Energy

Noor Mohammad New Delhi: Azure Power plans to invest Rs 1,500 crore over the next five years to develop solar power projects.

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P Vinod Kumar, Kavitha Venkatraman Chennai: Decks have been cleared for the fast-tracking of Tamil Nadu Electricity Board’s (TNEB) 2 X 800 mw coal-fired power project to be set up in the Ennore special economic zone (Ennore SEZ) with state-run power utility getting the much-needed clearance from the ministry of environment and forests to go ahead with the project. The power-starved state is

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To attract small hydro power developers in the State, developer's interactive meet is being organized by NVDA at New Delhi on 10th Sept. 2010. The Vice Chairman NVDA informed that NVDA had conducted a survey and investigation to know small power potential in the valley.

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Petrol and diesel prices across the country will increase by 9-13 paise a litre with effect from Tuesday midnight, after the government decided to increase the commission to petrol pump dealers. In Delhi, the price of petrol will go up by 13 paise to Rs 51.56 a litre, while diesel will be 9 paise costlier to Rs 37.71 per litre.

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Tata Steel, seeking a greater role the government in promoting Indian industry, has called for an ultra mega steel plant policy, on the lines of the similarly named policy to promote the power sector. “There is a gas policy; there is a policy for power plants. The steel sector, too, requires a policy like ultra mega steel plants.

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The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC), in a bid to make available easier grid connectivity to the hydro-electric power stations and the other generating stations based on renewable sources of energy, has taken an important regulatory initiative. While the threshold capacity for connecting to inter-state grid would be 250 Mw for thermal power stations, the threshold has been reduc

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New Delhi: Facing problems with Chinese power equipment, state-owned Durgapur Projects is believed to have approached BHEL for carrying out repair and recommission the 300-mw thermal power plant in West Bengal. Chinese firm Dong Fang had supplied turbine to DPL, which has become inoperable due to some technical snag since last three months, sources in the know said. When contacted, Li Qi, CE

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New Delhi: In a move that is aimed at promoting green sources of power, the central electricity regulatory commission (CERC) has reduced the threshold capacity for hydro and other renewable sources-based generating plants to qualify for grid connectivity. While the minimum capacity required for thermal plants to seek grid access will be 250 mw, hydro and other renewable fuel-based power plants

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The Rashtriya Sattoti Haud Mandal Trust of Kasba Peth will showcase unconventional energy resources on Ganeshotsav this year.

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Sethna helped India conduct its first nuclear test way back in 1974 Srinivas Laxman | TNN Mumbai: Former Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) chairman and one of the guiding lights behind India’s first nuclear test, Homi Nusserwanji Sethna, died on Sunday at his Walkeshwar residence after a prolonged lung ailment.

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