Britain’s Heathrow Airport will use sustainable jet fuel for the first time as part of a test ahead of a Group of Seven (G7) rich nations summit in the country next week. The fuel, produced by Finland’s Neste and supplied by oil trader Vitol, is made entirely of renewable and sustainable waste such as cooking […]
Day: June 3, 2021
Solar companies seek Centre’s intervention in UP solar bid cancellation
Private solar power companies have sought the Centre’s intervention in securing solar contracts after the tenders were cancelled by Uttar Pradesh earlier this week. Uttar Pradesh has become the latest state to cancel winning bids for 184-Mw discovered through auctions in February last year. The solar companies said bid cancellation and re-negotiation attempts by states […]
India brings forward target of 20 pc ethanol-blending in petrol to 2023
The government has brought forward the target date for achieving 20 per cent ethanol-blending with petrol by two years to 2023 to help reduce India’s dependence on costly oil imports, according to an official notification. Last year, the government had set a target of reaching 10 per cent ethanol-blending in petrol (10 per cent of […]
Coal India’s management may begin negotiations with trade unions this month over pay hike
State-owned CIL’s management is likely to start negotiations with the trade unions this month over the salary hike, a move that is likely to have financial impact on the world’s largest coal miner to a large extent, a trade union leader said on Wednesday. Nathulal Pandey, president of HMS-affiliated Hind Khadan Mazdoor Federation, said Coal […]
CESL signs MoU with CLASP for deploying energy efficiency technologies at scale
Convergence Energy Services Limited (CESL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) announced it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with CLASP, an international non-profit organisation, for deployment of high-quality energy efficiency technologies. The company said it will set up a monitoring and quality assurance cell for products used in decentralized solar […]
Bill Gates company to build reactor at Wyoming coal plant
A next-generation, small nuclear plant will be built at a soon-to-be retired coal-fired power plant in Wyoming in the next several years, business and government officials said Wednesday. The plant featuring a sodium reactor and molten salt energy storage system will perform better, be safer and cost less than traditional nuclear power, Microsoft co-founder and […]
Biggest bank in India torn between BlackRock and funding coal
State Bank of India needs to finance coal projects to meet the Indian leader’s push to electrify more homes, yet it wants to back renewable projects to appease investors like BlackRock Inc. For now it’s doing a bit of both. “Investors’ concerns are very important to us, we take them into consideration,” the lender’s head […]
Power supply to buildings along Parwanoo NH to be cut
In a bid to get 75 buildings lying along the national highway (NH)-05 vacated for four-laning of the Parwanoo-Chambaghat section, the Sub Divisional Magistrate (SDM), Solan, has directed the officials of the power and Jal Shakti Vibhag to snap their electricity and water connections.
Transmission loss of power discom reduces by 2.87%
The aggregate technical and commercial (AT&C) losses of the Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (DHBVN) have come down by 2.87 per cent this year. Its AT&C losses have come down from 16.5 per cent last year to 13.63 per cent this year. An official spokesperson said one of the major reasons for AT&C loss was […]
Now, rectify power meter readings online
Power consumers can now get the errors in the meter readings rectified online from the comfort of their homes. For this, the facility of “trust reading” is being provided by the Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitaran Nigam (UHBVN) and Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitaran Nigam (DHBVN), an official spokesman said. In case the readings are wrong, consumers […]
Years on, NHAI, Ludhiana MC ignore problem of waterlogging at Giaspura Chowk
Thousands of commuters are forced to face inconvenience due to rainwater accumulation at Giaspura Chowk on the NH-44 here. After rainfall, the water remains accumulated for days at the intersection, leaving commuters to suffer. Residents of nearby areas have raised the issue many times but no action has been taken by the authorities concerned to […]
Work order for bio-mining, smart road projects for Jalandhar issued
The executive committee of the Smart City Mission has issued work orders to the lowest bidders of two projects — bio-mining and smart roads — worth nearly Rs84 crore today. After participating in a virtual meeting of the committee chaired by PMIDC CEO Ajoy Sharma, Deputy Commissioner Ghanshyam Thori said the Smart City Mission had […]