Power generation through renewable energy sources will constitute half of Tamil Nadu’s total power generated in about a decade’s time, according to R.Christodas Gandhi, Chairman and Managing Director, Tamil Nadu Energy Development Agency (TEDA).While power through wind mills accounted for bulk of energy generated in this sector at present in Tamil Nadu, solar power will get a major boost after the...
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Efficient large-scale power generation from geothermal and other low-grade heat sources may now be viable, thanks to a revolutionary new technology.A team led by Behdad Moghtaderi, professor at the University of Newcastle Centre for Energy, worked with Granite Power Ltd (GPL) to develop the technology platform called Granex.It delivers higher efficiencies than conventional power plants and increases...
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Efficient large-scale power generation from geothermal and other low-grade heat sources may now be viable, thanks to a revolutionary new technology.A team led by Behdad Moghtaderi, professor at the University of Newcastle Centre for Energy, worked with Granite Power Ltd (GPL) to develop the technology platform called Granex.It delivers higher efficiencies than conventional power plants and increases...
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Soon, your electricity bill is going to cost you a wee bit more. Coal India Limited (CIL), which supplies coal to power generators in the state, has announced a 12 to 15% rise in prices of coal.Generation costs will go up at thermal power stations, which in turn will lead to an eight paise (estimated) per unit hike in tariff. It will be reflected in the fuel adjustment charges (FAC) column in your...
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Soon, your electricity bill is going to cost you a wee bit more. Coal India Limited (CIL), which supplies coal to power generators in the state, has announced a 12 to 15% rise in prices of coal.Generation costs will go up at thermal power stations, which in turn will lead to an eight paise (estimated) per unit hike in tariff. It will be reflected in the fuel adjustment charges (FAC) column in your...
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With a view to providing domestic fuel to the power projects run by the State PSUs, Gujarat government has resolved to reserve additional area having lignite resources for public sector companies of Gujarat government and for power generation joint venture with state utilities.The lignite reserves in the state are limited. As a result, the state government believes that it is inevitable to reserve...
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Power generation in the country has witnessed a jump of 7.9 per cent in September as new thermal capacities were added and gas availability from KG basin fueled electricity production, the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) said today.However, the electricity generation fell short of the targeted production for the month by over 3,500 Mw."(It was) basically due to increased thermal power generation...
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Power generation in the country has witnessed a jump of 7.9 per cent in September as new thermal capacities were added and gas availability from KG basin fueled electricity production, the Central Electricity Authority said today.However, the electricity generation fell short of the targeted production for the month by over 3,500 MW."(It was) basically due to increased thermal power generation which...
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CUDDALORE: Owing to heavy rainfall in the last four days the mining of lignite and electricity generation in the Neyveli Lignite Corporation have suffered a setback. As on Monday the power generation was in the region of 1,400 MW as against the installed capacity of 2,490 MW. On Sunday the NLC management switched off the conveyor belt system (that carries lignite to the thermal stations) because of...
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units of National Thermal Power Corporation(NTPC) were today closed due to supply of insufficient coal, causing considerable loss in power generation.Official sources here said two units of 500 MW capacity each and one unit of 210 MW had to be closed due to insufficient supply of coal from Rajmahal collieries of Eastern Coalfields Ltd (ECL).''There are seven units of the NTPC at Kahalgaon with a total...
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