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From Trash To Treasure| Sweden’s Recycling Revolution
According to experts, the world is heading towards a catastrophic 2 degrees Celsius increase in temperature because of climate change and greenhouse gases. Fossil fuels are ever diminishing while global energy demand is expected to have increased by 50 percent in 2030. As the world’s population continues to grow, the production of waste will drastically increase.
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Our Power Grids - the Journey Ahead
Making electricity available 24x7 to all our countrymen remains a challenge. This challenge has less to do with our generation capacity, and more to do with our transmission and distribution capability.
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Govt set to start talks on merging 13 state oil companies
The government is set to start consultations for an ambitious plan to merge 13 state oil firms to create a giant corporation whose revenue dwarfs global energy major Chevron which competes with US conglomerate General Electric in the Fortune-500 ranking.
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Experienced Leaders
Tantra N. Thakur, former CMD of PTC India Ltd. and PTC India Financial Services Ltd. and David B. Sandalow, the Inaugural Fellow at Columbia University´s Center on Global Energy Policy, joined ReNew Power Board of Directors.
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Poor monsoon cripples power generation in Karnataka
Poor monsoon has taken a toll on hydro power generation in Karnataka. The total storage in the three major hydel reservoirs of Linganmakki, Mani and Supa can generate 4,020 million units of electricity (MUs), which is 46.26 per cent of capacity, as against 6,573 MUs (75.65 per cent) in 2014 and 7,892 MUs (90.82 per cent) in 2013 on the same day.
Hydro Power Generation, Hydel Reservoirs, Linganmakki, Mani, Supa, Electricity, P Ravikumar, Energy Department, PPA, Global Energy, UPCL, RTPS, Solar Power
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