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Top Renewable Energy-Producing State Rajasthan Needs More Coal Power By 2036
Rajasthan will need 4,400 megawatts of new coal-fired power capacity by 2036 to meet rising electricity demand despite India's top renewable energy-producing state adding more clean energy as it retires some ageing thermal plants, as per the governm
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No Monitoring Of Emissions From 11 Coal Plants Near Delhi For 10 Years: RTI
As Delhi gasps under a toxic haze with the air quality index soaring past 400 into the 'severe' category, necessitating the hasty re-imposition of stringent GRAP-3 restrictions across the NCR.
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G7 Agrees To Phase Out Coal-Fired Power Plants By Mid-2030s
G7 energy and climate ministers agreed a timeframe Tuesday for phasing out coal-fired power plants, setting a goal in the mid-2030s, in a move hailed as significant by some environmentalists but described as "too late" by others.
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Emergency Law Invoked To Force Coal-Based Power Plants To Maximise Output
The central government on Monday invoked an emergency law to force power plants that run on imported coal to maximise output ahead of an expected record surge in power usage this summer, according to an internal power ministry notice seen by Reuters.
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India Won't Shut Coal Power Plants Till 2030 To Meet Rising Demand: Report
Power demand in India has surged in the recent months due to extreme weather, rising household use or electricity as more companies allowing employees to work from home.
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COP26 Aims To Banish Coal. Asia Is Building Coal-Fired Plants To Burn It
On the coastline near India's southern tip, workers toil on a pier carrying a conveyor belt that cuts a mile into the Indian Ocean where the azure waters are deep enough for ships to berth and unload huge cargoes of coal.
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Centre Asked NTPC To Cap Production Capacity To Half, Alleges Satyendar Jain
Delhi Power Minister Satyendar Jain on Tuesday alleged that the Centre has asked NTPC to cap the production capacity of all its plants to half.
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Coal Supply Likely To Improve, Says Centre Amid Blackout Concerns
The coal supply situation for power plants is likely improve soon, the government said today after several states raised concerns over blackouts. Delhi has said the city may see power cuts in two days if adequate coal is not sent to power plants.
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US, China Largest Emitters, But India's Coal Plants "Unhealthiest": Study
Though China and the United States may be the largest producers of coal power in the world, it is power plants in India that take the highest toll when it comes to health, a global study has claimed.
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Proposed Coal Power Plant A Threat To Delhi's Air Quality: Report
The Tehri Hydro Development Corporation's (THDC) proposed Khurja coal power plant in Uttar Pradesh will push up the cost of electricity and increase air pollution levels in Delhi, says a report by a research institute today. THDC India Limited (THDCIL), formerly known as Tehri Hydro Development Corporation Ltd, is a joint venture of the Centre and ...
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China Risks Wasting $490 Billion On Coal Plants: Campaigners
China could waste as much as half a trillion dollars on unnecessary new coal-fired power stations, a climate campaign group said Monday, arguing the world's top carbon polluter already has more than enough such facilities.
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India's Thermal Power Plants Lag on Emissions and Efficiency, Says Study
A year after the World Health Organisation declared Delhi had the worst air quality in the world, a new study by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has today sounded alarm bells over air pollution, particularly from coal based power plants. While the two-year comprehensive environmental audit places NTPC's Badarpur Power Plant in Delhi as...
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Top Renewable Energy-Producing State Rajasthan Needs More Coal Power By 2036
Rajasthan will need 4,400 megawatts of new coal-fired power capacity by 2036 to meet rising electricity demand despite India's top renewable energy-producing state adding more clean energy as it retires some ageing thermal plants, as per the governm
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No Monitoring Of Emissions From 11 Coal Plants Near Delhi For 10 Years: RTI
As Delhi gasps under a toxic haze with the air quality index soaring past 400 into the 'severe' category, necessitating the hasty re-imposition of stringent GRAP-3 restrictions across the NCR.
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G7 Agrees To Phase Out Coal-Fired Power Plants By Mid-2030s
G7 energy and climate ministers agreed a timeframe Tuesday for phasing out coal-fired power plants, setting a goal in the mid-2030s, in a move hailed as significant by some environmentalists but described as "too late" by others.
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Emergency Law Invoked To Force Coal-Based Power Plants To Maximise Output
The central government on Monday invoked an emergency law to force power plants that run on imported coal to maximise output ahead of an expected record surge in power usage this summer, according to an internal power ministry notice seen by Reuters.
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India Won't Shut Coal Power Plants Till 2030 To Meet Rising Demand: Report
Power demand in India has surged in the recent months due to extreme weather, rising household use or electricity as more companies allowing employees to work from home.
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COP26 Aims To Banish Coal. Asia Is Building Coal-Fired Plants To Burn It
On the coastline near India's southern tip, workers toil on a pier carrying a conveyor belt that cuts a mile into the Indian Ocean where the azure waters are deep enough for ships to berth and unload huge cargoes of coal.
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Centre Asked NTPC To Cap Production Capacity To Half, Alleges Satyendar Jain
Delhi Power Minister Satyendar Jain on Tuesday alleged that the Centre has asked NTPC to cap the production capacity of all its plants to half.
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Coal Supply Likely To Improve, Says Centre Amid Blackout Concerns
The coal supply situation for power plants is likely improve soon, the government said today after several states raised concerns over blackouts. Delhi has said the city may see power cuts in two days if adequate coal is not sent to power plants.
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US, China Largest Emitters, But India's Coal Plants "Unhealthiest": Study
Though China and the United States may be the largest producers of coal power in the world, it is power plants in India that take the highest toll when it comes to health, a global study has claimed.
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Proposed Coal Power Plant A Threat To Delhi's Air Quality: Report
The Tehri Hydro Development Corporation's (THDC) proposed Khurja coal power plant in Uttar Pradesh will push up the cost of electricity and increase air pollution levels in Delhi, says a report by a research institute today. THDC India Limited (THDCIL), formerly known as Tehri Hydro Development Corporation Ltd, is a joint venture of the Centre and ...
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China Risks Wasting $490 Billion On Coal Plants: Campaigners
China could waste as much as half a trillion dollars on unnecessary new coal-fired power stations, a climate campaign group said Monday, arguing the world's top carbon polluter already has more than enough such facilities.
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India's Thermal Power Plants Lag on Emissions and Efficiency, Says Study
A year after the World Health Organisation declared Delhi had the worst air quality in the world, a new study by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has today sounded alarm bells over air pollution, particularly from coal based power plants. While the two-year comprehensive environmental audit places NTPC's Badarpur Power Plant in Delhi as...
