Berlin: German solar power plants produced a world record 22 gigawatts of electricity per hour - equal to 20 nuclear power stations at full capacity - through the midday hours on Friday and Saturday, the head of a renewable energy think tank said. The German government decided to abandon nuclear power after the Fukushima nuclear disaster last year, closing eight plants immediately and shutting down the remaining nine by 2022....
07:18 AM, May 27, 2012
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Julien Gueguen-Carroll, an advocate, and his bride-to-be, Clara Cressy from Paris, would enter wedlock in the city at a rare Energy Wedding to be held at Isa Viswa Vidyalayam in Anayara on Friday.The wedding is hosted by the Global Energy Parliament, an international body of Isa Viswa Prajnana Trust. Energy wedding aims atspreading awareness against blindly following rituals. During the ceremony, the bride and bridegroom will be given special...
11:28 AM, May 18, 2012
Bangalore: Greenpeace India activists Tuesday urged global computer maker Apple to use renewable energy to power its data centres worldwide instead of fossil fuels like coal for protecting the fragile ecology. As part of the worldwide protest against the multinational for burning tonnes of coal to run its data centres, local activists of the green organisation roped in its customers to ask Apple go for a cleaner cloud. Similar protests...
12:05 PM, May 09, 2012
Karaikudi: Advocating the need for energy security, former president APJ Abdul Kalam on Sunday said India's power requirement will increase to four lakh MW by 2030 and focus should be on renewable energy generation to meet the situation. With the growing population, by 2030 the country would have a population of 1.4 billion and the energy requirement would increase from 1,99,000 MW to 4,00,000 MW, he said inaugurating the Centre...
12:22 AM, May 07, 2012
New Delhi: In a bid to strengthen the commercial ties between the two countries, India and Japan on Monday agreed to boost cooperation in infrastructure projects in DMIC, railways and energy sectors at their first Economic Dialogue. Besides the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor, the two countries also agreed to accelerate cooperation in infrastructure development in the areas along the Chennai-Bengaluru Industrial Corridor. "We discussed the entire gamut of issues in which...
03:58 AM, May 01, 2012
New Delhi: Stating that India faces "formidable" challenges on the energy front, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said spiralling international oil prices have put a strain on the country's import bill and domestic prices need to be rationalised. "With imports accounting for about 80 per cent of our crude supplies, the spiralling prices of crude in the international market have put a severe strain on our import bill," he said...
11:50 AM, Apr 28, 2012
Mumbai: The Maharashtra government is scouting land to set up three solar energy plants as part of its efforts to augment electricity generation in the state. Sources in the state energy department told PTI that the three plants of 50 mw each would be set up in Osmanabad and Parbhani. "We need at least 100 hectare of land and are looking for it for setting up two plants in Parbhani...
04:44 AM, Apr 25, 2012
BANGALORE: The future of leads impact on our society is alarming. With a policy plan to generate 12.3 giga-Watts of electricity from solar energy in India, we are on the verge of becoming the world capital of lead poisoning. Students and researchers will be facing challenges with opportunity in the days to come, Dr Venkatesh Thuppil, Director, National Referral Centre For Lead Poisoning in India, said.He was delivering guest lecture...
08:58 AM, Apr 24, 2012
New Delhi: The first unit of the Kundankulam nuclear power project is expected to start generating electricity in the next 40 days, Minister of State in the rime Minister's Office V Narayanasamy said on Monday. He said the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) officials were at the Kudankulam project site and inspecting the plant. "The first reactor of 1000 MW will be operational within 40 days from today," Narayanasamy told...
04:52 PM, Apr 23, 2012
Even as Indian power plants run short of coal, scientists at the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy are experimenting with new ways of using the sun to generate energy. These are purely experimental right now - there are no plans to roll them out commercially at affordable rates yet. ...
12:38 PM, Apr 19, 2012
It would be a euphemism to say that I hate non-governmental organisations. They are generally anti-development, self-righteous, obdurate, ill-liberal, conspiratorial, secretive and even plain deceptive: ...
03:04 PM, Apr 12, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: In what is being billed as a pioneering initiative, all 52 jails in Kerala will now go green with the state government undertaking a Rs 25.50 crore solar power project. The pilot project was launched by Chief Minister Oommen Chandy at the central prison here on Wednesday. All jails will now use solar power extensively, rather than grid power, which is being used for lighting and pumping of water...
12:55 PM, Apr 11, 2012
New Delhi: India plans to add 5,300 MW nuclear power capacity during the 12th Plan period, taking the total contribution of atomic power to 9980 MW to the country's energy basket. This planned capacity addition includes power from two 1,000 MW units at Kudankulam being built by the Nuclear Power Corporation with Russian collaboration. "The proposed capacity addition target during the XIIth Plan is envisaged as 5300 MW," the budget...
04:49 AM, Apr 07, 2012
Coimbatore: Lashing out at anti-nuclear activists, a former Atomic Energy Commission chief on Wednesday said that "certain professional agitators" had worked against the project at Kudankulam which was "one of the best sites" for a nuclear power station. The fisherfolk living around Kudankulam village were no doubt greatly agitated after the Fukushima disaster but "certain professional agitators, with motives of their own, have worked on the fears on the innocent...
04:37 PM, Apr 04, 2012
Beijing: Pakistan supports "peaceful use" of nuclear technology by Iran, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said, as he backed enhanced energy and trade ties with Tehran, which is facing international sanctions. Gilani said Pakistan is desirous of enhancing its bilateral relations with Iran, especially in energy and trade. He said realisation of Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline project will open new vistas of cooperation. Gilani said "Pakistan wants to enhance trade...
01:02 AM, Apr 02, 2012
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