Policy flip-flops, irresponsible attitude of states have put gas-based power plants on the verge of becoming non-performing assets More than half of India’s capacity to generate power from natural gas is not being used due to lack of gas, putting plants on the verge of becoming non-performing assets, according to a parliamentary panel. The non-availability of domestic gas and high cost of imported supply has “stranded” gas-based power...
Alternatives to nuclear energy, in particular renewable sources of electricity like wind and solar energy, have become drastically cheaper. India and China are often considered the poster children for nuclear energy growth—and even there the picture is quite dismal. “It is nuclear power that will be the main tool to reduce emissions” Poland’s Minister of Energy, Krzysztof Tchórzewski, in keynote remarks at a meeting during the 24th...
Rich tropical forest, vibrant wildlife, water of Kali river will be in line of destruction he Satoddi waterfall in the Western Ghats, in Uttara Kannada district, where the Kaiga Nuclear Power Plant is also located. Credit: Getty Images The biodiversity of the Western Ghats, already under a lot of anthropogenic pressure, will suffer even more if the expansion of the Kaiga Nuclear Power Plant (NPP), which is to come up for public hearing on...
