America is retiring coal plants slowly and steadily. The boilers are cut up for scrap, the smokestacks get dropped on camera and the land tends to sit in permitting limbo for a decade. But in Becker, Minnesota, the state’s biggest coal plant is being used, not for all this hardware but for a plug.On July…
Chennai: Vedanta has invited Expressions of Interest (EOI) from renewable energy developers and contractors to establish solar power plants integrated with Battery Energy Storage Systems under the Build-Own-Operate or Build-Own-Operate-Transfer model across three locations in Tamil Nadu.The company plans to utilise its available land assets at the three sites for renewable energy generation and storage,…
Health minister K Muraleedharan Thiruvananthapuram: The state govt has ordered a comprehensive probe into all major procurements made by the health department over the past decade, while also directing a separate inquiry into alleged irregularities in the purchase of bleaching powder by the Kerala Medical Services Corporation Ltd (KMSCL).Health minister K Muraleedharan directed the health…
Bonakal mandal in Khammam district and Kodangal mandal in Vikarabad district are being developed as fully solarised mandals under a pilot project in pursuit of clean energy goals, said Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka. The State government is providing a fillip to renewable energy sector by implementing a slew of initiatives to herald solar…
