TT he prospect of Vellore turn T ing into a desert in the not T so-distant-future haunts the people of the district.

PWD Department

Pradeep Gooptu / New Delhi May 22, 2009, 1:41 IST
India

R. Ilangovan

SALEM: Distressing internecine activities and haunting power cuts are the primary factors that inflicted a string of defeats on Congress in this highly industrialised region of western Tamil Nadu, barring the hill constituency of Nilgiris.

Chennai: Electricity generation from wind mills installed in Tamil Nadu fell sharply to 16.71 million units on Saturday, compared with 34.72 million units the previous day. On Thursday, the windmills in the State generated a record 41.16 million units

The revised price is the highest in country for biomass power

Capacity utilisation declined sharply in Tamil Nadu

New tariff arrived at after consultative process

Chennai, April 30 E.ON Energy Ltd and Baard Energy from Niedersachsen State in Germany are exploring possibilities to set up offshore renewable energy projects in India, the Minister for Economics, Labour and Transport of Niedersachsen, Germany, Mr Phillipp Rosler, has said.

Shastry V. Mallady

It will give 5 per cent of its annual budget for research in key areas

MADURAI: The Tamil Nadu State Council for Science and Technology has decided to allocate five per cent of its annual budget for promoting renewable energy.

TE Narasimhan / Chennai April 19, 2009, 0:52 IST

Severe power shortage has hit industrial production in Tamil Nadu. Companies said production could be down as much as 30 per cent. Sectors like textile, leather and salt appear to be among the worst hit. Industry associations Industry associations put the loss in production at around Rs 4,000 crore.