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GRAP-1 imposed in Delhi-NCR: Full list of restrictions, bans and permitted activitiesDelhi-NCR has entered Stage 1 of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) as air quality dropped to the 'poor' category with an AQI of 208. T...- Energy shock ripples from kitchens to forests as Africa and South Asia grapple with rising fuel costsGlobal fuel price hikes are pushing families in Kenya and India back to burning charcoal and wood. This reversal threatens years of progres...
- Thermal plants' biomass shortfall in FY25 due to supply challenges, not intent: APPThe Association of Power Producers (APP) attributes thermal power plants' inability to meet biomass co-firing targets to limited availabili...
- Vedanta says biomass facility of Talwandi Sabo Power helps in reducing stubble burning in PunjabVedanta's Talwandi Sabo Power Ltd biomass facility has dramatically cut farm fire incidents in Mansa, Punjab. Stubble burning cases dropped...
- NTPC achieves 20 pc torrefied biomass co-firing at Tanda power plantNTPC achieves 20% torrefied biomass co-firing at Tanda thermal plant, marking a milestone in India's power sector. Torrefied biomass, akin ...
- NTPC, GE Power ink pact to enable more usage of low carbon fuel in plants“Carbon reduction from coal power plants is a key challenge and Co-firing of low carbon fuel will facilitate the transition towards a low c...
- Govt asks CAQM to consider penalising power plants not co-firing enough biomassThe meeting saw the participation of senior officials from the two ministries, state governments of Haryana, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh; head...
- Around 80,525 MT biomass co-fired by 35 thermal power plants: Govt"About 80,525 MT of biomass has been co-fired in 35 thermal power plants in the country with a cumulative capacity of 55,335 MW till 24th J...
- Power Ministry asks states to formulate plans for biomass co-firing in power plantsTo address the issue of air pollution and to reduce the carbon footprint of thermal power generation, the Ministry of Power issued a revise...
- NTPC seeks startups to produce torrefied biomass pelletsThrough its research and development wing NETRA, the NTPC intends to provide a platform to startups to enable them develop an advanced tech...
- NTPC top biomass user in India, consumes 58,000 MT, tenders 10.7 MMT: Power MinistryElaborating the progress of national biomass mission, SAMARTH (Sustainable Agrarian Mission on use of Agro Residue in Thermal Power Plants)...
- View: Biomass co-firing can help India secure 50% energy from non-fossil sources by 2030Biomass co-firing can account for integrating renewable energy in coal-based power plants. It can also become carbon neutral with appropria...
- NTPC places order for 9.3 lakh tonne biomass pelletsNTPC placed an order for 8,65,000 tonnes of biomass pellets, for which supply is already in progress. Further, NTPC has placed an additiona...
- Stubble burning: Central commission directs 11 thermal plants around Delhi to co-fire biomass pelletsPaddy straw burning is a matter of grave concern in NCR and adjoining areas. Ex-situ utilisation of paddy straw is an important strategy am...
- NTPC invites bids for biomass pellet procurement for thermal plantsThe power producer has envisaged consumption of five million tonnes of pellets in the current year at its 17 its power plants including NTP...
- NTPC adopts sustainable measures to curb pollutionIn the past fortnight, NTPC Dadri power plant has been co-firing close to 70-80 tons of agro-residue fuel along with coal. The power plant ...
- NTPC to use biomass to co-fire coal-based power plants, cut emissionsNTPC plans to burn biomass like scrap lumber, forest debris, crop residues, manure and some types of waste residues along with coal to gene...
- NTPC invites bids for procurement of agro residue for its Dadri power plantA capping price of Rs 5,500 per metric tonne has been kept for agro residue based pellets and Rs 6,600 per tonne for pellets or briquettes ...
- Biomass burning a major source of pollution in IndiaVehicles, air conditioners and industries may be the usual suspects contributing to the rise in pollution levels across the country, but th...
- Government to prepare a national bio-energy mission to boost power generation from biomassThe bio-energy mission will adopt a two-phase approach, spanning the 12th Plan in Phase 1, and the 13th Plan in Phase 2.
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