Mining

Impact assessment of coal mines in Erai watershed of Chandrapur district using geoinformatics

The industrial development and growing population in India is in demand of more energy. Coal based thermal power generation is a major source of energy and is expanding at a very high rate leading to over exploitation of coal reserves, which is causing adverse impacts on the environment.

Publication Date: 
01/10/2008
S. A. Patil, Y. B. Katpatal
Journal of Environmental Science & Engineering
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Water Pollution, Land Pollution, Mining, Deforestation, Coal, Remote Sensing, Geographical Information Systems (GIS), Chandrapur (D), Western Coalfields
Energy

A resource and technology assessment of coal utilization in India

Electricity production in India is projected to expand dramatically in the near term to energize new industrial development, while also easing the energy shortages throughout the country.

Publication Date: 
01/10/2008
Ananth P. Chikkatur
Pew Center on Global Climate Change
Tags:
Mining, Carbon Dioxide, Climate Change, Green House Gases, Coal, Energy, Electricity, Ministry of Coal, India
Climate Change

Addressing emissions from coal use in power generation

This brief describes the potential role of government in facilitating widespread and more rapid deployment of Carbon Capture and Storage through a number of means including: providing financial incentives for initial CCS projects through the use of bonus allowances under a cap-and-trade program, or a fund generated by charges on electricity or fossil-fuel based sources of electricity; setting GHG

Publication Date: 
01/10/2008
Pew Center on Global Climate Change
Tags:
Carbon Dioxide, Climate Change, Green House Gases, Coal, Carbon Capture and Storage, Cap And Trade, Electricity, United States Of America (US)
Climate Change

Carbon capture and storage in Norway

Strong economic and political motives, combined with a partly positive and partly silent NGO community have contributed greatly to the present strong commitment towards the use of CCS in Norway.

Publication Date: 
01/10/2008
Tore Braend
Air Pollution & Climate Secretariat
Tags:
Carbon Dioxide, Climate Change, Kyoto Protocol, Climate Mitigation, Coal, Carbon Capture and Storage, Oil, Natural Gas, Industry, NGO, Norway
Mining

Rehabilitation and resettlement by Coal India Ltd: standing committee on coal and steel (2008-09)

Coal India

Publication Date: 
01/10/2008
Lok Sabha Secretariat
Tags:
Land Acquisition, Mining, Coal, Displacement, Rehabilitation, Compensation, Industry, Ministry of Coal, India, Coal India
Energy

 News 360 - Brief

nsg India gets into nuclear family On September 6, the 45-member nuclear suppliers group (nsg) lifted its 16-year-old embargo on nuclear commerce with India. The tough negotiations in Vienna went down to the wire after China, which had sounded positive in the run-up to the nsg meeting took a different line. Australia, New Zealand, Switzerland and Ireland also acted

Publication Date: 
29/09/2008
Down to Earth
Tags:
Climate Change, Global Warming, Hurricanes, Coal, Carbon Capture and Storage, Nuclear Power, Storms, Waste Disposal, Hazardous Waste, Energy, Thermal Power Plants, Nuclear Weapons, France, Germany, United Kingdom (UK), Haiti, India, Toxic Wastes, Climate
Climate Change

Worlds first green coal power plant

There is good news for coal power plants. A Swedish company has developed the world

Publication Date: 
29/09/2008
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Green Products, Carbon Dioxide, Climate Change, Coal, Carbon Capture and Storage, Thermal Power Plants
Energy

No guiding light

As India gears up for general elections, Political parties will find it hard to explain to their voters a phenomenon that is set to unfold. There seems to be no solution to the acute shortage of fuels that threatens to cripple power generation in the country.

Publication Date: 
29/09/2008
Kandula Subramaniam
Business World (Kolkata)
Tags:
Coal, Renewable Energy, Energy, Nuclear Power Corporation Of India (NPCIL), National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC), India, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu
Energy

In Search Of Black Gold

In some ways, it is like having the midas touch: turning coal into black gold, or oil. Given that India has abundant reserves of coal, extracting oil from coal

Publication Date: 
29/09/2008
Muthukumar K.
Business World (Kolkata)
Tags:
Coal, Energy Efficiency, Energy, Oil Exploration, India, Assam, Oil India
Energy

Oil ministry wants a share of coal-to-liquid pie

Rakteem Katakey / New Delhi September 27, 2008, 0:17 IST

The petroleum ministry has recommended that successful bidders in its proposed coal-to-liquid project should share a portion of their profits with the government, similar to what oil exploration firms are doing.

Publication Date: 
27/09/2008
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Coal, Energy Technology, Oil Exploration

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