Power
Govt clears nuclear liability bill, removes offending addition
20 Aug 2010
Decks were cleared for passage of the civil nuclear liability bill when an attempted sleight-of-hand manoeuvre by the government, to subvert agreed upon content in the bill, backfired.
Blackstone Group invests Rs1,350 crore in Moser Baer's energy business
18 Aug 2010
MBPPL plans to commission 5000 MW of generating capacity comprising 4,000 MW of thermal, 500 MW of solar and 500 MW of hydro capacity by 2016.
BJP backs nuclear liability bill as concerns taken onboard
18 Aug 2010
Parleys with the Bharatiya Janata Party on the issue of the civil nuclear liability bill has yielded results with the party indicating it would support a substantially reworked version of the bill.
Tokyo set to arm twist Delhi over n-deal
17 Aug 2010
Tokyo may ask Delhi to go beyond the non-proliferation commitments made under the Indo-US 123 agreement for it to resume nuclear trade with India.
UK farmers to get guaranteed returns for green power generation
17 Aug 2010
UK's farmers will get guaranteed cash for the next 25 years on every unit of electricity generated by a solar panel, wind turbine or biomass technology
Paraffin and surfactant oleic acid improve synthesis of lithium manganese phosphate electrodes
16 Aug 2010
Private power producers protest import duty move
16 Aug 2010
Significant changes envisaged in N-liability Bill
12 Aug 2010
A newly drafted version of the Nuclear Liability Bill may look much changed from its earlier avatar when finally presented for approval before members of the two houses of the Parliament.
BJP makes clear stance on N-liability bill
12 Aug 2010
The BJP has agreed to support passage of N-liability legislation provided it was re-drafted to make it “India-specific” and disallows private sector participation as plant operators.
UPA to redraft dodgy N-liability bill
12 Aug 2010
The Congress Party has held parleys with the BJP on the most controversial aspects of the controversial Nuclear Liability Bill and has apparently agreed to rewrite them.
BHEL bags Rs 2,525 cr power project at Jharkhand
10 Aug 2010
GDF and UK’s International Power close to merge
09 Aug 2010
Drax plans to stop burning coal in 10 years
04 Aug 2010
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