CAQM’s focus on captive thermal power plants in Delhi-NCR a welcome step, but challenges ahead
Several industries Down To Earth spoke to were unaware of the new order or were perplexed about the technical feasibility of it in …
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (November 6, 2020)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Practical matters
Despite growth in renewables, coal-based power will continue to fulfil a large share of India's power needs. Instead of resisting the new …
Why is Jharkhand still running this sick and polluting power plant?
The Patratu plant in Ramgarh district, which currently generates only 10-15 per cent of its installed capacity, is poisoning the Damodar river …
Coal toll
More than 70 per cent of India's electricity is produced by coal-fired power plants. Most of them do not have modern technologies and use low-…
As told to Parliament (February 9, 2023): Land subsidence in Joshimath very old issue, claims power minister
In response to another question asked this week, the minister said Tapovan-Vishnugad Hydro Electric Project is far away from the site where …
King Coal is dethroned in the US – and that's good news for the environment
For the first time ever, natural gas overtook coal as the top source of US electricity generation
MoEFCC revises fly ash notification
Fly ash to be given free of cost for agricultural and construction purposes says MoEFCC official at CSE conference
Thermal plants using old technology adding to India’s water stress: UN report
Country's per capita water availability has declined threefold over the past six decades
Victims of ‘growth’
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Power ministry asks MoEF&CC to dilute emission norms for coal-based power stations
The norms have been awaiting implementation since 2017 although they were first notified in 2015
How clean is Delhi’s electricity? Not much, finds CSE study
A third of the Capital’s power is from coal-fired plants that don’t follow emission norms
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 7, 2020)
Who is eligible to raise questions in public hearings?
Sintex power says only those who reside in the region or belong to a non-profit can do so
Misled about water
VidarbhaÔÇÖs farmers protest the Maharashtra governmentÔÇÖs attempt to build yet another thermal power plant by depriving …
Court Digest: Major environment hearings of the week (November 8-13, 2020)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal through the …
Coal needs modern technology for sustainability, say experts
Different countries share their experience with coal-generated energy at CSE's coal conference
MoEF gets stick for failing to respond to green tribunal notices
No counsel appeared before NGT on behalf of environment ministry for a month-and-a half, leading to delays in a number of cases
American thermal power plants under mercury regulation
US Environmental Protection Agency's mercury and air toxics standards will be effective from December 2014
Are NGT orders enough to ensure full ash utilisation by power plants?
As many as 102 of 112 power plants have sought exemption from paying environmental compensation, according to a recent CPCB report to NGT
THERMAL POWER
Power plants consumed 530 million tonnes of coal in 2014-15, which is around three-fourths of the total coal use in the country
Solar power tariff hits record low, sparks worry about coal’s future
The solar power tariff bid of Rs 2.36 per kilowatt / hour is 3.3% lower than the previous record
Delhi’s wake up call
Plans on to track pollution during the Commonwealth Games. What about cleaning the air?
National Electricity Plan: No coal expansion, renewable capacity to dominate in India by 2031-32
Emissions from power sector in a decade expected increase by 10 million tonnes; efficienty of plants to be improved
As told to Parliament (March 13, 2023): 19% PM2.5 emissions in Indo-Gangetic Plains come from households
Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Chandigarh and Delhi emit 437 gigagrams PM2.5 per year through household cooking
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