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 …
Powergrid Corporation will soon submit a report to the government on the possibilities of evacuating power from the Dabhol project to the power-deficient states.Sources said that the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) also had completed its first round of consultations with the states to find out their requirement and the tariff …
It's a remarkable about turn: after declaring for months on end that a nuclear power plant would be set up at Drolli village near Patran, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today announced that the plant would not be set up there. Till date, the Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB), …
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday desired an amicable settlement to resolve the dispute between the Enron-promoted Dabhol Power Company (DPC) and Maharashtra State Electricity Board (MSEB) in view of the large investments involved in the project.It adjourned to June 21 the hearing of a petition filed by DPC to …
The lenders to the 520 mw, coal-based Ramagundam power project in Andhra Pradesh (AP) have forwarded the draft of the memorandum of agreement (MoA) to Aptransco, AP's transmission utility. the MoA, vital for the project to achieve financial closure, will be signed by APtransco, the AP government and the lenders …
The Bush Administration delivered another slap in the face to California with a move to force the state to use a fuel additive that could increase the cost of a gallon of petrol by 3 cents.
On the order of the Chief Minister, ms. Jayalalithaa, water was released from the Mettur reservoir for the Cauvery delta irrigation, as scheduled, at 6 p.m. on Tuesday.
New Zealand's electric power market regulator launched an investigation into rocketing wholesale prices, following complaints that low hydro storage levels are being compounded by transmission constraints and the bidding behaviour of some generators.
Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley announced that the city has chosen Commonwealth Edison (ComEd) to supply 20 percent of the city government's electrical needs from renewable energy sources.
New York Governor George E. Pataki issued an Executive Order mandating that all state agencies purchase no less than 10 per cent of their electricity from renewable energy sources by 2005. The green power mandate will increase to 20 percent by 2010.
The summer solstice is approaching, and that means it's prime time for solar car racing. This year's early entry in the race circuit was the Formula Sun Grand Prix, held from May 10th through 12th in Topeka, Kansas. The Rose Hulman Institute of Technology took top honors by completing 353 …
East Asia has become the global industry's most important area of growth in nuclear energy. The source of this enthusiasm for nuclear energy is easy to find. Resource poor but power hungry Japan, South Korea and Taiwan all rely on imported fossil fuels for most energy needs. All are also …
Increasing energy demand, rising conventional fuel prices and the pressure to cut carbon emissions are leading to the rehabilitation of atomic power : a report.
California Gov. Gray Davis signed an executive order that temporarily sweeps away restrictions on the number of hours that the state's dirtiest generating plants can operate.
Haryana Non-Conventional Energy Sources Department would cover 6,029 families under its SPV home lighting scheme at a cost of Rs 5.36 crore this financial year, according to an official spokesman here on Monday. The department has installed 285 SPV street lighting systems so far. He said the target to cover …
Alberta Premier Ralph Klein has a message for President George Bush: Don't even think about trying to solve your energy problems with Canadian oil and gas until you talk to provincial premiers.Klein will deliver that blunt warning today to U.S. Vice-President Dick Cheney when the premier tries to explain why …
Dabhol Power Company (DPC) on Monday sought the intervention of the Mumbai High Court to decide on the jurisdiction of the Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC) in restraining the MNC from activating escrow account and initiating international arbitration proceedings against Maharashtra State Electricity Board(MSEB).
The Oil India Ltd (OIL) proposes to start experimental drilling for crude oil in the bed of the Brahmaputra rive in Upper Assam by the end of the current year. Mr B.B. Sharma, Chairman & Managing Director, OIL., disclosing this at an informal get-together with media persons in Guwahati said …
The brewing controversy between the ruling Congress and its major alliance partner, Nationalist Congress party (NCP), over the Dabhol Power project appears to have blown over, with the NCP categorically stating that it has no plans of pulling out of the Democratic Front (DF) Government over the Enron-Dabhol issue.
German Chancellor Gerhard Schroder and power company executives signed an agreement bringing a step closer a plan to shut down all 19 of the country's nuclear power stations.
