LUCKNOW: Power-starved Uttar Pradesh was staring at a serious crisis after the fourth unit of 500 mw capacity in Anpara-B tripped late on Friday night. The unit, in fact, had to be shut down following sudden heavy leakage from an economiser in the boiler. The snag was expected to be rectified only by Sunday evening.

NEW DELHI: To create awareness about energy conservation, a workshop on energy conservation was organised by the Bureau of Energy Efficiency in association with Residents' Welfare Association Sector-5 of R. K. Puram and Delhi Tamil Sangam here on Sunday as part of its national awareness programme.

Initial estimates by the New Delhi-based Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) suggest that around 1,650 MW of electricity was saved countrywide during FY10 through the use of star-rated air-conditioners, refrigerators, tube-lights and colour TVs. This includes nearly 350 MW saved by CTVs alone.

Renowned nuclear scientist Bikash Sinha has a solution for the power crisis plaguing the state

Adverse hydrology apart, generation from projects of the State Electricity Board has been declining due to indifferent management and unplanned and poor maintenance, resulting in loss of revenue amounting to more than Rs 150 crore over the past five years.

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Soaring temperatures took a toll on power supply in the state capital today as overheated transformers at the Hatia grid forced the Jharkhand State Electricity Board (JSEB) to enforce blackouts throughout Ranchi as a precautionary measure.

NEYVELI: Union Minister of State (Independent charge) for Coal, Statistics and Programme Implementation Sriprakash Jaiswal has put at rest the controversy over the size of import of coal by the Tamil Nadu government.

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Sanjay Jog / Mumbai April 06, 2010, 1:37 IST

Citing acute and chronic power shortage, the Karnataka government has invoked Section 11 of the Electricity Act, 2003, to get generators to operate and maintain the generating stations to their maximum