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 …
California Gov. Gray Davis has urged Public Utilities Commission President Loreta Lynch to exempt the state's oil refineries from rotating electricity outrages because shutdowns could cause "public health and safety concerns."
The German government and the country's power utilities planned to sign a formal agreement to shut Germany's 19 nuclear power plants, starting a process that could take decades to complete.
California Gov. Gray Davis signed an executive order yesterday, clearing the way for the the state to pay big business that help ease its energy crunch by volunteering to cut their power use during peak hours. "Nearly 70 per cent of energy usage in California is commercial," Davis said in …
The Gujarat Electricity Board (GEB) has stopped purchasing power from independent power producers (IPPs) that use naphtha as fuel for generation of power. The decision was taken as it proved to be costlier and a decline in demand for power from the farm sector.
For the first time in the country the Oil India Limited (OIL) will start exploring the river bed that too of the mighty Brahmaputra in search of oil fields. The decision of the OIL has created a lot of curiosity among the geologists in the country regarding the possibility of …
Oil India Limited (OIL) is gearing up to begin a seismic survey of the Brahmaputra river bed between Dibrugarh and Dhemaji districts in the south and north banks respectively. The work on the river bed would be the first of its kind.
Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and leading energy companies formally signed an agreement Monday to shut down Germany's 19 nuclear power plants, making it the world's largest industrialized country to willingly forgo the technology.
A referendum held on May 27 in a small village in Niigata Prefecture has rocked Japan's nuclear policy to its foundations. In the referendum, more than half of the residents of Kariwa village rejected a plan by Tokyo Electric Power Co. (Tepco) to launch pluthermal nuclear power generation at the …
With doubts being expressed over future of the Enron-promoted Dabhol Power Company's (DPC) phase-II project and ongoing legal wrangles, the Japan-based Mitsui OSK LIne-led consortium is thinking of deploying its liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier elsewhere on a temporary basis.
Pakistan's Mari Gas Company Ltd said yesterday it was seeking to raise $135 million in foreign investment to develop its newly discovered gas field in the southern Sindh province.
The ongoing re-negotiation between the Madhav Godhole panel and the Dabhol Power Company will revolve around the Energy Review Committee (ERC) recommendations, submitted to the Maharashtra government.
Plans are afoot to bring the Farakka Barrage Project under the Central Water Commission. For the moment, this seems to be best remedy for the ailing barrage. The Union Ministry of water resources has been running the FBP all these years, but has failed to ensure that there are enough …
The high cost of electricity produced by the naptha-based dabhol power project in Maharashtra seems to have prompted the Rajasthan Government to go for the liquefied natural gas (LNG) instead of naphtha for setting up the much-awaited 140 MW Mathania power project in Jodhpur district.
The Maharashtra State Electricity Board (MSEB) on Saturday filed an affidavit in Mumbai High court seeking rejection of US energy major Enron-promoted Dabhol Power Company's (DPC) June 6 petition.
A 220-MW thermal power plant for Mandya district, cleared by the Karnataka State government in favour of the Euro India Power Canara Private Limited (EIPCL), has stirred up the hornets' nest with questions being asked by some people including an MLA, as to how the company, which was originally commissioned …
Petronet LNG Ltd (PLL) has shelved its plans to set up a 2.5 million tonne per annum (mtpa) liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal at Mangalore in Karnataka and instead decided to double the capacity of its Kochi terminal to 5 mtpa.
Petronet LNG Ltd (PLL) has shelved its plans to set up a 2.5 million tonne per annum (mtpa) liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal at Mangalore in Karnataka and instead decided to double the capacity of its Kochi terminal to 5 mtpa.
The Research and Development group of the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) has decided to pursue research work to see if the 'pump prices' of the coconut oil-based diesel fuel it has successfully managed to produce, can be brought down to make it commercially viable for use in motor vehicles.
The Haryana non-conventional energy sources department will cover 6,028 families under its solar photo voltaic (SPV) home lighting scheme at a cost of Rs 5.36 crore during the current financial year.
