Power
Adani to set up 10,000 MW solar park in Rajasthan
16 Jun 2015
Adani Power is already India's largest thermal power generating company in the private sector with an installed base of 10,480 MW
World's first tidal energy project at Swansea Bay gets planning clearance
13 Jun 2015
The development involves building of a six-mile horseshoe-shaped seawall with turbines for harnessing the power of the tides
Thin coating on condensers could make power plants more efficient
By By David L. Chandler | MIT News Office | 04 Jun 2015
Graphene layer one atom thick could quadruple rate of condensation heat transfer in generating plants
Siemens inks record $9-bn energy deal with Egypt
04 Jun 2015
Under the mega deal, Siemens will build three large high-efficiency natural gas-fired power plants and 600 wind turbines, which will together boost Egypt's power generation capacity by 50 per cent
BHEL wins Rs17,950-cr thermal plant order in Telangana
02 Jun 2015
State-run BHEL has been awarded the single-largest order in its history, for setting up a 4,000 MW super-critical thermal power project in Telangana
Adani’s Carmichael project faces aboriginal challenge
29 May 2015
The mine is expected to extract four billion tonnes of coal during its operating life of approximately 90 years
Australia’s AGL Energy plans $780-mn asset sale
27 May 2015
Pakistan denies nuclear deal with S Arabia
22 May 2015
Pakistan’s Foreign Office yesterday vehemently denied a report claiming that Saudi Arabia had decided to buy nuclear weapons from Pakistan
Coal scam: Naveen Jindal, Madhu Koda, Dasari Narayan Rao among 15 granted bail
22 May 2015
Naveen Jindal and 14 other accused in the coal scam were granted bail on a personal bond of Rs1 lakh each, but were asked not to leave the country
GE launches waste-to-energy project with Aseagas
22 May 2015
GE develops digital wind farm
21 May 2015
The technology boosts a wind farm’s energy production by up to 20 per cent and could help generate up to an estimated $50 billion of value for the wind industry
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
