Shell aiming for net-zero emissions
A new report by Shell unveils pathways to transforming the company’s power, industry, transportation and buildings sectors to reduce carbon emissions. Energy giant Shell has identified a need to transform
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Chinese imports hurting biz, says Tata Solar chief
Mumbai India needs to stem an influx of cheaper imports from China and ease taxes on locally made solar cells to boost domestic manufacturing, Tata Power Solar Systems’ newly appointed CEO Ajay Goel told FE in a telephonic interview on Wednesday. The government aims to turn India into a major solar power hub, targeting a 20-fold rise in sun-power generation to 20 Giga Watts (GW) by 2022. The country’s growing power needs and a shortage of coal and gas used in conventional thermal plants has highlighted the need to develop energy from alternative sources, such as sun and wind.
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UK green energy plans risk frustrating investors
Britain will exclude details of support for green energy under power market reform plans it is due to unveil next week, say sources familiar with the statement which may disappoint investors and developers. The proposals will center around a guaranteed purchase price for low carbon electricity, critically widening existing renewable energy support to include nuclear power. But the plans, whi
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Patel to seek deterrent for Chinese power equipment imports
With domestic manufacturers ramping up power equipment production capacity to 30,000 mega watt by the end of the current financial year, Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Praful Patel will push for measures to stop or disincentivise imports.
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Power crisis continues, but there's light at end of tunnel
The new projects will produce power only after 2010 One of the biggest challenges UP Chief Minister Mayawati has faced in her first year at the helm is the huge demand-supply gap in power. Understandably, reforms in the power sector top industry's demand. The total generation capacity in the state is about 2,700 Mw. The state buys around 3,000 Mw from the central pool. This falls much short of the peak-hour demand of around 8,000 Mw.
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Collectorate to run on solar power
Lucknow: Taking its first green step towards becoming a smart city, the Lucknow Collectorate on Sunday became the first district collectorate in the state to be solar-empowered. Constructed at the cost
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Kudankulam plant is safest, says Russian official
Vladimir Angelov, Director of projects for ASE group of companies in India, part of Rosatom of Russia spoke on the safety aspects and progress of setting up Russian nuclear plants in an exclusive interview
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Maharashtra agrees to guarantee Dabhol loan
The Maharashtra government has offered some respite for the troubled Dabhol Power Project by agreeing to provide a guarantee for a Rs 300 crore loan that owner Ratnagiri Gas and Power Project Ltd (RGPPL) is seeking from the Power Finance Corporation (PFC).
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RPower to be Among the Coal Giants Soon: Ambani
Reliance Power will soon be among the world’s largest coal companies while its power projects are on schedule to benefit from the captive coal availability, chairman Anil Ambani said. “With 65 million
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PMO initiative to end coal supply logjam runs into rough weather
There is no end in sight to the slugfest between the power and coal ministries over the terms of supply of fuel to upcoming coal-fired projects. At a crucial meeting called by the Prime Minister’s Office
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Power firms flout water discharge norms
Himachal House panel reccomends action against the companies for failing to ensure minimum prescribed flow of water The Himachal Pradesh Assembly’s standing committee on Irrigation and Public Health (IPH)
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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding remedial action against violation of environmental norms by NHAI in the course of four laning of National Highway from Udhampur to Banihal, Jammu & Kashmir, 28/06/2021
<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Amresh Singh Vs Union of India & Others dated 28/06/2021.</p> <p>The issue for consideration is the remedial action against violation of environmental
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Rain-checked
Praying to St Peter is not much of an energy policy. Yet that is what Brazil’s government seems to be doing by counting on rain—which, according to folklore, São Pedro dispenses at the pearly gates—to
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NTPC commissions 10 Mw solar plant at Kaniha
Roy Choudhury congratulated the employees of NTPC-Kaniha for their efforts and team spirit The 10 Mw solar power plant of NTPC Ltd located within the site of its 3000 Mw coal-fired station at Kaniha, near Talcher, has been synchronised and is ready for commercial operations.
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Privatise water supply system: Congress MLA
Congress MLA Rajesh Lilothia has demanded privatisation of the water supply system on the lines of power privatisation across the city, to bring efficiency in the supply mechanism. Speaking in the Delhi
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Tokio Marine, Mitsui To Launch $123 Million Solar Fund: Report
Tokio Marine Asset Management Co and Mitsui & Co plan to launch a 10 billion yen ($123.3 million) fund to construct 10 or more large solar power plants across Japan, the Nikkei reported. Solar is one of the power sources the government of the world's third-largest economy is focusing on after the March earthquake and tsunami shattered Tokyo's nuclear-dependent energy policy. Mitsui will buil
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Suzlon plans $1.3-b wind farm project in Australia
Wind power company Suzlon Energy is planning a $1.3-billion project in South Australia to power 225,000 homes a year. According to an ABC report today, Suzlon Energy Australia said the $1.3-billion
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Final Environmental Impact Assessment report for proposed (2×800 MW) Thermal Power Project at Vayalur Village, Ambathur Taluk, Thiruvallur District, Tamil Nadu
Final Environmental Impact Assessment Report (After Public Hearing as per MoEF Notification S.O.1533 dt. 14th Sep 2006) for Proposed (2×800 MW) Thermal Power Project at Vayalur Village, Ambathur Taluk,
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Power-starved State inks three MoUs
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Manmohan's dream project in limbo
In an indication of the state of affairs in the Power Ministry, even Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's dream project, the 750-MW Bongaigaon power project in Assam, is in a state of neglect after he laid the foundation in January 2006. Work on the Rs. 3,000-crore project being executed by the National Thermal Power Corporation is yet to take off. It was only after Minister of State for Power Jairam Ramesh cracked the whip last week did the NTPC begin civil works at the site. Personal initiative