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Lenders put Meenakshi Energy’s 1,000-mw plant on sale

Lenders put Meenakshi Energy’s 1,000-mw plant on sale (Representative Image)

A consortium of lenders led by Rural Electrification Corporation (REC) and SBI has put on sale a 1,000-megawatt (mw) coal-based thermal power project in Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, operated by Meenakshi Energy (MEPL), according to sources. As of May 2016, Meenakshi Energy’s outstanding debt was over Rs 4,000 crore.

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Turnbull has failed to axe Australia’s power price “laziness” tax

By Tristan Edis The PM only had to push energy reforms slightly further to make a world of difference, and protect consumers from the “laziness tax” exploited by utilities.

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Turnbull “eyeballs” energy bosses, kids himself on solution

By Giles Parkinson & Sophie Vorrath Big energy retailers didn’t so much blink, as wink in face of Turnbull’s “eyeballing” episode. Here’s why they will be high fiving each other in the Qantas lounge at Canberra airport.

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Nuclear not the answer, as consumers pay for abandoned reactors

By Giles Parkinson The nuclear “renaissance” in the US is now over, after another two reactors abandoned, leaving consumers holding the bill.

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MIT pilots full-credit online residential course

By Office of Digital Learning

Last fall, the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) and MIT Office of Digital Learning piloted a full-credit online course for a small cohort of residential students. The popular 6.002 (Circuits and Electronics) was offered as 6.S064, leveraging an existing massive open online course (MOOC) available via the edX platform and adding a…

Thomas McKrell, research scientist and mentor in nuclear science and engineering, dies at 47

By Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering

Thomas J. McKrell, a research scientist in the Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering (NSE), passed away on June 9 at the age of 47.

An expert in materials behavior, especially corrosion of metallic alloys used in nuclear and conventional power plants, he came to MIT in 2006 after serving as a consultant in the power industry for more…