This 2010 edition of Key World Energy Statistics by IEA consists of global data up to 2008 and when available up to 2009, for energy production, trade, transformation and consumption, CO2 emissions from fuel combustion and energy prices.

COMPLAINTS OF COAL DUST

Vapi: A show cause was issued to Western Railway authorities for environmental pollution at railway goods yard here.

LUCKNOW: The state government appears pushing the ball hard in the Centre's court over the prevailing power crisis in UP. First, it complained about insufficient power from the Central pool, and now the state government has lodged its apprehension about power production in UP being hit by an insufficient coal supply.

The state government is negotiating with power major National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) to finally commission Punjab

Tata Power, along with its consortium partner Australia-based Arrow Energy, has been awarded the Satpura coal bed methane (CBM) block in Madhya Pradesh during the CBM IV bidding round.

THE Bedabahal (Orissa) ultra mega power project may hit a road block as the captive coal mines linked with the 4,000 MW project now figures in the list of areas prohibited for mining activities by the environment ministry.

Indronil Roychowdhury

Kolkata: Acute coal shortage in 32 coal-fired power stations is a clear indications of massive power cuts across the country in the coming 15 days. According to Central Electricity Authority (CEA) findings, 17 thermal power stations have coal supply for less than 7 days while 15 others can be run for only 4 days.

T.S. Subramanian

Chennai: As the bus winds past the beautiful countryside in Tennessee and Alabama States in the U.S. and we enter a huge coal-fired electricity generating plant, a board announces,

Govt Yet To Clarify Status Of Captive Coal Block Bundled With The 4000 MW Project

POWER Finance Corp (PFC), the nodal agency for ultra mega mega power projects (UMPP), has extended by two months the deadline for submitting initial requests for participation in bidding for the Chhattisgarh project, delaying the project further.

Recent actions by many governments to promote more efficient, cleaner sources of energy signify positive steps to help improve energy security and mitigate climate change. Transformation of the energy sector, however, requires that commitments to energy efficiency and clean energy be sustained on a global level for many years to come.

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