World energy issues monitor 2024
In a world where the demands for secure, affordable and sustainable energy are ever-increasing, global and national energy systems are showing signs of deficiencies and strains everywhere. There is an
Power Transmission
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Elephant deaths: MoEF panel for amending Act
A committee of the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), which inquired into the deaths of scores of elephants by electrocution, has recommended amendment of the Wildlife Protection (WP) Act, 1972, so that power distribution company officials and train drivers who mow down elephants can be punished for culpable homicide not amounting to murder.
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Wind energy in Gujarat issues and challenges
Moving from 20% to 50% of wind power calls for need for improved wind power forecast and optimal reserve capacities, strong price signal to wind energy generator against deviation from forecast and strong
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Ernakulam to be declared totally electrified
KOCHI: After Palakkad and Thrissur, it is the turn of Ernakulam to become a totally electrified district. The state government will declare Ernakulam district totally electrified on February 19. Almost all the Assembly constituencies in the district have become totally electrified. As of now, there are around 14,000 households which are yet to be electrified.
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People kill birds, not theories, claim biologists
At the beginning of this month when about 5,000 red-winged blackbirds fell from the sky in one night in Arkansas, biologists were called on to put a damper on public speculation about pesticides and secret military tests by reminding everyone how many birds there are and how many die.
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Karnataka govt spending Rs.1,000 crore a month on buying power
The Government is spending Rs 1,000 crore a month on buying power from other States and private generators, draining the State coffers. The bill for power import between April and November 2010 was a jaw-dropping Rs 8,633.99 crore, and an estimated Rs 4,430.48 crore more will be spent between December, 2010 and March 2011 to cope with the crisis and ensure
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Cost and performance of carbon dioxide capture from power generation
<p>This working paper evaluates cost and performance trends related to carbon dioxide (CO2) capture from power generation, based on extensive analysis of data from major engineering studies published between 2006 and 2010.
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China Light and Power plans big for India
P B Jayakumar / Mumbai December 6, 2010, 0:15 IST China Light and Power (CLP), the largest foreign power company in India, has planned a lot of investment in the country in coal-based power generation, wind energy and transmission projects.
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New direction
<p> ON March 9, the country's leading industry captains, attending the first meeting of the Assam Investment Advisory Board in Guwahati, said they were impressed by the emergence of a</p>
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Power distribution firms may get to encash green energy initiatives
Setting in motion the trade of renewable energy, the government has launched a certification process for the clean energy sector.
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Rs. 2-crore project for Kani village
Permanent electric connections would be given to the Kani tribe village of Valiya Ela at Pechipparai in Kanyakumari district on an outlay of Rs. 2 crore, said Collector Rajendra Ratnoo. Mr.