The Punjab Energy Development Agency has released a draft green hydrogen policy aiming to achieve a green hydrogen and ammonia production capacity of 100 kilo tonnes per annum by 2030. The policy proposes extending incentives under the existing “Punjab Industrial and Business Development Policy 2022” to new green hydrogen and …
Lack of co-ordination between the Delhi government and Indraprastha Gas Limited has delayed the setting up of the required number of CNG filling stations in the city. The queue of vehicles in front of filling stations just gets longer each day even as both the Delhi government and the Central …
In tune with the increasing plea for the green power, the KPTCL today entered into power purchase agreements (PPAs) with three non-conventional energy projects, including two mini-hydel projects, with a total capacity of 31 MWs. The first PPA was for a 24-MW bagasse based co-generation power plant of Shree Doodh …
The Thomas Jefferson Memorial, in Washington DC, will have a new high-tech, energy-efficient lighting system from September, resulting in an 80% cut in energy use.
California launched a campaign yesterday to enlist an army of two million preteen children to join an energy conservation crusade - and if a parents dream car guzzles too much fuel they better beware. "When your parents buy a new car, tell them to compare the fuel efficiency of different …
The central government has convened a tripartite meeting to resolve the dispute over division of power board's assets and liabilities between Bihar and Jharkhand.
The Government has told Dabhol Power Company (DPC) not to insist on continuing with the arbitration proceedings, a condition which the power utility has put forward for agreeing to extend the conciliation process by two months.
The International Finance Corporation, the private sector lending arm of the World Bank, has postponed a decision on funding oil services companies in the Niger delta following protests from environmental campaigners.
The Canadian government has pledged large-scale investment in urban transportation, fuel-cell technology, increasing fuel efficiency and marketing of low-emission vehicles in a bid to curb its number one source of greenhouse gas emissions.
Eleven Bulgarian insurance companies yesterday set up the first ever Bulgarian national insurance nuclear pool against an accident at the Soviet-designed Kozloduy nuclear power plant. "Today we signed a contract with Bulgarian companies for establishing a national insuranace pool against a nuclear accident in line with Vienna Convention on Civil …
Royal Dutch/Shell yesterday said it would renew its renewable energy investment programme with a further $500 million to $1 billion spend earmarked for the next five years. The Anglo-Dutch oil and gas giant's existing five year $500 million spending plan is due to end in autumn 2002.
Norway's potential for wind generated energy could total 480 terawatt hours of electricity a year, The Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate (NVE) said in a statement yesterday. A study conducted for the NVE showed wind power conditions along the Norwegian coast and in some mountain areas to be "very …
Faced with the prospects of regular power cuts if energy consumption does not fall substantially, Brazilians have been putting on an impressive show of civic responsibility over the past 10 days. Despite the widespread view that the crisis is the fault of the government, Brazilian households have been earnestly trying …
Royal Dutch/Shell, the Anglo-Dutch oil group, yesterday confirmed it would invest between $500 m and $1bn on developing new energy businesses over the next five years. Karen de Segundo, chief executive officer of Shell Renewables, told analysts in London the group would focus mainly on developing solar and wind energy, …
California's electricity woes -and those of other western states- have boosted the profile of the formerly obscure Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Once Ferc was known only by those caught up in the arcane workings of the natural gas and electricity industries, which it supervises. But since the extraordinary climb of …
It is not only California that is having troubles with its power supply. In Brazil, business and individuals are resorting to increasingly ingenious ways to meet the government's stringent electricity rationing targets. Brazil's immediate problem is empty reservoirs. For a country that is 90 per cent dependent on hydroelectric power, …
In France, 60,000 people are supplied with electricity produced by power stations which run exclusively on biogas, a gas resulting from the decomposition of household waste. It is a first in Europe.
The US department of energy and the country's building industry has launched a 20-year plan to make homes more energy efficient for their occupants. Under the
Blocked by public opinion from building new nuclear plants, operators have been squeezing more electricity out of existing nuclear plants in an effort to meet demand in California and other parts of the country.
