Director-Commercial, NTPC, and Mr S.
Aizawl: The State-owned North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Ltd. (NEEPCO) will set up three power plants in Mizoram, generating a total of 1,526 MW, officials said here on Monday.
The government has decided, in principle, to convert public and private thermal power plants to cheaper fuels due to rising furnace oil prices and depleting gas quantities, sources close to Minister for Water and Power told Business Recorder. "We are offering substantial incentives to the IPPs which intend to covert furnace oil technology to cheaper fuels.
Swedish company Flowocean AB has expressed interest in setting up floating offshore wind turbines in Gujarat and Tamil Nadu, subject to the approval of State governments. It is also open to exploring
New Delhi: Naveen Jindal, promoter of Jindal Steel and Power Limited (JSPL), came under heavy artillery fire from the opposition for charging higher tariff for power he generates from the Raigarh plant
Coastal cities around the world could be devastated by 1.3m of sea level rise this century unless coal-generated electricity is virtually eliminated by 2050, according to a new paper that combines the
India's obsession with nuclear power is proving extremely damaging. It is time to switch to and participate in the renewables revolution. ARE Indian diplomats, known for their negotiating skills and
Farm sector spared of the hike. Chandigarh: At a time when there is power shortage sparking off widespread protests across the state, electricity consumers will have to shell out more for power from July
Petition filed before state power regulatory commission The Punjab Government’s decision to allow extension units at the Talwandi Sabo and Rajpura thermal plants has been challenged. A petition has been
<p>Decades of high economic growth in the Asia-Pacific region have transformed its socioeconomic landscape – lifting a billion people out of extreme poverty in the past two decades and raising living
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea will resume the suspended construction of two new nuclear reactors from midnight, its energy ministry said on Tuesday, but has torn up plans to build six more reactors as
It will be given to farmers to operate irrigation pumpsets during daytime, says Shivakumar The government is trying to add 4,000 to 5,000 MW of solar power to the grid in the next 18 months, according
Japan has no choice but to reduce its reliance on nuclear power, Prime Minister Naoto Kan said on Tuesday, as the country battles to end a four-month-old radiation crisis at a tsunami-crippled nuclear plant. The unpopular prime minister appears increasingly sensitive to growing public concern about nuclear power, but whether he oversees an overhaul of energy policy is in doubt as he has promise
With the aim of augmenting availability of electricity in Haryana, the state government is undertaking short, medium and long term measures to be self-reliant in power within the next few years. These include commissioning of its three major thermal power projects at Yamuna Nagar, Jhajjar and Hisar which will generate about 3,300 mw of electricity; contracting power from various projects outside the state for 4,000 mw and generating power through bidding process under case I of tariff policy to the tune of 2,000 mw.
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The Neyveli Lignite Corporation (NLC) has launched the work on constructing a 65-MW solar power plant at Block-1. An NLC press note said the new plant was part of a larger plan to establish 4,000 MW
