CHENNAI: The State government has banned on the use of incandescent bulbs in the offices of its departments, undertakings, boards, cooperative institutions, local bodies and organisations coming under its control.
The order was issued on Friday by Principal Secretary (Energy) P.W. C. Davidar.
At present, four crore incandescent bulbs (ICB) are being used by the government institutions.
KOCHI: The distribution of compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) by the Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) will fetch the board profit through the sale of the carbon credits earned from the incandescent bulbs collected while distributing the CFLs.
DISMISSING reports about losses incurred by the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board (TNEB) in the sale of fly ash from the four thermal power stations in the State, Law Minister Duraimurugan on Tuesday said that, indeed, the government had increased the revenue through the sale of fly ash during the past few years.
The Tamar forest has long provided passage to elephants migrating from Chhattisgarh to West Bengal and Orissa via Jharkhand. A glance at the paddy fields that exist alongside the path and it is hard to imagine that underneath are buried two female elephants, electrocuted at that very spot.
A major fire that broke out at the Guru Nanak Dev Thermal Plant (GNDTP) late last night here has reportedly caused a loss of more than Rs 125 lakh to the plant. The fire broke out after a blast around 10 p.m. in the oil-filled unit transformer. As a result, unit number III, having a capacity of 110 MW, went out of operation.
The Indian Wind Power Association has welcomed the formation of the Tamil Nadu Transmission Corporation (TANTRANSCO) as a separate entity under the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board.
Kozhikode, Oct.20 The Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) has come up with a proposal to set up a small hydro-electric project under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) scheme of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
