If Jairam Ramesh was flexible on the Kyoto Protocol and tough on industries in an endeavour to build overall responsibility towards the environment, his successor Jayanthi Natarajan seems to have a clear brief to tighten the nation’s stand on that issue as she talked tough at her first meeting on climate change issues with 150 environment ministers in South Africa.
Category: Power & New and Renewable Energy
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Coal transportation norms
Union Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) is planning to reduce the distance of carrying the coal having more than 34 per cent ash content to the power plant from 1,000 km to 500 km from the pit-head.
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Power capacity grew
During the 11th Plan, 40,781 MW of power capacity has been added which is nearly double the capacity added in the entire Tenth Plan, Union Minister of Power Sushilkumar Shinde said.
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Power Grid's 1st 1,200-kV station in MP
Power Grid Corporation will launch a 1,200-kV ultra-high voltage (UHV) test station along with experimental lines in Bina of Madhya Pradesh in September.
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Power, telecom cos raise foreign funds
The Centre had approved companies' fund raising worth Rs 60,950 crore through extÂernal commercial borrowing (ECB) or foreign currency cÂoÂnvertible bonds (FCCB) for inÂfrastructure projects in the last two financial years.
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Power, telecom cos raise foreign funds
The Centre had approved companies' fund raising worth Rs 60,950 crore through extÂernal commercial borrowing (ECB) or foreign currency cÂoÂnvertible bonds (FCCB) for inÂfrastructure projects in the last two financial years.
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PFS' Rs 1.5 bn infra bonds
PTC India Financial Services (PFS) plans to raise up to Rs 150 crore through issue of tax-saving bonds in the current fiscal.
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Sterlite bags Rs 29-bn transmission project
Sterlite Transmission Projects has won the Rs 2,900-crore power transmission project, by far the biggest one to be awarded through the competitive bidding route in the country.
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Clean initiatives
When Elizabeth Littlefield was appointed by President Obama as the 10th President and CEO of Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), little was known about her role in providing the much needed support to the clean energy projects in India.
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Coal-rich nations' policies to hit power cos
Development of new proÂjeÂcts could face problems from the regulatory reforms being undertaken by coal-rich nations - from where the fossil fuel is sourced.