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 …
Recognising India as one of the fastest-growing oil-consuming nations, the US has underscored the need for close cooperation with New Delhi in oil and gas production. The recently-announced national energy policy of the US has recommended that "the President direct the Secretaries of State and Energy to work with India's …
Enron-promoted Dabhol Power Company (DPC) has rejected Maharashtra State Electricity Board's (MSEB) legal notice for "rescinding" the power purchase agreement (PPA), saying "it did not have the right to do so," as the two partners get ready to plead their case before the State Electricity Regulatory Commission on Tuesday.
It could have been an opportunity for mandarins of the government of India to at least begin some kind of a dialogue on the contentious issue of big dams. But in a predictably sarkari attitude, officials of the Union ministry of water resources chose to stay away from the two-day-long …
Madhya Pradesh will put in place online information system for watershed mission in the state. This was decided at the executive committee meeting of the Rajiv Gandhi Mission for Watershed Management chaired by chief secretary K.S. Sharma here on Sunday. Under the master information system, complete basic data would be …
India and Brazil might sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for starting Gasohol project involving blending of ethanol (extracted from sugarcane) with gasoline for use as transport fuel, according to Union Petroleum minister Ram Naik. Mr. Nail, who is leading a high-level delegation of members of Parliament, sugar technologists and …
The ministry of power is planning to move the Cabinet for according mega project status to the 1980 mw Sipat thermal power project of National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC). Following this, Sipat will become eligible for various fiscal concessions such as zero customs duty, a 10 year tax holiday, besides …
India is planning to set up its first geothermal power plant in Chattisgarh state that will use heat energy extracted from the earth's interior. The state-owned National Hydroelectric Power Corporation is hopeful of commissioning the 1 MW project at Tattapani Geothermal Fields within one-and-a-half years.
As Brazilians rushed to snap up power-saving lamps, candles and generators before the June 1 start of energy rationing, government lawyers manned the legal barricades on Sunday in an effort to protect the plan. Latin America's largest country and biggest economy is in the grips of an acute electricity crisis …
The continued disruption in the delivery of environment-friendly CNG bus chassis by two leading manufacturers--Tata and Ashok Leyland--due to non-availability of gas cylinders is all set to derail the process of mass introduction of CNG fleet on city roads by the September 30 deadline, set by the Supreme Court. Giving …
Filling compressed natural gas is a painful process. Just 30 minutes spent at the CNG filling stations on the Ring Road proves this. Long queues of autorickshaws reaching up to Vidyut Colony, half-a-kilometre away from the Sarai Kale Khan filling station, is a testimony to the troubles faced by drivers …
It was an embarrassing situation for Madhya Pradesh State Electricity Board (MPSEB) officials, when they found themselves in a fix advocating tariff hike proposal before Madhya Pradesh State Electricity Regulatory Commission (MPSERC) on the first day of petition hearing regarding objections raised by public and various social organisations in Bhopal.
British Nuclear Fuels has played down a Japanese referendum that rejected the use of recycled mixed oxide (MoX) fuel, saying the group's $653m MoX plant in Sellafield, north-west England, should still be allowed to open.
Brazil, Latin America's largest country, is confronting the worst power shortage this side of California, as energy crisis that government officials describe as the most severe in the nation's history. And strict emergency conservation laws enacted this month have turned sultry Rio from the city of sin into the city …
Former senior executives of some of the world's biggest energy groups, including Enron and Royal Dutch Shell, will launch a London-based venture to take advantage of growing global demand for wind power.
The Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board has agreed to sell a quantum of power to Gujarat from October 2003. Detailed terms and conditions would be firmed up in due course of time, a spokesman of the HPSEB said here yesterday.
Enron-promoted Dabhol Power Company (DPC) is likely to challenge the jurisdiction of state electricity regulatory Commission (MERC) to settle a plethora of disputes, including "rescinding" of the PPA with Maharashtra State Electricity Board (MSEB) during the first hearing of the case, scheduled for May 29.
The 6 million tonne refinery to be set up at Bina in Madhya Pradesh by Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) is expected to get delayed as it has yet to receive environmental clearance. A senior BPCL official said that work on the project has been very slow. "About Rs 300 …
The Chief Minister, Mr. N. Chandrababu Naidu's recent statement that Andhra pradesh would be surplus in power next year had raised many an eyebrow, especially as it had come in the wake of undeclared power cuts and inadequate power supply to farmers and industrialists.
The Wind Power Producers' Association (Windpro) is hopeful that the new Government in Tamil Nadu will have a policy that will encourage the growth of this sector. Speaking to newspersons, Mr K. Kasthurirangaian, Honorary Secretary of Windpro, said the companies that had invested in setting up wind farms were 'looking …
Even going by the standards of the Dabhol Power Company's controversial innings so far, the current developments are truly frenetic. The starting point of this current phase which in all probability will be a denouement of the 2144 MW, 3 billion dollar project began less than a month ago. (Editorial)
