Far and Near in Water & Energy
Year 2009, Volume-19, Issue-3 (July–September)
Print ISSN : 0974-4193 Table of contents Energy Section UN Climate Talks Start with Dire Warnings Global Honour for Barefoot Wonder – Bunker Roy News from States Apgenco Setting up 21 Power Plants Chhattisgarh Sings MOU with NTPC for 4,000-MW Projects Centre Allocates 100 MW more to Punjab, Haryana Power Play: M’rashtra Attracts Rs 75,000 cr for Power Projects Neyveli Lignite to Invest Rs 10,000 cr in Power Projects State Set for more Subsidy to PSEB Atul Saraya New BHEL Director Over 45,000 MW Capacity Addition behind Schedule Power Equipment Cost to Set up Base in India NHDC to Set up 1320 MW Thermal Plant PFC to Raise Rs 90,000 crore Centre Allocates more Power to State Govt. Approves Rs 40,000-cr Power Equipment Order Boom Time for Power Equipment Companies Himalayas Hotspot of Climate Change Govt may Sell 5% in NTPC by March Ministry Admits Power Capacity Addition Lagging Badly Power Equipment Imports – Have an Offset Policy in Place Power Capacity Addition NTPC, Sri Lanka to Ink Pact for Plant No New Projects in Coastal Areas, River Basins Energy Pricing Set for Overhaul, Likely after Polls Power-Hungry Country Close to 1 Lac MW Demand Record Power Generation by NJHPS NDPL, Tata BP Join Hands Essar Power to Raise Rs 15,000 cr for Four Projects Reliance Power to Raise Rs 20K cr to Fund Projects BHEL Bags IOC’s Power Plant Order BHEL’s Upgraded Unit Dedicated to Nation NTPC Hires CO to Assess Buyout BHEL May Get Rs 2K-cr NTPC Order for Barh-1 BHEL Gets Rs 990 cr Order NTPC to Float Rs 21,000-crore Tender Jindal Power to Invest Rs 13,400 crore Jindal Plans Rs 4,000-cr IPO BHEL Bags Rs.1,300 crore Contract REC Negotiating $200-MM Aflac Loan NTPC in Talks to Buys African Coal Block GE Energy to Set up Wind Turbine Unit BHEL Turnover Exceeds Rs. 28,000 crore in 2008-09 NTPC to Expand Capapcity RPG Plans Hydel Power Foray Power Grid Corp to Raise Rs 2,500 cr Biogas may end Power Woes NDPL Bags Safety Innovation Award NDPL goes for New outage Management Tata Power Plans Rs 21,600cr Expansion Tata Power Scouts for Coal Blocks Abroad NTPC Sets Rs 17,700-crore Capex L&T Eyes Rs 8Kcr Revenue from N-Power Biz Powergrid Corp Dividend HCC Joins UK Firm for N-Power NTPC Pays Dividend of Rs 2986.36 crore for 2008-09 93% Power Theft Cases Solved in 2 Days NDPL Gets New Tech to Tackle Outages Global Warning’s Technology Deficit Deficit Imported Uranium Boost for Dead Reactor Meet on Nuclear Energy Manmohan for Wise use of Atomic Power Big Scope for Rise in Nuclear Energy Nuclear Power Still Locked in NTPC to Diversify Into Renewables, Hydro Green Infra Ltd Buys Bp Energy’s Wind Power Assets ‘India has a Decisive Role in Climate Change’ India can Lead the World in Renewable Energy: Irena Chief NDPL to Tap Solar Energy in Rajasthan for use in City Tariff norms for Renewable Energy Announced Wind, Solar Power to Get 19% Pre-Tax ROI Solar Energy Tapped in Space Solar Lighting System Installed at Gurez CERC Unlocks Transmission Links for Private Power Companies Direct Grid Access for small Power Plants Transmission Woes take Fuse out of Traded Power 3 Firms Submit Financial bids for PFC Project We’re Buying Gas at Competitive Prices : NTPC Petronet LNC to Power Ahead with Two 1200 MW Plants Power Stations may get more Gas from Kg Basin HPCL to Supply Lpg to Plug Power NTPC Signs Gas Pact with RIL Energy Leaders Face Coal Probe CERC Notifies Regulations for RLDCS Fee and Charges CERC Notifies Tariff Regulations for Green Power Power shortage may affect New Industries Prakash to Add 625 MW to Chhattisgarh Plant NTPC went Back on Gas Pact: RIL Power Connections for BPL Families Hydropower Fund Mooted Rajasthan to Spend Rs. 1,300 crore on Electrification of Rural Areas 4,000-MW Power Plant Plan for Bundelkhand Power Crisis: Govt has no short-term Solution More Power for Farmers Relaxation in Domestic Sector Power Cuts Gujarat to Add 28K MW Capacity Burning of Substation Power Board in Dock Water Resources Section Father of Green Revolution Norman Borlaug Dies Water Discovered on Moon?: “A lot of it Actually” Ozone hole Shrinking, say OZ Scientists Ministry Releases Guidelines to Sustain Himalayan Ecology Chandrayaan-I Finds Traces of Water on Moon Pak to Approach World Bank over Water Dispute with India Rains Lift Reservoir Levels, Brighten Rabi Prospects Rainfed Authority Proposes Plan to use late Monsoon Drought-Proofing Agriculture Climate Change In Gloom, Punjab Paints a Pretty Paddy Picture Centre Extends help to Drought-hit States Do or Die Situation Water Activists want every State to Declare its River Eco-Friendly Empowering Marking a Watershed 30 yrs on, Saryu Project Meets 18 PC Irrigation Target Monsoon is Driest in more than 3 Decades Adelaide, Latest Victim of Global Water Shortages Water Level Bodes Powerless Winter Water Resources Mangement 24 yrs, Rs 916 cr Later Ganga has only got Filthier Dolphin is National Aquatic Animal 2020 Target for Clean Ganga Mission Water Quality Jairam Objects to River Interlinking Crops on 1,000 Acres Submerged No Respite from Flood Fury Loss due to Rain Will Exceed 20,000 Cr. : Yeddyurappa Declare A.P., Karnataka Floods National Calamity: CPI(M) Karnataka Seeks Rs. 16,500-crore Assistance from Centre Floods hit Sugarcane in 2 States Maharashtra allows Mils to delay crushing by a Month Centre Allocates more Power to State Pollution Cloud Looms over Yamuna Subsoil Water Dips Despite Early Paddy Sowing North India’s Groundwater use Raising Sea Levels by 5% Despite Fall in Acreage, Fertiliser Sales Soar in Kharif Season Top |