Solar power plant planned in Palakkad
Kerala Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (Kinfra) proposes to set up a solar energy power plant in Palakkad district.
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Fuel system eliminating petrol
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Students from an engineering college in the district have developed an alternative fuel system aimed at eliminating petrol.
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Energy accounting soon in State
Sudha Nambudiri KOCHI: It might not be long before energy accounting comes to State. Following the directive from the Union Ministry of Power to the States to introduce star- labelling, on a five-star scale, in commercial buildings and flats, an Energy Credit Card and starrating system is to be introduced to monitor energy consumption of buildings and industries.
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ONGC trying to strike oil off Kochi
KOCHI: The early results of the ultra-deep oil explorations in the Kerala-Konkan basin by the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation will be available in 100 days, according to ONGC Chairman and Managing Director R.S. Sharma. He was talking to journalists here on Sunday after inaugurating
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Wind resource assessment needed: State profile Kerala
Kerala lags behind other states in wind power generation. However, the state which relies heavily on hydroelectric power, is now gearing up to generate power from its wind energy resource. According to the data available (December 2008) with the Centre for Wind Energy Technology (C-WET), the gross wind potential for Kerala is 1,171 MW.
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Major markets to get biogas plants
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Keeping its word on reducing the waste heaps at Vilappilsala treatment plant, the Corporation has decided to set up biogas plants in major markets in the city. The step is as part of the decentralisation of waste treatment, which is one of the main focus areas of the final-year programmes envisaged by the present Council.
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Students install biogas plant at school
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: What is the best thing a school can give its students? No doubt, it is to prepare them to think innovatively. St Mary
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Energy conservation awards announced
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The 13th State Energy Conservation Awards have been announced with Apollo Tyres Ltd, Perambra, winning the award in the large-scale energy consumers category and Coconut Lagoon, Kumarakom, winning in the medium-scale energy consumers category. The awards in other categories are as follows:
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A new record in power efficiency
KOCHI: As per schedule it would have taken three days for the KSEB to complete the repair work. But the work along the Edappally-Kaloor 110 KV feeder lines was completed on the first day itself, thanks to proper planning and team work.
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Organic solar cells can ease energy crisis
KOTTAYAM: Ever thought of solar cells doing the same function like that of plants?
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ONGC abandons drilling off Kochi coast
Byju Aryad KOCHI: The Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has officially announced that the drilling off Kochi in the Kerala-Konkan basin, the oil well KK4C-A at a distance of 70 nautical miles from the coast, was abandoned and added that efforts to extend the exploration in the basin will continue.
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Palakkad to become totally electrified
PALAKKAD: Palakkad will be marked on the country
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Palakkad to become first fully electrified district in India
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: At a time when large parts of the country remain without electricity, Palakkad district in Kerala is all set to be declared the first fully electrified district in the country.
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Palakkad 1st district to be fully electrified
Palakkad in Kerala has become the first fully electrified district of the nation. The Union power minister, Mr Sushil Kumar Shinde, officially announced this on Tuesday in the presence of the state electricity minister, Mr A.K. Balan. The government had taken out a special package to electrify all the 11 Assembly constituencies in the district, including Malampuzha, which elected the CM, Mr V.S.
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Palakkad, now fully electrified district
PALAKKAD: Palakkad district on Tuesday became the first fully electrified district in the country. Announcing this, Union Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde said that the government was working on a target of bringing electricity to all villages in the next two years.
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43 towns to benefit from Central Scheme
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Forty -three towns in the state will benefit from a Rs 288-crore Central scheme meant to strengthen the power distribution sector and reduce technical and commercial losses by 15 percent. KSEB has been allocated the scheme under the Restructured-Accelerated Power Development and Reform Programme (RAPDRP).
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Government Order on BEE labels soon
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A State Government Order adding muscle to the Central directive making Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) labels mandatory on home appliances is expected soon.
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Shutdown in Kerala to protest fuel price hikes
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Normal life was hit Tuesday in Kerala as the state woke up to a shutdown called by the workers of the Motor Vehicle Coordination Committee of the Left parties and the Bharatiya Janata Party to protest the hike in petrol and diesel prices. The shutdown was supported by the trade associations as businessmen pulled the shutters of their shops down.
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New avenues in solar energy
KOCHI: The Rajagiri School of Engineering and Technology (RSET) is organising a twoday Indo-German dialogue on Accelerated Dissemination of Solar Energy Technologies ADSET 2010 on March 4 and 5 at the college campus in Kochi.
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Increasing demand to push up Kerala's dependence on thermal power
G.K. Nair Ever-increasing demand for power without corresponding expansion in hydel power generation capacity in the State is gradually pushing up the state's dependence on thermal power with the ratio to touch 70:30 in the very near future, according senior sources in the Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB).