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Officials plan to flush thousands of toilets to help refill a Utah lake and generate powerWater managers are releasing massive amounts of water from Flaming Gorge Reservoir to safeguard hydropower production at Lake Powell, which...
Northeast no longer defined by insurgency, isolation: Arunachal CM Pema KhanduArunachal Pradesh is transforming significantly. Once seen as isolated, the state is now a focus of national development. Chief Minister Pe...
Rare earth mining is poisoning Mekong River tributaries, threatening 'the world's kitchen'Toxic runoff from unregulated rare earth mines in Myanmar and Laos is contaminating the Mekong River and its tributaries, threatening the l...
Arunachal government steps up push to revive major hydropower projectsArunachal Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein reviewed major and small hydropower projects, including Etalin and Subansiri Upper, to ...
Arunachal villagers sign landmark MoU to kickstart Siang Upper Multipurpose ProjectThe Pangkang villagers and Arunachal Pradesh government signed an MoU to start a feasibility report for the Siang Upper Multipurpose Projec...
IREDA finalises JV with SJVN, GMR Energy, NEP for 900 MW hydropower project in NepalState-owned IREDA has finalised a joint venture agreement with SJVN, GMR Energy, and Nepal Electricity Authority for a 900 MW hydropower pr...
Delhi airport first to run on hydro and solar powerThe move will help in the reduction of energy emissions of 2 lakh tonnes CO2 per year, a significant step toward achieving Net Zero Carbon ...
Uttarakhand: Massive rockslide melted ice and triggered Chamoli flood, says new reportThe findings, released on Friday, said the energy of the fall of about 22 million cubic metres of rock mixed with ice and snow “remobilised...
IIT Roorkee testing floating device to produce electricity from river surfaceTraditional hydropower plants require the construction of large scale dams, which have significant ecological and environmental consequence...
Talks deadlock between environment and water ministries, delays protection to eco-fragile areas of Uttarakhand
Power deficit may reach 5.6 per cent by fiscal 2021-22: StudyCountry's power deficit may rise to 5.6 per cent by fiscal 2021-22, from 2.6 per cent of peak demand in the last fiscal, on demand overtaki...
Government prepares framework to boost hydropower projects in countryHydropower is much cleaner, greener and sustainable option, he said, adding that water security is an issue in India and there is a need fo...
Government’s support a must for hydropower segment to grow: PWCFocussed tapping of large hydropower potential in north-east will contribute significantly in meeting India’s peaking power needs in the fu...
Ganga has many faces: India needs to repair its rivers while retaining hydropower as a vital part of its energy mixHydropower development in India and South Asia has multiple consequences. Any government – and the Indian system as it were – has to be min...
Green issues 'hijacking' growth in power sector: Arunachal CM Nabam TukiTuki said Arunachal, which has the potential of producing 40% of India's total assessed potential, has harnessed only 1% of this due to reg...
Activists express concerns over IMG's report on GangaThe report favours hydro projects but fails to give blueprint for balanced environmental needs and viability of Ganga as a water system.
- Step up hydel power: Medium-scale plants best bet
The medium hydel projects, however, would aid flood control, boost pisciulture and provide environmentally benign energy at very low margin...