BGR Energy cuts capex for JVs with Hitachi
August 9th, 2012 - 5:56 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Aug 9 (IANS) City-based BGR Energy Systems has scaled down capital expenditure for its boiler and turbine joint ventures with Hitachi by Rs.900 crore to Rs.3,500 crore to reschedule ... Read more...
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‘New thermal power plants to escalate Vidarbha farm crisis’
August 8th, 2012 - 12:02 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) Large clusters of coal-fired power plants proposed in Maharashtra's Vidarbha - known for farmers' suicides - may bring down the future availability of water in ... Read more...
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India sparks solar energy market: Report
April 26th, 2012 - 1:45 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, April 26 (IANS) India's ambitious national solar programme has catalysed rapid growth in the solar market driving solar energy prices low and demonstrating how government policy can stimulate clean ... Read more...
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Chhattisgarh, Railways ink deal for three rail corridors
February 28th, 2012 - 12:01 am ICT by IANS
Raipur, Feb 27 (IANS) Chhattisgarh Monday signed a deal with the Indian Railways for developing three rail corridors in the state's poverty-hit northern region that has roughly one-fifth of the ... Read more...
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Chhattisgarh signs pact for rail corridors (Lead)
February 17th, 2012 - 5:00 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Feb 17 (IANS) Chhattisgarh wants industrial rail corridors in its sprawling northern region that has an estimated 20 percent of India's coal deposits.The government and Indian Railways are set ... Read more...
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Chhattisgarh to sign MOU with Railways for new project
February 17th, 2012 - 2:36 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Feb 17 (IANS) The Chhattisgarh government and the Indian Railways are all set to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) later this month for setting up industrial rail ... Read more...
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India takes first step towards ultra super-critical boilers
January 20th, 2012 - 1:58 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Jan 20 (IANS) The first step towards India's own advanced ultra super- critical boiler for coal-fired power plants has been taken with the realisation of two materials that can ... Read more...
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Air pollution fueling respiratory diseases in cities: WHO
September 27th, 2011 - 11:32 pm ICT by IANS
Geneva, Sep 27 (IANS) Developing countries in the southeast Asian region with expanding urbanisation are now at a greater risk of respiratory diseases triggered by air pollution, warned the World ... Read more...
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Two million die of air pollution each year: WHO
September 27th, 2011 - 5:47 am ICT by IANS
Geneva, Sep 27 (IANS) Two million people worldwide die from air pollution each year, the Geneva based World Health Organization (WHO) has said.According to data collected by the WHO from ... Read more...
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BGR-Hitachi power equipment plants to go on stream in 2013
September 16th, 2011 - 5:46 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Sep 16 (IANS) Chennai-based BGR Energy Systems will become an integrated power equipment manufacturer by 2013 as its two joint venture plants will start functioning, a top company official ... Read more...
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NTPC order will be met with local, imported machines: BGR
September 15th, 2011 - 10:58 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Sep 15 (IANS) City-based engineering-procurement-construction (EPC) contractor BGR Energy Systems Ltd will supply the steam turbine and generator units to National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) Ltd through a mix ... Read more...
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BGR Energy lowest bidder for NTPC’s mega tender
September 15th, 2011 - 7:58 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Sep 15 (IANS) Chennai-based engineering-procurement-construction (EPC) contractor BGR Energy Systems Ltd. Thursday announced that it is the lowest bidder in state-run NTPC Ltd's bulk tender for supplying steam turbine ... Read more...
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Congress slams Chhattisgarh for ’selling’ rivers, dams
February 22nd, 2011 - 11:50 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Feb 22 (IANS) The opposition Congress in Chhattisgarh Tuesday hit out at the state's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for "selling" rivers and dams to industrial houses."The BJP government in ... Read more...
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India to design advanced ultra super critical boilers
January 7th, 2011 - 12:04 am ICT by IANS
Chennai, Jan 6 (IANS) In order to secure energy security through efficient firing of coal, three Indian giants have joined hands to design, develop and build advanced super ultra critical boilers.Speaking at ... Read more...
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Exposure to mercury pollution causes homosexuality in birds
December 1st, 2010 - 1:47 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 1 (ANI): A new study by US scientists has revealed that exposure to mercury pollution could be hitting some wild birds' reproductive prospects hard by causing males to pair with ... Read more...
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IGCAR to develop advanced boiler for coal- fired power plants
September 6th, 2010 - 3:29 pm ICT by IANS
By Venkatachari Jagannathan
Chennai, Sep 6 (IANS) The Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR) in Kalpakkam has decided to design and develop a 800 MW advanced, ultra super-critical boiler for use ... Read more...
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BGR Energy partners with Hitachi for power equipment
August 6th, 2010 - 7:18 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Aug 6 (IANS) To become an integrated power equipment maker, city-based BGR Energy Systems Friday inducted two companies of the Japanese Hitachi group as joint venture partners in two subsidiaries.
The ... Read more...
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American Recovery Act funds 37 innovative energy research projects
April 30th, 2010 - 2:36 am ICT by BNO News
WASHINGTON D.C. (BNO NEWS) – The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) awarded $106 million in funding, part of an $100 billion investment of the Recovery Act, for 37 innovative research projects that ... Read more...
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Climate Change Could Heighten The Cost Of American Allergies
April 15th, 2010 - 7:20 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
April 15, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): Climate change could set in motion the cost of American allergies and asthma further than the existing $32 billion yearly price tag. This information was ... Read more...
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Sops for green power in Delhi climate plan
November 5th, 2009 - 6:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 5 (IANS) Encouraging use of solar power, increase in use of energy-saving lighting, setting up of an electronic waste facility, more CNG buses, promoting use of bio-fuel and shutting ... Read more...
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Air pollution kills 380,000 people each year in the world
August 15th, 2009 - 2:44 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, August 15 (ANI): A new study has determined that unseen and odorless, microscopic particles of air pollution wafting overseas and across continents kill some 380,000 people each year.According to a report ... Read more...
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India, Russia to discuss Kudankulam nuclear project Tuesday
August 9th, 2009 - 5:26 pm ICT by IANS
By Venkatachari Jagannathan
Chennai, Aug 9 (IANS) The loading of fuel for the first unit of the 2,000-MW Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project in Tamil Nadu will be the main agenda at the joint ... Read more...
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Indian-American devises cleaner way to capture carbon dioxide
July 23rd, 2009 - 1:10 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, July 23 (IANS) An Indian-American physicist has devised a cleaner and more efficient way of capturing carbon dioxide from its polluting source, like coal-fired power plants.
Lawrence Livermore National Lab (LLNL) researcher ... Read more...
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World Bank offers India $180-mn loan to upgrade power plants
June 19th, 2009 - 6:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) The World Bank will extend a $180-million (Rs.900-crore) loan to India for upgrading its polluting coal-fired power plants and bringing down carbon emission, it said Friday.
"The project, ... Read more...
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New technique to track aerosol spread more accurately
March 13th, 2009 - 2:51 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, March 13 (IANS) Aerosols, those tiny, ubiquitous particles in the air, may profoundly affect global climate. But scientists have long struggled to measure their composition, size and global distribution accurately.
A ... Read more...
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US could get clean energy upgrade by early summer
February 20th, 2009 - 5:59 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 20 (DPA) Renewable energy in the US could get a significant cash boost by early summer after President Barack Obama signed a massive $787-billion economic stimulus package this week, the ... Read more...
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Mercury is latest and deadlier threat to environment
January 8th, 2009 - 4:36 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 8 (IANS) As if global warming was not alarming in itself, add one more sinister threat to the list -- mercury pollution.It has already spurred public health officials to advise ... Read more...
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China did have clearer skies during Olympics: Satellite imagery
December 17th, 2008 - 3:26 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Dec 17 (IANS) China did have clearer skies and easier breathing when it shut down factories and banished many cars in a pre-Olympic sprint to clean up Beijing's air. Taking advantage ... Read more...
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Olympic pollution control by China a huge success, reveals satellite data
December 17th, 2008 - 2:11 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 17 (ANI): New satellite data has revealed the impact of the pollution control strategy that China took during the Olympics, which resulted in the levels of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) ... Read more...
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UN climate chief sounds more upbeat as summit enters final phase (Second Lead)
December 11th, 2008 - 1:29 am ICT by IANS
Poznan (Poland), Dec 10 (IANS) Though issues of financing developing countries or transferring technologies to help them combat global warming remained unresolved as the Dec 1-12 climate change summit entered its final ... Read more...
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Thick clouds of pollution block sunlight in worlds major cities
November 26th, 2008 - 2:34 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 26 (ANI): A new research has determined that the Sun is fading above major cities around the world as thick clouds of pollution prevent its rays from reaching the ... Read more...
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Partial capture of CO2 emissions would lower down cost of coal-fired power plants
November 18th, 2008 - 3:50 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 18 (ANI): An analysis by MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) researchers has suggested that in order to lower down the cost of coal-fired power plants, partial capture of carbon ... Read more...
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MIT model can bring down costs of cutting carbon emissions
November 18th, 2008 - 12:13 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Nov 18 (IANS) An MIT model can help the US fend off growing power shortages by bringing down costs of reducing down carbon dioxide emissions.The steep cost involved in capturing such ... Read more...
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Foundation laid for 1,500 MW plants in Chhattisgarh
August 26th, 2008 - 9:42 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Aug 26 (IANS) Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh Tuesday laid foundation stones for two power plants of 1,500 MW at industrial city Korba. The state-run Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) will ... Read more...
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Chhattisgarh to get Rs.1.7 trillion investment in power
August 15th, 2008 - 4:21 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Aug 15 (IANS) Energy companies will invest Rs.1.7 trillion ($42.5 billion) in Chhattisgarh to set up coal-fired power plants having a total power generation capacity of 42,000 MW, Chief Minister Raman ... Read more...
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