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At the start of this decade, when Tamil Nadu was reeling under an acute shortage of power, capacity addition to the tune of 50 GW was proposed. This report looks at the status of the proposed plants…

This is the letter to the Expert Appraisal Committee - Thermal Power recommending a site visit to the Ennore Thermal Power Station - Expansion Project, about possible violations of its directive to…

How can the environment be guarded if the same person who grants approval to industries as SDM is supposed to review it as chairman of DEIAA/DEAC? Indian states comment on zero draft.

In this letter to TANGEDCO, CAG appeals to move to decarbonised energy plan for Tamil Nadu. Plan for realistic growth in electricity demand. Improve performance of existing coal plants instead of…

TANGEDCO has requested the Power Finance Corporation and Rural Electrification Corporation, for funding thermal power projects of a combined capacity up to 5,300 MW, and hydro power projects to the…

Letter to NGT requesting inclusion of Chennai in National Clean Air Programme non-attainment cities. Chennai is the only major polluted city and one of the 12 cities with a population of more than a…

The consultation workshop hosted by Citizen consumer and civic Action Group, Chennai; NTFP India, Adukkam; and Keystone Foundation, Kotagiri; in collaboration with the Coalition for Environmental…

The power sector is one of the highly stressed sectors, responsible for 40% of the total stressed assets in India. The trigger for a financial analysis of IL&FS Tamil Nadu Power Company Limited (…

-by Niraj Bhatt, Researcher - Environment and Climate Change Introduction to geoengineering: As life on our planet struggles in Anthropocene to arrest the increasing greenhouse gas emissions and…

The past decade saw Tamil Nadu go from being power deficit to power surplus- a change made possible by significant capacity addition. With a zeal to provide energy security for the state (which was a…

by Niraj Bhatt, Researcher - Environment and Climate Change In this last part of a two-part article, we will explore solutions for control and reduction of ground-level ozone. In our last issue, we…

State power utility TANGEDCO recently sought amendment in the Terms of Reference issued for its 660 MW expansion project in Ennore. The utility, which failed to submit a feasibility study for the…