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 …
Japanese heavy machinery maker Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co Ltd (IHI) said on Wednesday it had formed a joint venture with DaimlerChrysler AG to produce turbochargers for diesel-engine cars. European demand for diesel-powered cars has been rising for environmental reasons because they emit less greenhouse gas carbon dioxide than gasoline engines.
It can't get more ironical than this. A CNG filling station in Delhi--ostensibly meant to supply an environment friendly fuel--spews smoke all day as it's running on a diesel-powered-generator. The filling station, located in the posh Moti Bagh area, near Chanakyapuri, is being forced to supply the green fuel by …
Germany's four nuclear plant operators plan to share increased liability risks for accidents amongst themselves rather than buying more cover on the market, a spokeswoman for utility RWE said this week.
When you switch on that fan to beat the heat or put on your TV to watch your favourite show, you're hardly likely to be thinking about issues like the 'environmental impact of electricity generation'. But did you know that every mega watt of electricity produced in steam based power …
The Andhra Pradesh government will soon introduce water auditing to regularly monitor availability and management of water resources in the state, chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu said on Wednesday.
After a decade in which almost no coal-fired power plants were built in the United States, suddenly 34 coal plants are being planned across the country to meet increasing power needs, analysts said this week.
Commenting for the first time on Enron imbroglio, the Prime Minister today said Enron's electricity was 'very expensive' and there were not too many tears for it. However, he said that steps were being taken to resolve the dispute.
Taiwan's legislature has approved US$64m in compensation funding for contractors affected by the three month suspension from last October to construction of the island's fourth nuclear power plant.
There are no "quick fixes" to the nation's energy supply concerns and Americans should overcome fears of energy production and implement long-term solutions, U.S. Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham said this week.
Madhya Pradesh Minister for Rural Development Ajay Singh has informed that so far about two lakh water harvesting and conservation works have been completed in the state and a number of schemes have been prepared to store rain water.
Fearful of blackouts and expensive utility bills, Californians have begun conserving electricity at a rate the state has rarely seen. New figures show that in May, California residents and businesses reduced power consumption by 11 percent, the largest decline since the state's energy crisis erupted earlier this year.
Uttar Pradesh, Delhi and Gujarat are moving ahead with implementing reforms in the power sector, even as the reforms in Maharashtra have come to a standstill due to the Dabhol fiasco. Maharashtra was one of the first states to initiate steps for reforms phase-II, by appointing a state regulatory commission …
Gujarat Power Gen Energy Corporation Ltd (GPEC) announced it had rebuilt two 66 KV sub-stations of GEB at Vajepar and Balasar in earthquake ravaged Kutch district in Gujarat. The State Government and the Gujarat Electricity Board had requested GPEC to rebuild the substations at an estimated cost of Rs 1 …
US Interior Secretary Gale Norton was pressed Wednesday to reconsider allowing oil drilling in a Montana valley sacred to American Indians. A permit to drill was issued last month to a company owned by a prominent Republican donor.
In response to what increasingly resembles a California-style energy crisis writ large, on Friday Brazil began at least six months of obligatory electricity rationing.
Natural gas has been an increasingly important energy source for the United States-most new electric power plants are fueled by natural gas, and 70 percent of the new homes built in 1999 were heated with natural gas.
The crucial talks between the foreign and Indian lenders of the US energy major Enron-promoted Dabhol Power Company (DPC) at Singapore remained inconclusive on Tuesday and are slated to continue on Wednesday. "The meeting has spilled over to the second day with DPC to participate in the proceedings on Wednesday," …
The Maharashtra government will not buy power from the first phase of the Dabhol Power Company's (DPC) project at a 90 per cent plant load factor((PLF), a senior state government official said today. The statement represents a hardening of Maharashtra position on talks with DPC and virtually kills the later's …
DOE in recent weeks has initiated strategic programs of its research and development programs in both energy efficiency and renewable energy. The reviews were recommended in President Bush's National Energy Policy, and were among the first steps taken by DOE to implement the policy.
