LNG more viable than coal

November 2015

India is already among the world´s largest energy consumers. Urbanisation, industrialisation, and the government´s commitment to 24 x7 energy access ...

Tags: Power, Piyush Goyal, Oil, Gas, Nuclear, Hydro, Renewables, Coal, Fertiliser, US Environmental Protection Agency, Cooling water, TAPI, LNG, EPC, KSS Petron India

An Elevated Experience

October 2015

Experts predict the world´s urban population will double by 2050, which means we are adding the equivalent of seven New Delhi cities to the planet ev...

Tags: Smart Cities, Neeraj Sharma, Urbanisation, Water, Sanitation, Electricity, Clean, Luxurious skyscrapers, KONE Corporation, Elevators, Buildings, R&D, KONE Ultra Rope, KONE Eco Disc

We expect 2015 to bring about consolidation, as well as restore vitality within the sector

October 2015

The Indian mobile telephony industry currently has a cumulative debt of over Rs 300,000 crore with many operators even making negative returns on the...

Tags: Mobile Telephony, Investments, OTT, Digital India, Roadblocks, DoT, Electricity, TRAI, RoW, Power, Wireless Technologies, M&A, SUC, Investments, M2M Communications

Rational expansion of electricity consumption

October 2015

India´s low per capita electricity consumption, which currently stands at less than 1,000 kWh per annum, has been a subject of debate and consternati...

Tags: Electricity Consumption, Energy, Real Estate, Power, Anish De, KPMG

Power Ministry to frame tariff policy

October 2015

The Power Ministry is in the final stages of framing the new tariff policy, which will soon be placed before the cabinet for approval....

Tags: Ministry of Power, Central Government, Renewable Energy Projects, Coal-based Thermal Projects, Electricity Act, Water, Power Generation Plants

Vedanta to ramp up production

October 2015

Even as it plans to shut down its Kalahandi refinery in Odisha, Vedanta hopes to increase metal production at its Jharsuguda smelter....

Tags: Kalahandi Refinery, Odisha Electricity Regulatory Commission, OERC, Independent Power Plant, IPP

Toasting the fighters

October 2015

We are not out of the woods yet. Eight core sectors - coal, crude oil, natural gas, refinery products, fertiliser, steel, cement and electricity - sl...

Tags: Coal, Crude oil, Natural gas, Refinery Products, Fertiliser, Steel, Cement, Electricity, AM Naik, Engineering, Construction, Conglomerate L&T, NDA, ITNL, GDP

Govt to install solar panels

October 2015

The government plans to install solar panels on the roofs of around 500 trains to generate electricity. This is in addition to the plan to set up 500...

Tags: Solar panels, Roofs, Electricity, Rooftops, Indian Railways, Power