Energy

Central Region Electricity Distribution Company said to filed officers that in Rabi season maintenance of electricity lines and transformers should be done and its the priority of Company to ensure quality electricity supply.

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MUMBAI: A major component of a user's electricity bill will soon remain constant for a five-year lock-in period if a proposal put forth by the Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC) gets the go-ahead. The MERC has proposed to all power suppliers in the state that power bills be divided into two components: a variable component and a non-variable component.

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Mahesh Kulkarni / Bangalore September 1, 2010, 0:38 IST For the first time after settling their family dispute and withdrawing the non-compete clause in May, brothers Mukesh and Anil Ambani are again competing face-to-face, in a bid for the Rs 7,500-crore, 1,320-Mw thermal power project at Gulbarga in north Karnataka.

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NEW DELHI, 31 AUG: The world's largest coal producer, Coal India Ltd (CIL), today said it might consider setting up power plants in the country to utilise excess coal. “We may set up power plants if stockpiles keep on rising.

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Electric utility Exelon Corp said it will buy Deere & Co’s wind power business for about $860 million, expanding its portfolio of carbon-free electricity generation. Exelon, the largest US nuclear power operator, said the acquisition of John Deere Renewables will add 735 operating megawatts (Mw) of clean energy to its portfolio, which currently includes about 1,000 Mw of renewable power. The

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New and Renewable Energy Minister Shri Ajay Vishnoi said that geo thermal energy can be produced from the regions of banks of Narmada River. For this purpose proposals on public-private partnership (PPP) basis have been received from some developers. The state government is considering these proposals.

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P B Jayakumar / Mumbai August 31, 2010, 2:02 IST With passage of the nuclear liability Bill, the heavy engineering supply chain, led by Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL), Larsen & Toubro (L&T) and Bharat Forge Ltd (BFL), is gearing to take up the challenge ahead. India plans 25,000 Mw of nuclear capacity addition by 2020 and this will be partly done through indigenous technology-driven

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Sanjay Jog / Mumbai August 31, 2010, 0:20 IST Demand that the deposit fee sought by OMCs be cut to 1% from 10%. Ethanol manufacturers in Maharahstra, in a serious bid to supply ethanol for five per cent blending with petrol, have decided to reserve half their alcohol stock exclusively for this.

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State-owned NTPC is vying for a stake in Indonesian coal mines to secure long-term capacity while domestic coal supply continues to face hurdles in environmental clearances.

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Kolkata: The government’s first tranche of solar power project allotment under the Jawaharlal Nehru Solar Mission, which aims at generating 20,000 mw of solar power by 2022, will start next month, Union minister for new and renewable energy Farooq Abdullah, said here on Monday. Abdullah at an interactive session, organised by the Bengal National Chamber of Commerce Industry (BNCCI), said that a

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