Power
Hansen eyes China after Suzlon cuts stake
28 Dec 2009
Abu Dhabi, Canada funds to jointly bid £5 billion for EDF UK network
28 Dec 2009
The sovereign wealth fund of Abu Dhabi and Canada's largest pension fund have teamed up to make a £5 billion joint bid for French energy giant Electricite de France's electricity distribution network in the UK.
Deutsche Bank deploys 250-kw solar project
18 Dec 2009
Government offers 50p per unit sop for wind power
18 Dec 2009
In a bid to cut greenhouse gas emissions, the ministry of new and renewable energy has announced an incentive of 50 paise per unit of wind power fed by independent power producers into the national grid
India to offer Rs380 crore in wind power subsidy
17 Dec 2009
India's per capita emission 70% below world average: report
16 Dec 2009
Despite being the world’s fourth largest economy, India's per capita emission levels are 70 per cent below world average and 93 per cent lower than those in the US, says a report on climate change.
Australian government funds five geothermal energy projects
14 Dec 2009
According to Australian estimates, harvesting 1 per cent of the geothermal energy locked up deep in the bowels of the earth could suffice to meet Australia's total annual energy requirements for 26,000 years
India's first grid-connected solar power plant generates 3 lakh units
12 Dec 2009
India's first megawatt size grid-connected solar power plant in West Bengal has generated over three lakh units of power, says union minister for new and renewable energy Farooq Abdullah
Russian nuclear supplies favoured due to higher US, European costs
12 Dec 2009
The government seems to be inclined towards procuring nuclear power equipment for the country’s nuclear power projects from Russia, due to US and European companies quoting higher prices
123 Agreement impasse to resolve soon: USIBC
11 Dec 2009
The US-India Business Council has said that all talks with the US on ‘arrangements and procedures’ of the bilateral nuclear deal are expected to be completed within a week or two.
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
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