Rs.2 lakh each for Tirunelveli and Tuticorin Corporations allotted

MESSAGE: An awareness programme on solid waste management in progress at Palayamkottai on Monday.

TIRUNELVELI: An awareness campaign on solid waste management and segregation of plastic waste at source was inaugurated at Palayamkottai on Monday.

Tirupur: The Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (TNSTC) has registered an improvement in fuel efficiency and brought down the breakdown rate of its buses attached to Coimbatore region this year vis-a-vis last year, according to TNSTC General Manager (Coimbatore region) K. Chandramouli.

M. Soundariya Preetha

COIMBATORE: Wind energy generation during the wind season this year (May to October) in the State is almost 15 per cent more than last year, according to K. Kasthurirangaian, chairman of the Indian Wind Power Association.

Only 18 per cent of the target has been realised in the first two-and-a-half years

CHENNAI:

SIRKAZHI: A demonstration to protest against the proposed 1000 MW thermal power project by P.E.L. Power Limited at Vanagiri was held here in front of the Tahsildar

V Gangadharan
IN a significant step towards promoting energy conservation, energy audits would soon begin in major government buildings in the State including the Raj Bhavan and the Madras High Court.

NLC chief for tapping alternative sources of energy

NLC planning to acquire coalfields abroad

Engineers urged not to remain complacent

NEYVELI: Lignite reserve in Neyveli will not last more than three decades and hence, it has become imperative for the Neyveli Lignite Corporation to harness alternative sources of energy, said A.R. Ansari, NLC Chairman-cum-Managing Director.

T. Ramakrishnan

TE Narasimhan / Chennai September 4, 2009, 1:35 IST

Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd (NLC) is planning to invest Rs 10,000-12,000 crore in setting up power projects. It is also planning to foray into renewable energy, by setting up wind energy farms and solar units.

This year

It is the responsibility of the current generation to spare resources for the ones to come

Need to save: Collector R. Sudalaikannan flags off the rally organised to mark Rajiv Gandhi Renewable Energy Day in Erode on Tuesday.

ERODE: Collector R. Sudalaikannan has urged judicious use of energy sources.