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 …
Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, announced in late May that it will buy 5 percent of its electrical power needs from wind energy. The university will buy 4,778 megawatt hours per year of wind power from the Exelon-Community Energy Wind Farm at Mill Run, which is currently under construction.
SeaWest WindPower Inc. announced that it has begun construction on a 50-megawatt wind power plant near Arlington,Wyoming. PacifiCorp, which serves customers in six western states of US, will buy all the power from the wind plant.
Despite opposition by President George W. Bush, most respondents to a new poll agree that the US government should set limits on the wholesale price of electricity. Of those polled, 56 per cent said they favored price caps, even though the poll pointed out that such a measure could discourage …
California Governor Gray Davis announced that Californians are meeting his goal for reducing electricity use. Compared to one year ago, Californians cut their electricity demand during peak periods by 10 percent.
Electricity rationing came down hard on household throughout energy-starved Brazil on Monday, sparking a wave of anger and complaints that the Government and power firms have mishandled the crisis. Kilowatts replaced soccer game results as the main topic of conversion in streets and workplaces after households around this sprawling country …
U.S. federal regulators have launched yet another attempt to control California's out-of-control wholesale electricity market. But like previous efforts, it could have limited effectiveness.
Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (Bhel), one of the navaratnas, has bagged a Rs 25 crore project to set up a captive power plant at the integrated industrial township "Tronica City" in Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh.
Natural gas prices have plunged in the last few months - everywhere, that is, but Southern California. While gas in New York costs about $4 per thousand cubic feet, gas delivered to Southern California still costs more than $11 wholesale.
Energy will be near the top of the agenda of the new Democratic-controlled Senate, which is set to clash with the Bush administration on electricity price caps for California, drilling in a pristine Alaskan refuge and soaring gasoline prices.
Californians, facing a chronic power shortage and the prospect of hundreds of hours of blackouts this summer, appear to be responding to pleas to conserve electricity, the state's governor said on Sunday. "In January, I asked Californians to reduce their electricity use by 10 percent. We are getting the job …
The chairman of the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee said on Sunday the entire United States was likely to face rolling blackouts like those already plaguing California unless swift action was taken to build new power plants and increase natural gas production. "This country is very close (to), if …
California fever is coming to Asia. But the blackouts and brownouts plaguing much of the largest state in the continental US won't hit most parts of the region. As governments take note of the risks associated with deregulation and privatisation, it is policy that is getting a shake-up.
In central London, architects are working on plans for mini wind farms in Westminster, Kensington and White City. Wind power is the fastest-growing form of energy in Britain, and industry experts predict that by 2005 it will supply 1.6 percent of the nation's electricity.Ministers are championing projects in order to …
The Karnataka High Court has admitted a revised leave petition filed by the Nagarjuna Power Corporation Ltd (NPCL) seeking to set aside a State Government order denying clearance for the proposed 1,015 -MW thermal power Project in Mangalore. The case is expected to come up for hearing on June 19.
Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (Bhel), one of the Navaratnas, has bagged a Rs 25 crore project to set up a captive power plant at the integrated industrial township Tronica City in Ghaziabad in UP.
Continuing the series of developmental and welfare programmes undertaken for the people of Assam under "Operation Samaritan", the Army authorities located at Kokrajhar district in lower Assam, dedicated the Haluadal Tarang River diversion channel work to the people of the region at a colourful function held at Haluadal village, near …
The World bank has in principle agreed to fund $130 million (Rs 650 crore) for the proposed Karnataka Watershed Development Project, which would take off in August-September this year. A three-member team led by Additional Chief Secretary and Development Commissioner N Vishwanath held talks with World Bank authorities in Washington …
Ever increasing vehicular pollution in the city of Bhopal has even engulfed the traffic police in the thick smoke with their efforts falling flat to curb the menace. Despite all possible efforts by the traffic police, nothing effective was done to check the vehicular pollution in the state capital.
