Kerala

Energy

Oils not well

KOCHI: Is your expensive car or bike running on quality fuel?

Publication Date:

01/05/2009

Source: New Indian Express (Kochi)

Tags:

Benzene, Petrol, Fuel Adulteration, Energy, Kerala, Kochi

Energy

Faulty meters cause huge loss to KSEB: Survey

KOLLAM: The Kerala State Electricity Board is incurring a loss of Rs 450 crore per year because of faulty meters. According to a survey conducted by the INTUC-led Kerala Electricity Employees Confederation, the number of faulty meters in the state is around 22 lakh.

Publication Date:

29/04/2009

Source: New Indian Express (Kochi)

Tags:

Energy, Electricity, State Electricity Board (SEB), Kerala, Kollam (D)

Energy

No curbs on power supply from May 1

Enough water in reservoirs says KSEB

Publication Date:

28/04/2009

Source: Hindu (New Delhi)

Tags:

Energy, Electricity, Power Transmission, Kerala

Energy

Kochi facing LPG shortage

KOCHI: Kochi is facing an acute LPG shortage. Back-to-back strikes by a section of employees and contractors have put LPG consumers, particularly Indane users, in a fix. With the house-keeping staff of IOC starting another strike at plants in Kochi, Kollam and Kozhikode the situation has become worse. The strike which started in Kochi on Tuesday extended to two other plants on Wednesday.

Publication Date:

24/04/2009

Source: New Indian Express (Kochi)

Tags:

LPG, Energy, Kerala, Kochi

Energy

Wind resource assessment needed: State profile Kerala

Kerala lags behind other states in wind power generation. However, the state which relies heavily on hydroelectric power, is now gearing up to generate power from its wind energy resource. According to the data available (December 2008) with the Centre for Wind Energy Technology (C-WET), the gross wind potential for Kerala is 1,171 MW.

Publication Date:

01/04/2009

Source: InWind Chronicle

Vol:

5

Issue:

2

pp:

15

Tags:

Renewable Energy, Wind Energy, Energy, State Electricity Board (SEB), Kerala

Energy

Energy clubs planned in each panchayat

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: In a bid to take the energy-saving mantra to every household, Biotech- the Centre for development of bio-gas technology and other non- conventional energy sources - plans to start energy clubs throughout the State.

Publication Date:

11/02/2009

Source: New Indian Express (Kochi)

Tags:

Energy Efficiency, Energy, Biogas, Panchayats, Kerala, Kochi

Energy

Mithradham: Befriending solar

Mithradham, implying 'the abode of the Sun and the house of a friend' is an NGO based in Chunangamveli, a beautiful village in Kochi, Kerala. Headed by Dr George Peter Pittappillil, the Mithradham Trust was founded in 1998. "Our NGO is engaged in cultivation, processing and marketing of spices from Kerala through the use of solar energy."

Publication Date:

01/02/2009

Author(s): Sharon Huda

Source: Solar Energy Review

Vol:

1

Issue:

3

pp:

36

Tags:

Spices, Food Drying, Solar Energy, Energy, NGO, Kerala, Kochi, Sustainable Development

Energy

Conserve power

Power Minister A.K. Balan releasing the citizen

Publication Date:

24/12/2008

Source: New Indian Express (Kochi)

Tags:

Energy, Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram (D)

Energy

Own your power

Eleven years ago, Pathampara, a 90-minute drive from Kannur, made headlines when it stopped petitioning the government for electricity and instead began generating its own power from a very small facility using the flow of a local stream to run a turbine.

Publication Date:

01/12/2008

Author(s): Shree Padre

Source: Civil Society

Vol:

6

Issue:

2

pp:

0

Tags:

Small Hydro Power, Renewable Energy, Energy, Rural Electrification, Public Participation, UNIDO, Personalities, Tanzania, Kerala, Kannur (D)