Chennai Port Trust (CPT) aspires to become self-reliant on the energy front with plans to produce power using renewable sources of electricity, including wind and wave.

The port has called for consu

Observing that the country was going through a power crisis, Minister of state in PMO V. Narayanasamy has said people were looking for alternatives and appealed to scientists to help tap solar powe

As part of its cost cutting measures, Tangedco has decided to reduce its manpower in its thermal power stations (TPS) at Mettur, Thoothukudi, Ennore and North Chennai to one worker per MW.

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The Bhabha Atomic Research Centre has launched an awareness campaign to drive home the point that there is no risk of explosion associated with a nuclear power plant.

This comes in the wake of Nuclea

With several states in the country reeling under acute shortage of electricity the Centre has planned to set up 40 more nuclear power plants in the country by 2035 to produce an additional 60,000 mega

State-owned oil firms are pushing for at least Rs 3 per litre hike in petrol price from April 1 to cover part of the spike in cost of raw material.

"We are losing Rs 6.43 per litre on petrol and aft

India 'cannot just rupture' ties with Iran, Trade Minister Anand Sharma said on Wednesday, adding New Delhi will discuss oil imports from Tehran at a meeting of emerging world powerhouses.

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US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has lauded India for being 'very supportive' in many respects on the issue of sanctions against Iran.

Geithner, in response to questions from lawmakers, said U

India will continue to import oil from Iran without violating any international law, and has requested the United States and the European Union to take into account India's oil needs, Oil Minister Jai

Stressing that the government was committed to finding solutions for the issues facing the gas industry, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday said remunerative energy prices was needed to ensure