The humongous amounts of garbage generated in India can very well entitle the waste management sector to claim being an industry. A

Government is already taking good care of the power sector since last 2.5 years hence there is not much sops for the sector in this budget. Budget initiatives that will have impact on the power sector have been listed below: 1. Government’s commitment towards ‘renewable energy’ and ‘Power for all’ has been reiterated through second round of solar capacity addition of 20,000 MW and 100 per cent village electrification.

Bajaj Electricals Ltd (BEL), which has pioneered the transmission technology using monopoles a decade ago, remains in the forefront of the industry by bagging the prestigious Noida to Greater Noida transmission project recently.

Viviana Mall, leading retail mall in Mumbai metropolitan region announced the inauguration of 900 kVA rooftop solar power plant at the mall. With this initiative it will become the first mall to generate 91,000 W/month through solar energy.

Biomass energy is generated through organic matter and can be utilised for various applications, to produce heat and electricity, or used in combined heat and power (CHP) plants; in combination with fossil fuels (co-firing) to improve efficiency and reduce the build up of combustion residues; to replace petroleum as a source for transportation fuels.

Farmers in Karnataka´s Cauvery delta region have welcomed Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan´s announcement scrapping the coal bed methane (CBM) gas project, a demand they have strongly been voicing for long.

The Centre will not force Tamil Nadu to implement coal-bed methane project, Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan said. ´GoI is not going to force or apply force.

Much water has flowed under the bridge since the first natural gas find in the west coast of India in eighties and subsequently laying of Hajira-Vijaypur-Jagdishpur (HVJ) gas pipeline.

Studies from various sources have consistently shown that erosion can lead to a loss in annual energy production (AEP) of up to 20 per cent on severe cases. This figure is hard to ignore, and highlights the Return on Investement (RoI) benefits that can be achieved from paying close attention to erosion.