Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Dr. Amit Kumar Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 28/05/2025. The applicant has raised a grievance against setting up of a tyre pyrolysis plant by M/s Adideva Carbon LLP. According to the applicant, the tyre pyrolysis plant has …
PB Jayakumar / Mumbai June 16, 2009, 0:39 IST With the Mumbai High Court directing the Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries (RIL) to supply gas to the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group
The time has come to rationalise energy taxes It has been reported that the finance ministry has raised objections to the income tax exemptions provided to the producers of natural gas. Although the ministry of petroleum and natural gas advocates the equal treatment of oil and gas as a logical …
Pakistan and Iran will sign Gas Sales Purchase Agreement (GSPA) on Iran-Pakistan (IP) gas pipeline project in Istanbul on Friday, June 5. Pakistan and Iran agreed to sign GSPA in third country and the pact will be governed by French laws. Pakistani team led by MD ISGS Hassan Nawab will …
Development experts agree that ensuring access to sustainable modern energy services is critical to achieving the Millennium Development Goals. Some 2.4 billion people still use traditional biomass fuels for cooking, often facing the risk of indoor air pollution, while about 1.6 billion people have no access to electricity. This report …
Leading car manufacturers in India are expanding their fleets of alternative fuel vehicles to cash in on increased availability of compressed natural gas and to meet stricter emissions standards and increasing demand for cars that run on cheaper, more environmentally friendly fuels.
As India continues its struggle to find alternative energy sources to cope with the growing energy demand, it is looking aggressively at cbm (coal bed methane) gas as a source of clean, thermal energy, that is known for its easy inflammability. India currently consumes 140,000 mw of electricity per year, …
Given the current developments in the natural gas sector, especially with the Petronet LNG terminal under implementation in Kochi and scheduled to become operational by 2011, it looks more prudent to think of a gas-based thermal power plant at Kasargod, instead of the proposed coal-based one, says an expert in …
Ajay Modi / New Delhi May 27, 2009, 0:53 IST Central exchequer likely to earn revenues worth Rs 4,400 crore The government is likely to double the price of natural gas sold through the administered price mechanism (APM) to $4.2 per million metric British thermal unit (mmbtu), which is equivalent …
Kalpana Pathak / Mumbai May 26, 2009, 1:20 IST In discussions with Iran, Pakistan The Indian government, said a senior official, wishes to take talks foward on the $7 billion Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline project. This was a day after Iran and Pakistan were reported to have signed on the pipeline …
Atul Aneja DUBAI: Iran and Pakistan on Sunday signed a deal to lay a gas pipeline for taking Iranian gas to Pakistan. The deal, christened the Peace Pipeline, was signed in Tehran by Iran
Nearly 50 years spent fishing from tiny sailboats have taught Manuel de Oliveira the power of the wind, but he was mystified when white windmills began springing up along the coast near his town. "I did think they were pretty strange," he said as he shook his net out on …
President Barack Obama's tough fuel economy program for vehicles could put another damper on the struggling ethanol business, because the alternative fuel packs a lower energy content than gasoline. Obama on Tuesday introduced the most aggressive proposal yet to boost U.S. auto fuel economy standards -- a bid to reduce …
The government has given NTPC Ltd an ultimatum to decide on buying natural gas from Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) by the weekend, failing which it (government) will cancel its allocation and give the fuel to other power producers. The oil ministry has conveyed to NTPC Chairman R S Sharma that …
Europe took a surprise step towards reducing its dependence on Russian gas yesterday as two of its oil companies agreed to develop a big gas field in Kurdistan, Iraq's semi-autonomous region. OMV, of Austria, and Hungary's MOLagreed the deal, which will feed the planned Nabucco pipeline. The 3,300km pipeline is …
Democrats in the US House of Representatives have negotiated a climate change bill that would give industries most of the pollution emission permits they would need, according to documents obtained on Friday. President Barack Obama has made passage of a bill a top priority and wants demonstrable progress by December, …
Bangladesh, where natural gas reserves are falling while demand for power is rising fast, will not allow new power plants that cannot use both gas and coal, Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith said on Sunday. "In the future we are going to adopt a dual-fuel policy for installing new …
