JOHANNESBURG: South Africa plans to launch three procurement rounds for 6,800 megawatts (MW) of renewable energy over the next year, as well as a combined 5,000 MW of new coal, gas and storage, a presentation by the governing African National Congress (ANC) showed.Africa's most industrialised nation is heavily dependent on coal-fired power but plans to move towards a more diversified mix of generation sources.It regularly suffers outages because of faults at ailing state-owned utility Eskom that have deterred investment in the country and hobbled economic growth.President Cyril Ramaphosa has pledged to fix Eskom and add generation capacity, but progress has been slow.The presentation, made at a three-day meeting of party officials and allies that ended on Sunday and shared with Reuters by two sources, showed the ANC planned to launch the first renewables round in January or February for 2,600 MW of wind and solar, with another 2,600 MW round in August and a third for 1,600 MW in … [Read more...] about South Africa plans three renewable energy rounds over coming year
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Alert! Noida authority puts stay on house registration in these 5 sectors, check details
NOIDA: People who are planning to buy or have already invested in a house or a plot in these five sectors of Noida should be on alert. According to the latest updates, the Noida Authority has raised objections on housing projects in five sectors of the city and prohibited their registration over a report that claimed about a third party was being benefitted from it. … [Read more...] about Alert! Noida authority puts stay on house registration in these 5 sectors, check details
Visakhapatnam development body to prepare master plan-2041 by June
VISAKHAPATNAM: The Visakhapatnam Metropolitan Region Development Authority is fast working on preparing Master Plan-2041.The Covid-19 pandemic had affected its progress last year. The existing Master Plan-2006 will expire in June 2021.The consultant hired by VMRDA for the master plan preparation has recently submitted the draft plan and zonal development plans. The VMRDA is scrutinising both the plans.Preparation of the master plan and zonal development plans will be completed by June, 2021 to replace the existing master plan.Speaking to ToI, VMRDA metropolitan commissioner P Koteswara Rao said that the VMRDA is scrutinising the draft master plan and zonal development plans to check the minutest details before finalising them.“The final draft master plan would be placed in the public domain for about a month. All the inputs received from the public during this one month would be referred to an expert committee to check their validity and incorporate the worthwhile in the master … [Read more...] about Visakhapatnam development body to prepare master plan-2041 by June
House delivers one article for 2nd impeachment of Trump
Republican senators also have to weigh the demands of donors who are distancing themselves from Trump and those who remain loyal to him. There also have been rumblings that Trump would consider forming another political party, which could undermine Republican election prospects, but he has not said specifically what he will do post-presidency. … [Read more...] about House delivers one article for 2nd impeachment of Trump
Google says Chrome cookie replacement plan making progress
Google says it's making progress on plans to revamp Chrome user tracking technology aimed at improving privacy even as it faces challenges from regulators and officials. The company gave an update Monday on its work to remove from its Chrome browser so-called third-party cookies, which are used by a website's advertisers or partners and can be used to track a user's internet browsing habits. Third-party cookies been a longtime source of privacy concerns and Google said a year ago that it would do away with them, in an announcement that shook up the online advertising industry.Click here to know all about Digiplus Conclave 2021 and India Digiplus Awards 2021The changes will affect Chrome, the world's dominant web browser, as well as other browsers based on Google's Chromium technology such as Microsoft's Edge. Rival browsers Safari and Mozilla Firefox have already removed third-party cookies by default but Google is taking a more gradual approach. In a blog post, Google's group product … [Read more...] about Google says Chrome cookie replacement plan making progress