Shunned By Pvt Firms, Abandoned Station To Generate 3M Units/Yr Solar Electricity

Jamuria (Raniganj): In perhaps the first significant climate responsive project in South Asia, an abandoned thermal power plant has been converted into a mega solar power generating station. It

Climate talks made progress on Friday toward a new U.N. treaty to curb global warming but ended far short of calls by developing nations for the rich to make deeper cuts in greenhouse gas emissions.

Four years of talks to widen the existing Kyoto Protocol have struggled to agree on how to share the cost of efforts to curb greenhouses gas mainly emitted by burning fossil fuels.

It seems unlikely that an agreement on the terms of the next climate treaty could be reached at the December-scheduled Copenhagen talks.

A new focus on the impact of farming on climate change could both curb carbon emissions and prod efforts to boost yields and rural incomes in developing countries, delegates told a U.N. climate conference.

Karnataka Power Corporation Limited (KPCL) has claimed that the protests being held in Raichur about the installation of 2400 MW supercritical thermal power plant at Yedlapur and Yeramaras were unjustifed.

Enhanced capacity to build heavy-duty power equipment
JAIPUR: The public sector Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has evinced interest in supplying turbines for the six super critical thermal power stations of 660 MW each proposed to be established in Rajasthan with the claim of having enhanced its capacity to manufacture heavy-duty power generation equipment.

Weir downstream of Srisailam dam among proposals.

The Centre has been petitioned to allow diversion of 87.18 hectares of forestland for the Indira Sagar lift irrigation scheme.

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Hyderabad, June 7 The Andhra Pradesh Government has urged the Central Government to accord early clearance for several of its pending irrigation and power projects.

The United States wants to forge a partnership with China, bringing the world's two biggest emitters of greenhouse gases together to address global warming, Washington's top climate diplomat said on Wednesday.

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