Cargo Movement On River Ganga To Be Expanded From 9 To 29 Million MT By 2024-25
Regarding River Ganga, the infrastructure plan targets increasing cargo movement on the holy river to 29 million MT from the current 9 million MT.
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Technip Wins Gig at One of India’s Largest Hydrogen Projects
The contract covers the delivery of a 5 MW Hydrogen Generation Plant using Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) Electrolysis technology at a Super Thermal Power station, Technip said yesterday. This project is suited for a large scale green hydrogen production facility as power to electroyzer can be replaced with renewable electricity in the future.
India Begins its Journey in the Large Scale Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) for 1000 MW hour Project
Government has given go ahead for inviting the expression of interest for installation of 1000 MWh Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) as a pilot project. This is the joint effort of both Ministry of New and renewable energy and Ministry of Power who have been working on this to provide a road map for the installation of the energy storage system in the country.
Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh Presides Over Breakthrough Blast of Main Tube of Sela Main Tunnel via Video Conferencing
Perched at an altitude of 13,800 ft, Sela pass on the 317 km long Balipara-Charduar-Tawang (BCT) road connects West Kameng, East Kameng and Tawang districts of Arunachal Pradesh to the rest of the country. It reduces travel time and provides all weather connectivity to Tawang.
2,500 Oxygen Plants Commissioned Across India in Record 112 Days
In a record 112 days, a total of 2,494 Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) oxygen generation plants have been commissioned at government hospitals across 736 districts with a capacity of producing 3,324 tonnes of medical oxygen per day. This includes 1,183 PSA plants sanctioned under the PM CARES Fund.
India Set to Achieve 450 GW Renewable Energy Installed Capacity by 2030: Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE)
The Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE) in partnership with FICCI, organised a series of events, from October 6th-8th, 2021 during the Climate and Biodiversity Week at Expo 2020 Dubai. The events covered the themes of India’s Renewable Energy Achievements and Ambitions, Emerging Areas and Opportunities for Renewable Energy in India, and also focussed events anchored by the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) and Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA).
Railways Complete Electrification Work of Total 649 Route Kilometers from Katihar to Guwahati over Northeast Frontier Railway
Indian Railways has embarked upon an ambition plan of electrification of its complete Broad Gauge network by 2023-24 which would not only result in a better fuel energy usage resulting in increased throughput, reduced fuel expenditure but also savings in precious foreign exchange.
Railways Successfully Operated Two Long Haul Freight Trains ‘Trishul’ and ‘Garuda’ for the First Time Over South Central Railway
Trishul is SCR’s first long haul comprising of three freight trains, i.e., 177 wagons. This train was started on 07.10.2021 from Kondapalli station of Vijayawada division to Khurda division of East Coast Railway. SCR followed it up with running of yet another similar one named Garuda on 08.10.2021 from Raichur of Guntakal division to Manuguru of Secunderabad division. In both the cases the long haul trains comprised of empty open wagons for loading of coal meant for predominantly thermal power stations.
Kanpur Metro have a Special Inverter with Third Rail DC Traction System for Energy Conservation
Kanpur Metro’s trains will have an energy efficiency of about 40-45% which means at the expenditure of every 1000 units, up to 450 units can be regenerated through breaking and be used again with the help of ‘Regenerative Breaking Technology’. No other Metro Project in India, that is running on the Third Rail DC Traction System has such type of arrangement to conserve energy.
Indigenously Developed Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) Solution by C-DOT Unveiled
Quantum Technologies are one of the most researched area at present and are attracting huge investments by Governments all across the globe as well as by private players ranging from multinational giants to start ups. Almost all countries have dedicated programs for furthering research in this area, which has immense potential, impact of which can probably be compared with that of semiconductor technology in the last few decades or the impact that the laser had since its invention in 1960s.