Power
China beats US as world's top energy consumer
13 Oct 2010
Google-led investors in $5-bn offshore energy project
13 Oct 2010
Google, Marubeni and New York investment firm Good Energies have teamed up to finance the gigantic Atlantic Wind Connection project to accelerate offshore wind development to power 1.9 million homes in the US
Regulating N-power won’t be easy: AERB official
13 Oct 2010
NPC hires lobbyists to ally US N-liability fears
13 Oct 2010
Flat sodium-nickel chloride battery could improve performance, cost of energy storage
12 Oct 2010
A flat or planar sodium-nickel chloride battery could deliver 30 percent more power at lower temperatures than its cylindrical counterpart, making it a viable alternative to lithium-ion batteries for storing wind and solar power on the electric grid.
Suzlon may sell stake to IDFC PE in swap deal
11 Oct 2010
NTPC, Punjab ink pact for major power project
08 Oct 2010
SAIL to add 1725 MW generation capacity
01 Oct 2010
Goldman funds acquire Endesa's Spanish gas assets for $1.1 bn
29 Sep 2010
Italian energy giant Enel SpA’s Spanish subsidiary Endesa SA will sell 80-per cent stake in its arm Endesa Gas SA to two infrastructure funds operated by Goldman Sachs.
Iran says Bushehr nuclear plant unaffected by Stuxnet virus
27 Sep 2010
The world is experiencing the first organised act of inter-state cyber warfare, in which the industrial facilities of a number of countries, including Iran, India and Indonesia, have been targeted.
Featured articles
Lighter than air, yet very, very powerful
By Kiron Kasbekar | 03 Jan 2024
In March 2013 Chinese scientists pulled off a remarkable feat. They created the world’s lightest aerogel. Tipping the scales at a mere 0.16 milligrams per cubic centimeter – that’s a sixth of the weight of air!
COP28 explained: A closer look at COP28's climate change solutions
By Aniket Gupta | 27 Dec 2023
The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP28, took place from 30th November 2023, to 13th December 2023, at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
What is a Ponzi scheme?
By Aniket Gupta | 06 Dec 2023
Ponzi schemes have long captivated the public imagination, drawing unsuspecting investors into a web of illusion and deception.
The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
03 Jul 2023
HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
02 Apr 2023
Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
06 Mar 2023
Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation