Industry

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding polluting thermal power plants in Singrauli and Sonebhadra, 11/10/2019

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Anjani Jaiswal Vs Union of India & Others dated 11/10/2019 regarding thermal power stations operating in the Districts of Singrauli and Sonebhadra in the States of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh causing damage to the environment.

Summary of the Case:

Judgement Date: 
11/10/2019
Tags:
Thermal Power Plants, Coal, Industrial Pollution, Singrauli (D), Sonbhadra, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, State Pollution Contrl Board (SPCB), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Compensation, Court, Groundwater Pollution
Energy

Financial implications of parched power: insights from an analysis of Indian thermal power companies

Climate-related risks pose inevitable threats to investors and the assets in which they invest. Institutional investors have become increasingly concerned about-climate-related risks, but physical risks, which represent the direct physical impacts from climate change, are not well understood.

Publication Date: 
01/10/2019
Lihuan Zhou, Jack McClamrock, Giulia Christianson, Deepak Sriram Krishnan, Tianyi Luo
World Resources Institute
Tags:
Thermal Power Plants, India, Finance, Energy
Energy

Vulnerability of existing and planned coal-fired power plants in Developing Asia to changes in climate and water resources

Coal power generation dominates electricity supply in Developing Asia, and more than 400 gigawatts (GW) of new coal-fired capacity is planned for operation by 2030. Past studies on thermal electricitywater nexus have not accounted for this new capacity, and use coarse spatial and temporal resolutions in the assessment of long-term power system reliability.

Publication Date: 
20/09/2019
Yaoping Wang, Edward Byers, Simon Parkinson & et al
Energy & Environmental Science
1-18
Tags:
Thermal Power Plants, Coal, Fossil Fuels, Water Demand, India, Asia, Mongolia, China, Climate Change, Carbon Dioxide, Water Distribution, Energy Technology
Energy

Gujarat’s electricity sector transformation: a role model of India’s electricity transition

In a race to be the top state in India, the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) has modelled the economic powerhouse Gujarat adding a staggering 46 gigawatts (GW) of new renewable energy capacity by 2029/30, in a new report out.

Publication Date: 
27/08/2019
Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA)
Tags:
Electricity, Renewable Energy, GDP, Subsidies, Gujarat, India, Thermal Power Plants
Land

Order of the Supreme Court of India regarding employment to people whose land was acquired by Mahanadi Coal Fields, Odisha, 21/08/2019

Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Mahanadi Coal Fields Ltd. & Others Vs Mathias Oram & Others dated 21/08/2019 regarding employment to people whose land was acquired by Mahanadi Coal Fields Ltd.

Judgement Date: 
21/08/2019
Tags:
Land Acquisition, Power Industry, Orissa (Odisha), Supreme Court, Displacement, Rehabilitation, Thermal Power Plants, Mahanadi Coalfields
Air Pollution

Global SO2 emission hotspot database: ranking the world’s worst sources of SO2 pollution

India is the world's largest emitter of sulphur dioxide contributing more than 15% of the global anthropogenic SO2 emissions from the point sources tracked by NASA. The major SO2 emission hotspots in India are Singrauli (Madhya Pradesh) Neyveli and Chennai (Tamil Nadu), Talcher and Jharsuguda (Odisha), Korba (Chhattisgarh) , Kutch (Gujarat), Ramagundam (Telangana) and Chandrapur and Koradi (Maharashtra) shows the Greenpeace study based on NASA data.

Publication Date: 
19/08/2019
Greenpeace
Tags:
Air Pollution, Coal, Thermal Power Plants, Health Effects, India, Global, Australia
Air Pollution

Order of the Supreme Court regarding environmental norms of NOx for coal based thermal power plants, 05/08/2019

Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of M. C. Mehta Vs Union of India & Others dated 05/08/2019 regarding environmental norms of NOx for coal based thermal power plants (TPPs).

Judgement Date: 
05/08/2019
Tags:
Thermal Power Plants, Supreme Court, Fossil Fuels, Coal, Air Pollution Control, India
Industry

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding pollution by thermal power plants, coal washeries in Tamnar and Gharghoda blocks of Raigarh District, Chhattisgarh, 22/07/2019

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Shivpal Bhagat & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 22/07/2019 regarding pollution caused by the thermal power plants, the coal washeries in Tamnar and Gharghoda blocks of Raigarh District in Chhattisgarh, including M/s Jindal Power Limited, M/s Jindal Power and Steel Limited, M/s TRN Energy Private Limited, M/s Mahavir Energy & Coal Benefaction Limited, M/s. Hindalco Industries Limited and M/s. Monet Energy Limited, SECL.

Judgement Date: 
22/07/2019
Tags:
Industrial Pollution, Raigarh (D), National Green Tribunal (NGT, Chhattisgarh, Court, Thermal Power Plants, Fossil Fuels, Air Pollution, Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF), Health Effects
Environment

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Pollution Caused by Coal Based Power Plants, 18/07/2019

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Pollution Caused by Coal Based Power Plants, 18/07/2019.

Publication Date: 
18/07/2019
Lok Sabha
Tags:
Pollution, Coal, Thermal Power Plants, India, Parliament
Environment

Backers of Lamu coal project lose court case

Backers of Kenya’s Lamu coal plant have been instructed by the courts to conduct a new environmental impact assessment and halt work on the project, in a ruling celebrated by local environmental gr

Publication Date: 
08/07/2019
Eco Business
Tags:
Environment, Coal, Thermal Power Plants, Kenya, Energy, Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Fish, Africa, Biodiversity

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