Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Dr. Amit Kumar Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 28/05/2025. The applicant has raised a grievance against setting up of a tyre pyrolysis plant by M/s Adideva Carbon LLP. According to the applicant, the tyre pyrolysis plant has …
M/s Sintex Power Limited (SPL) proposes to set up 1720 MW (2x660 MW coal based + 1x400 MW Gas based) Power Plant near Lunsapur, Mithapur and Kagvadar villages, taluka Jafrabad, district Amreli, Gujarat. Terms of Reference for EIA study of the proposed project was prescribed by the Ministry of Environment …
The European Union's (EU) greenhouse gas emissions fell by 2.5% in 2011 despite higher coal consumption, according to new estimates from the European Environment Agency (EEA). The decrease in emissions were mainly due to a milder winter in most parts of the EU, which resulted in lower heating demand from …
Climate scientists are getting their fair share of surprises this year, from the record-breaking ice melt in the Arctic to the fact that first-quarter U.S. carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions have hit their lowest point since 1992. CO2 emissions from energy consumption for the January-March period fell to 1.34 billion metric …
New Delhi Consumers may have to brace for steep hikes in the prices of petroleum products such as diesel, kerosene, cooking gas and petrol after Parliament’s monsoon session ends on September 7. Sources say the petroleum ministry has moved a Cabinet note proposing a hike of R5 per litre in …
Canada's government finalized much-anticipated regulations on Wednesday for phasing out the country's old coal-fired power plants in a move critics condemned as a watering down of earlier proposals to cut carbon emissions. Under rules to take effect on July 1, 2015, generating units commissioned before 1975 will reach the end …
GAIL pulled up for undue benefit of Rs 246 crore to private firms The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has pulled up Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) for hiring a drilling rig from Reliance Industries (RIL) without calling for competitive bids. It also indicted GAIL (India) for giving over …
Colombia gained nearly 17,000 square kilometers of forest between 2001 and 2010 as forests recovered in mountainous regions in the Andes, reports a new study published in the journal PLoS One. The research, based on analysis of satellite imagery, assessed vegetation change across all Colombia's six biomes and 13 ecoregions. …
Continuous fall in output triggers request as Ratnagiri plant output threatened Falling gas production from Reliance Industries’ KG-D6 fields has led the Maharashtra government to ask the Centre to take over the wells and declare those as national assets. The state has resorted to this move as it fears that …
New Delhi Top executives of private power companies such as Tata Power, Reliance, Lanco and Torrent Power met Union power minister Veerappa Moily on Friday to seek his intervention to ensure a speedy resolution to pending fuel issues relating to the sector. A huge generation capacity is facing the prospect …
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton voiced hope Friday the United States would act beyond its pledges on curbing emissions as she visited Pacific islands threatened by climate change. Clinton, the first US secretary of state to take part in the annual Pacific Islands Forum, pledged $25 million in new …
Key World Energy Statistics from the IEA contains timely, clearly-presented data on the supply, transformation and consumption of all major energy sources.
This new IEA report reviews India's energy sector & identifies challenges towards achieving sustainable energy future. It explores policies, players & issues in power, coal, oil/gas, renewables & nuclear sector. Understanding Energy Challenges in India aims to provide an informative and holistic understanding of India’s energy sector to stakeholders in …
President Barack Obama issued an executive order on Thursday that would increase the number of cogeneration plants in the U.S. by 50 percent by 2020, a move that would boost U.S. industrial energy efficiency and slash carbon emissions by 150 million tons per year. The order is the administration's latest …
The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday gave sanction to scheme of amalgamation of Hazira Gas Private Limited with Hazira LNG Private Limited, both joint venture companies between Shell Gas BV and Total Gas Electricite Holdings, France. The scheme of amalgamation was sanctioned by Justice Abhilasha Kumari, who observed, "upon considering …
Rating agency Icra has cut the rating for Reliance Power Ltd’s commercial paper (of Rs 1,000 crore) from A1+ to A1 on increased business risk profile of the company. The rating revision takes into account the rise in risks associated with the power projects being executed through majority-owned special purpose …
A surge in carbon emissions from power demand in the developing world is overwhelming progress by nations, including China and the United States, in improving efficiency, new research shows. Seeking to cut costs, numerous nations in recent years have scaled back or revamped the dirtiest plants that use coal, which …
North East Electric Power Corporation (NEEPCO) plans to add 950 MW to its existing power generation capacity in the region in the next five years. "We are already generating 1,130 MW in the region. Seventy per cent houses are powered by NEEPCO. We shall add 950 MW by the next …
So, why the power crisis? Reasons are deeply systemic & extremely worrying. There is no doubt that supply is constrained The power outage in northern India on two days should not be dismissed or misjudged. Analysts are jumping to the conclusion that the crisis was foretold. They blame delays caused …
Competitive bids for coal blocks need to be so designed as to rev up operational efficiency on the ground Coal, the country’s main source of commercial energy, remains mired in opacity, non-reform and worse. There’s the pressing need to overhaul market design and have multiple non-captive, commercial producers in coal …
Union Minister of State for Petrochemicals and Natural Gas, RPN Singh on Sunday refuted claims made by Gujarat government of discrimination over allocation and pricing of natural gas. The minister who was in Ahmedabad to attend the review meeting of oil marketing companies alleged that the state government was misleading …
