A campaign to encourage the use of LED (light-emitting diode) bulbs was launched at Valavil and Parakkal villages at Mahe by home minister E Valsaraj on Saturday.

Under the campaign, incandescent and fluorescent bulbs are being replaced with 22-watt LED bulbs by the Renewable Energy Agency of Puducherry (REAP).

According to a press release from the REAP project director, the government is sp

The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests has lifted its moratorium on new investment in eight industrial clusters including Cuddalore in Tamil Nadu.

These are among the 43 clusters identified as critically polluted in a 2009 study.

Interestingly, none of the eight are coalfields despite Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal's reported claim that he had convinced Jairam Ramesh, his counterpar

CHENNAI: Scientists globally are a step closer to resolving the energy crisis after Italian scientists Andrea Rossi and Sergio Focardi recently developed a cold fusion device that is capable of producing 10 KW of power, said noted nuclear scientist M Srinivasan.

Speaking at a tutorial school on the theme,

THENI: With high potential for wind power generation and availability of large tracts of open land and an excellent climate, several new companies, including foreign wind power units, have been thronging the district for setting up of windmills.

Such an overwhelming enthusiasm has resulted in sharp increase in the number of wind power units in the district.

The total number of functioning wi

Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (TANGEDCO) had commenced work on executing a Central Government-funded power reforms project in southern districts of the State.

Preliminary works on executing the Restructured Accelerated Power Development Reforms Programme (R-APDRP), which aims to bring down transmission and distribution (T&D) losses to less than 15 per cent, has been taken u

Chennai: The State will promote deployment of rooftop solar power plants connected at LT level with net metering facilities, in line with the National Solar Mission, said Electricity Minister Arcot N.

More than 70 per cent of work in two units of 600 mega watt coal-based thermal power plant in North Chennai Thermal Power station at Athipatu village of Thiruvallur district is completed and the units will go critical by January 2012, according to TNEB officials.

Chief engineer of the station N Murugesan told reporters visiting the site that the boiler drums for units I and II have been lifted

Anitha Jaishankar AS the government failed to supply required power, the industrial units in Hosur are weighing option to set up captive power plant or purchase power from outside.

The industrial bodies, Hosur Industries Association (HIA) and Hosur Small and Tiny Industries Association (HOSTIA), plans to set up a captive power plant with an investment of `1,200 crore to generate 300 mw power.