Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal today said Punjab was aiming to generate 1000 MW power from agro-waste alone in the next five years by ensuring that not a single straw of agro waste was burnt.

Inaugurating an International Conference on Biomethanation-Upscaling, Challenges and Opportunities as a part of Delhi International Renewable Energy Conference 2010 (DIREC) organised by M

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Chandigarh: The Gidderbaha Assembly segment, represented by former Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal has been in the news for many reasons. There is now one more reason that seeks to focus the government

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The Punjab government has allotted the biggest thermal power plant being set up in Gidderbaha to National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC).

The All Indian Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF) has urged the Punjab Government to not hand over the proposed 264 MW Gidderbaha Thermal Plant to the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC).

According to the engineers, NTPC allows utilisation of just 50 per cent of the power produced to the state and the rest 50 percent is distributed to other states.

Prince Charles and Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, paid a visit to the city on Monday. While Charles attended an awards ceremony at Punjab Raj Bhawan and visited the Punjab Energy Development Agency (PEDA). Camilla interacted with students at St Stephen

FARMERS in drought-hit districts will get diesel subsidy of 500 per hectare, even as the Centre awaits bumper crop production for most key kharif crops including paddy, cotton, pulses, and sugarcane.

A good monsoon and prospects of a good kharif and rabi should have a sobering effect on food prices, still in excess of 15%.

BASMATI rice company LT Foods Ltd plans to invest 100 crore to diversify into the renewable energy sector with a biomass project, a top company executive said.

The company has identified a plot in Hoshiarpur district in Punjab for the project and expects the plant to be operational by June 2011.

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New Delhi: Azure Power plans to invest Rs 1,500 crore over the next five years to develop solar power projects.

Chandigarh: The Punjab State Power Corporation signed a memorandum of understanding with Indiabulls Power for the development of 1350-mw coal fired thermal power project in the state.