Do we need fuel-gurgling Air Shows & Motor Races?

Vasanthkumar Mysoremath - 11-FEB-2013

Scientific predictions on Future availability of natural resources - Oil/Fuel :

- By 2022, get ready to pay Rs.720+ per litre of petrol and Rs.200+ per litre of diesel and consequential increase in transport and cascading effect on prices of all commodities.

Hike in bulk diesel price : Will it lead to black market ?

Sanjeev - 21-JAN-2013

The government's decision to allow market rates for bulk users of diesel will result in a 15% increase in costs for commercial entities such as IT parks, malls, hotels and large office buildings. Bulk buyers who use diesel to run generators during power cuts will now have to pay roughly 60 per litre of diesel against 49 earlier.

Ranking Buildings by Energy Use - New York has just published its data. Can we do it Bangalore.

ashwin - 10-JAN-2013

Excerpt of an article in the New York Times. Doing this in Bangalore would be very powerful. Ofcourse we would have to measure not just the power pulled from Bescom but also that coming from onsite generators. But it should be doable. 

Potential for Savings in Bangalore Power Consumption via BESCOM Incentives for Buildings

sanjayv - 1-JUL-2012

Bangalore (and Karnataka), like most cities and states in India is facing a power deficit.  One way around to solve this issue is to implement energy conservation measures.  The terminology in the power industry for this is called demand side management (DSM).

LPG Akrama

idontspam - 18-OCT-2011

Draw you own conclusions on the state of the Banana Republic & make nte of all these people when you vote. 

The ministers, who opposed the ‘cleansing act’ of the department, reportedly told Shobha that she should not be unduely concerned about the ‘bogus connections’ as it was the Centre which was supplying the subsidised cylinders.

'Suggestions for BESCOM'

silkboard - 18-NOV-2010

Action seems to be picking up at BESCOM, with a new Power Minister few months ago, and a new commissioner now. Pasting below, from an email exchange, some ideas for BESCOM and Energy situation in Bangalore, from Mr. MC.

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Electric Supply - A Chronicle

Ravi_D - 5-MAR-2009

Here is an attempt to chronicle media reports related to our electric supply scenario. Let us update this list as we see related articles in the media.

3/Mar/09 - More Load Shedding Likely

Electric Supply - A Chronicle

Ravi_D - 5-MAR-2009

Here is an attempt to chronicle media reports related to our electric supply scenario. Let us update this list as we see related articles in the media.

3/Mar/09 - More Load Shedding Likely

Video - Dr Fatih Birol of the International Energy Agency on oil, climate change and the financial crisis

s_yajaman - 11-JAN-2009

I saw this video http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=m377Is4tGF0 on another blog that I frequent - called The Oildrum (www.theoildrum.com

Energy Efficiency in Buildings

shas3n - 20-MAY-2008

As the summer months progress and our hydro-electric reservoirs dry down, along comes the dreaded load-shedding. While it is true that the demand for electricity is far greater than the supply, I guess there is surely something we can do to shorten this gap from the supply end. For this post, I would skip the issues with ‘leakage’ or electricity and ‘grid inefficiency’ and would discuss about the technical and policy aspects at the end-user level. I hope you will be able to add your inputs and we can get the required policy changes through collective lobbying. (Image Courtesy jalalspage)