An international consortium has won a tender for the second $5.44m stage of renovating the concrete and steel sarcophagus covering the ruined reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. The project

The introduction of new heating oil in South Korea will only give modest respite to the country's ailing refining sector, industry sources said on Tuesday. The new fuel, which has been in use from

The Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR) has planned of irradiated fabrication fuel for reactors through a new technology being developed at the Kalpakkam unit, according to its Director,

The Mahrashtra State Electricity Board (MSEB) signed a power purchase agreement with Ispat group for the Rs 4,556 crore 1,082 mw thermal based power project in Bhadrawati in Vidarbha region. The

The Union Ministry for Urban Affairs and Employment has issued a notification modifying the Master Plan for Delhi-2001 further to provide for a Compressed Natural Gas mother station. So far, there

Rajasthan proposed to achieve 'cent per cent rural electrification by the year 2000. The programme will be taken up in a phased manner by the Rajasthan State Electricity Board (RSEB) starting with

TN worried over Central delay: The Tamil Nadu Government is extremely apprehensive that a delay on the part of the Union Minitry of Surface Transport (MoST) may jeopardise its largest and most

Electricity consumption grew in China by just 1 per cent in the first four months of this year. This figure is a worrying factor for the sector's international suppliers and financiers. The demand

The UK's nascent offshore wind-energy industry took a significant step forward when John Battle, energy minister, launched a consultation paper on how the technology can best be supported by

Cognetrix : Cogentrix counsel F S Nariman submitted before the Supreme Court yesterday that the Karnataka high court had acted without authority by ordering a CBI inquiry into the Mangalore power