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 …
Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd on Thursday said it has commissioned the third 250 MW advanced-class gas turbine Pragati-III project at Bawana in New Delhi. Now, 1,000 megawatts is available for feeding power to the grid from this station. “With this, BHEL has commissioned 2,250 MW in the first quarter of …
Commissions 2,250 MW in first quarter of FY13. Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd on Thursday said it has commissioned the third 250 MW advanced-class gas turbine Pragati-III project at Bawana in New Delhi. Now, 1,000 megawatts is available for feeding power to the grid from this station. “With this, BHEL has …
The Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Ministry is learnt to have given its favourable consent to the proposal of Andhra Pradesh Government not to suspend supply of KG-D6 gas allocation to Lanco’s Kondapalli Stage-II power plant and GMR’s Tanir Bavi to enable them to supply power on the basis of …
India-Canada ties, which have had a roller coaster journey since Independence, are looking up again. During two high-level meetings this month, both sides discussed the possibility of tie-ups in the energy sector, mainly hydrocarbon, as civil nuclear energy talks have been held up, with both sides not willing to disclose …
This paper presents new global evidence on the key determinants of public-private partnership investment in electricity generated by fossil fuels and renewable energy based on a panel data analysis for 105 developing countries over a period of 16 years from 1993 to 2008. It aims to identify the key factors …
Mumbai London-listed Essar Energy said it has reduced its dependence on crude imports from Iran for its refinery in Gujarat, amid mounting US pressure to curtail Iranian imports. “Our imports today from Iran is in very small quantities, as an expansion at our Vadinar refinery enables us process ultra-heavy crude …
Power situation in the city is likely to improve soon with Reliance Industries Ltd. agreeing to supply gas to the Bawana power plant, built at a cost of Rs.4,500 crore, to facilitate generation of 750 MW of power. “Reliance Industries Ltd. has agreed to supply the gas to the plant. …
Tirupur farmers want pipeline to be laid along highways Around 650 farmers and activists staged a demonstration here on Wednesday to protest against the Gas Authority of India Limited’s (GAIL) choice of farmland in the district to lay gas pipeline to take natural gas from Kochi to Bangalore. The gas …
New DelhiPetronet LNG, the country’s largest gas importer of liquified natural gas (LNG), is planning to raise around R4,500-5,000 crore over the period of next three years for its proposed terminal at Gangavaram Port in Andhra Pradesh. The company also intends to increase 5 million tonne additional capacity for it’s …
New Delhi The stagnation in domestic gas and coal production has led to a revival of interest in the liquefied natural gas (LNG) business, despite it being the most expensive fuel for power generation. Among the growing list of energy companies looking at the LNG business are government-run Indian Oil …
New Delhi: British energy major BP Plc has sought a free market pricing regime for natural gas to check India’s growing dependence on imports and prevent investments in the exploration and related oilfield service business moving out of the country. The low domestic gas price set by the government is …
European Union negotiators agreed early on Thursday the text of a law designed to make governments and utilities improve energy efficiency and lower the bloc's fuel bills. The legislative proposal was agreed by representatives of the Commission, the European Parliament and the presidency shortly after midnight, EU sources said. It …
Despite leading in some aspects of green technology, such as solar and wind power, China still faces a fight to reduce its level of emissions. China considers ways of reducing emissions Twenty six newly wed couples held a group wedding on the first day of 2012 in Zhanjiang, Guangdong province, …
Europe's emissions trading scheme has failed to create incentives for utilities to use cleaner energy fuels, meaning that governments will have to switch to simpler tools, such as subsidies and regulation, to enforce emissions reduction targets. One of the most effective steps to reduce emissions would be to switch from …
Higher crude oil price was responsible for the pulling down the country’s GDP growth to 6.9 per cent last year from about eight per cent, petroleum minister Jaipal Reddy said on Wednesday. Speaking at the fifth OPEC International Seminar in Vienna on Wednesday, Reddy said, “It is estimated that a …
New Delhi Industry body Ficci has told the Supreme Court that the auction method (i.e. a market-based system) adopted in allocation of natural resources can “indeed be successful in effectively distributing natural resources” if conducted openly and fairly. Ficci, in its reply to the Presidential Reference in the 2G spectrum …
State-owned Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL) and Videocon Industries’ Mozambique block may have up to 100 trillion cubic feet (tcf) of in-place gas reserves, operator Anadarko Petroleum Corp said on Monday. Bharat PetroResources, a wholly-owned subsidiary of BPCL, and Videocon Hydrocarbon Holdings, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Videocon Industries, hold 10 per …
The iron and steel sector is non-transparent, non-compliant with weak environmental norms and is getting away with it because of an even weaker regulatory framework When the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) started its Green Rating Project in the mid-1990s, India had just liberalised its economy. There were fears …
Rovuma Basin, where Videocon & BPCL have big stakes, may hold 20 times as much gas as D6 Natural gas reserves in Mozambique’s oil-rich Rovuma Basin, where Indian companies hold stakes, are expected to rise dramatically with a giant new discovery, catapulting the African nation to the league of the …
Falling coal prices and soaring costs have forced Australia’s producers to start trimming output and letting go of some workers, hurting miners, rail and port operators and potentially threatening plans for more than $30 billion of investment in new mines. Miners operating in Australia, led by BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto …
