Infrastructure development key to energy security: FICCI
December 18th, 2011 - 1:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 18 (IANS) India needs to develop its infrastructure and increase production efficiency in the oil and gas sector to secure its long-term energy security, a ... Read more...
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Experts to discuss Jaitapur nuclear project
November 28th, 2011 - 9:15 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Nov 28 (IANS) For the first time, nuclear experts and opponents and supporters of the 9,900-MW Jaitapur Nuclear Power Plant (JNPP) coming up in Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
‘Investment in solar power projects to double by 2015′
October 28th, 2010 - 12:16 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 27 (IANS) With investment in solar power projects expected to double in the next five years, photovoltaics could account for nine percent of the global power demand by 2030, ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
OPEC cartel faced with future risks in its 50th year
September 10th, 2010 - 11:32 am ICT by IANS
By Albert Otti
Vienna, Sep 10 (DPA) The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries is set to mark its 50th anniversary Tuesday not with a grand ceremony, but with a simple press conference ... Read more...
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Soon, monster wind turbines to generate green power
June 21st, 2010 - 2:25 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 21 (ANI): Gigantic wind turbines with blade spans more expansive than the London Eye could soon be generating green power, according to a British clean energy expert.An offshore turbine over ... Read more...
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Engineers suggest nuking Gulf oil spill, but US Govt. says `No Way’
June 3rd, 2010 - 2:55 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 3 (ANI): Engineering experts have suggested that one way the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico could be stopped by nuking the well.The idea has gained fans with each ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Gas Prices May Rise Above $3 A Gallon, Again
March 23rd, 2010 - 8:31 pm ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Mar 23 (THAINDIAN NEWS) As the price of crude oil is still lingering above the $80 a barrel mark, customers are feeling the tug on their wallets. The price per barrel ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
‘Gulf offers excellent investment opportunity in energy sector’
January 29th, 2010 - 6:10 am ICT by IANS
Sharjah, Jan 29 (IANS) The energy sector in the Gulf region is well placed to develop clean and affordable energy sources, as the world focuses on developing new technologies to deal with ... Read more...
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Renewable energy expert named to USIBC board
December 18th, 2009 - 11:43 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Dec 18 (IANS) Robert L. Nelson Jr, a partner at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, a leading international law firm based in Washington, has been elected to the board ... Read more...
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Making Jamia world-class university a challenge: Jung
September 3rd, 2009 - 9:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) On his first day in office, Jamia Millia Islamia's new vice chancellor Najeeb Jung Thursday said there were huge "challenges" before him to make the university "one ... Read more...
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Renewable energy can meet India’’s 35 percent demand by 2030
March 24th, 2009 - 8:36 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Mar 24 (ANI): India''s 35 percent electricity demands can be met from renewable energy by 2030 and 50 percent of the projected energy requirements can be met simply from ... Read more...
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Fossil fuels will supply a third of energy till 2030: Pachauri
January 12th, 2009 - 5:03 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) Painting a gloomy picture of adverse climate change affecting countries across the globe, a leading energy expert has said that more than one-third of world energy demand ... Read more...
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Petro politics at heart of Russia-Georgia clash, says expert
August 16th, 2008 - 6:54 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Aug.16 (ANI): In both geopolitical and economic terms, the United States appears a loser in the Russia-Georgia conflict, says an energy expert, who believes the current war is not about ... Read more...
Posted in Life Style |
Congress spokespersons to get lessons on n-deal
August 5th, 2008 - 8:16 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) In a move to create public support for the controversial India-US civil nuclear deal, the ruling Congress will Wednesday organise a special orientation programme for its spokespersons ... Read more...
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Gas turbine technology best for power generation in Gulf: expert
July 31st, 2008 - 11:25 am ICT by IANS
Dubai, July 31 (IANS) Gas turbine technology is the best fossil fuel-based technology available for power generation in the Gulf, given the skyrocketing oil prices, according to a leading energy expert. "Gas ... Read more...
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