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How India's FGD Shift Will Cut Electricity Cost By 25-30 Paise Per Unit
The government's move to ease sulphur emission rules for most coal-fired power plants strikes a delicate balance between costs, climate and compliance and is expected to cut electricity costs by 25-30 paise per unit, officials said on Sunday.
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India Reverses Rule, Eases Sulphur Emission Rules For Coal Power Plants
India has reversed a decade-old mandate to install $30 billion worth of clean-air equipment, easing sulphur emission rules for most coal-fired power plants, a government order said.
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Bengal, Telangana, Gujarat Buying "Unclean'' Coal-Based Power: Study
West Bengal gets 84 per cent of its thermal power from coal-based plants that are yet to comply with sulphur dioxide emission norms notified by the Environment Ministry, the maximum by any state in the country, according to a study conducted by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE).
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1,300 Tonnes Of Sulphuric Acid Removed From Sterlite Plant: Official
Days after a sulphuric acid leak was detected at Sterlite copper plant in Tuticorin, a top district official on Saturday said 1,300 tonnes of the liquid has been removed so far from the premises.
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Vedanta Says Sterlite Site Acid Leak Severe, Wants Power Reconnected
Vedanta Ltd said on Wednesday a sulphuric acid leak from a tank at its copper smelter in Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu was severe and inaction could lead to serious environmental consequences.
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Tamil Nadu Government Removing Acid From Sterlite Plant In Tuticorin
Tuticorin District Collector Sandeep Nanduri today said evacuation of sulphuric acid from the Sterlite copper plant was on, even as the unit approached the High Court saying it suspected sabotage as the reason for acid leak.
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Scare Over Sulphuric Acid Leak At Non-Operational Tuticorin Sterlite Site
Sulphuric acid leaking from the Sterlite plant in Tamil Nadu's Tuticorin, the site of protests for over 100 days, sparked a scare in the neighbourhood. The plant, shut down a month ago following a high court order, saw a spurt of activity this morning as a team of officials and members of the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board went in to inspect th...
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Fire At Iraq Sulphur Plant Out: Officials
A fire lit by the ISIS group at a sulphur plant south of the Iraqi city of Mosul was brought fully under control on Thursday, officials said.
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US Troops At Iraq Base Use Protective Masks Over Burning Sulphur
US forces at Iraq's Qayyara West airfield near Mosul are wearing protective masks after winds brought fumes from a nearby burning sulphur plant set ablaze during fighting with ISIS, US military officials said on Saturday.
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India's sulphur dioxide emissions on the rise: NASA
Emissions of sulphur dioxide - an atmospheric pollutant with health and climate impacts - from power plants in India increased by over 60 per cent between 2005 and 2012, new data analysed by a NASA satellite found.
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How India's FGD Shift Will Cut Electricity Cost By 25-30 Paise Per Unit
The government's move to ease sulphur emission rules for most coal-fired power plants strikes a delicate balance between costs, climate and compliance and is expected to cut electricity costs by 25-30 paise per unit, officials said on Sunday.
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India Reverses Rule, Eases Sulphur Emission Rules For Coal Power Plants
India has reversed a decade-old mandate to install $30 billion worth of clean-air equipment, easing sulphur emission rules for most coal-fired power plants, a government order said.
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Bengal, Telangana, Gujarat Buying "Unclean'' Coal-Based Power: Study
West Bengal gets 84 per cent of its thermal power from coal-based plants that are yet to comply with sulphur dioxide emission norms notified by the Environment Ministry, the maximum by any state in the country, according to a study conducted by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE).
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1,300 Tonnes Of Sulphuric Acid Removed From Sterlite Plant: Official
Days after a sulphuric acid leak was detected at Sterlite copper plant in Tuticorin, a top district official on Saturday said 1,300 tonnes of the liquid has been removed so far from the premises.
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Vedanta Says Sterlite Site Acid Leak Severe, Wants Power Reconnected
Vedanta Ltd said on Wednesday a sulphuric acid leak from a tank at its copper smelter in Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu was severe and inaction could lead to serious environmental consequences.
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Tamil Nadu Government Removing Acid From Sterlite Plant In Tuticorin
Tuticorin District Collector Sandeep Nanduri today said evacuation of sulphuric acid from the Sterlite copper plant was on, even as the unit approached the High Court saying it suspected sabotage as the reason for acid leak.
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Scare Over Sulphuric Acid Leak At Non-Operational Tuticorin Sterlite Site
Sulphuric acid leaking from the Sterlite plant in Tamil Nadu's Tuticorin, the site of protests for over 100 days, sparked a scare in the neighbourhood. The plant, shut down a month ago following a high court order, saw a spurt of activity this morning as a team of officials and members of the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board went in to inspect th...
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Fire At Iraq Sulphur Plant Out: Officials
A fire lit by the ISIS group at a sulphur plant south of the Iraqi city of Mosul was brought fully under control on Thursday, officials said.
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US Troops At Iraq Base Use Protective Masks Over Burning Sulphur
US forces at Iraq's Qayyara West airfield near Mosul are wearing protective masks after winds brought fumes from a nearby burning sulphur plant set ablaze during fighting with ISIS, US military officials said on Saturday.
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India's sulphur dioxide emissions on the rise: NASA
Emissions of sulphur dioxide - an atmospheric pollutant with health and climate impacts - from power plants in India increased by over 60 per cent between 2005 and 2012, new data analysed by a NASA satellite found.
