British households and businesses could earn payback by using electricity in off-peak hours. Here's howBritons would earn a cashback by saving electricity and running dishwashers and washing machines during off-peak periods.
06 Oct, 2022, 09.08 PM IST
'Crazy': Britain puts army on standby as panic buying leaves petrol pumps dryA post-Brexit shortage of lorry drivers, exacerbated by a halt to truck-driving-licence testing during COVID lockdowns, has sown chaos thro...
28 Sep, 2021, 04.46 PM IST
UK mulls calling in army to help ease gas shortages at pumpsThe Petrol Retailers Association, which represents almost 5,500 independent outlets, said Sunday that about two-thirds of its members had r...
27 Sep, 2021, 11.22 PM IST
Panic buying leaves up to 90% of fuel pumps dry in major British citiesThe Petrol Retailers Association (PRA), which represents independent fuel retailers which now account for 65% of all UK forecourts, said me...
27 Sep, 2021, 03.53 PM IST
CNG, piped cooking gas price in Delhi, adjoining cities cutIndraprastha Gas Ltd, the retailer of CNG and piped natural gas in the national capital and adjoining areas, said CNG price in Delhi will b...
03 Apr, 2020, 03.05 PM IST
Power plants may not get natural gas on priority basisThe government plans to end priority allocation of natural gas to power plants, which would be a major setback to the already-stressed sect...
01 Nov, 2018, 08.04 AM IST
GAIL moots shutting of coal based power plants near metrosGAIL Chairman and Managing Director B C Tripathi said besides Badarpur power plant in Delhi, the nearby Dadri station too needs to be shut.
07 Dec, 2015, 06.09 PM IST
Oil ministry proposes to bring gas-based power plants under price pooling schemeThe oil ministry wants all domestically produced gas to be included in the price pooling scheme to save about Rs 1,00,000 crore of private ...
02 Feb, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
Revival plan on cards for gas-based power plantsDevelopers of about 16,000-mw stranded gas-based power plants will be able to service their debt, if a joint proposal of the power and oil ...
20 Oct, 2014, 07.00 AM IST
N Chandrababu Naidu writes to Narendra Modi, supports gas price poolingSources said Naidu requested the Prime Minister to expedite the process of gas pooling in the national interest and assured all cooperation.
14 Sep, 2014, 01.27 PM IST
Will seek Cabinet nod for capping gas price for power sector: Jyotiraditya ScindiaPower Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia will soon seek the Cabinet nod for capping price of gas for the power sector at $5 per mmBtu.
26 Sep, 2013, 01.26 PM IST
- Gujarat has lion’s share of gas, still charges highest VAT: Congress
The statement came in reaction to anonymous TV ads which allege that the Centre was doing injustice to Gujarat by allocating minuscule gas ...
20 Aug, 2012, 12.26 PM IST
- Reliance, Essar in race to buy BP's Africa assets
BP is selling retail outlets, terminals and aviation fuel stations in Botswana, Tanzania, Namibia, Malawi and possibly also in Zambia. The ...
28 Jul, 2010, 04.44 PM IST
- Americans miffed over oil spill, but still willing to buy BP gas
The massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has some Americans thinking twice about their reliance on gasoline, but most still seem unwilli...
24 May, 2010, 12.36 PM IST
- EDF to buy British Energy for $23 bn
Electricite de France (EDF), the world’s biggest nuclear utility, agreed to buy British Energy Group Plc for a sweetened £12.5 billion ($23...
25 Sep, 2008, 02.28 AM IST
- BP to shut down major oil pipeline as strike action looms
Oil giant BP PLC was hours away from completing the closure of a pipeline system responsible for delivering almost a third of Britain's Nor...
27 Apr, 2008, 06.18 AM IST
- UK, France discuss nuclear fusion
Top British and French nuclear companies are in advanced talks to build a consortium to construct a new generation of reactors in the UK.
11 Jan, 2008, 11.31 AM IST