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 …
For the first time, the Krishna water dispute among the basin states of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra has figured in an international forum. The conference on "Legal aspects of sustainable water resources management" organised by the International Association of Water Law and others at Teslic in Bosnia and Herzegovina …
At last the first two units of the 240-MW Sharavathy Tailrace Hydro Electric Project were commissioned on May 15 after a long delay. A proposal regarding the Sharavathy Tailrace Project had been made nearly 35 years ago itself. However, several factors including the opposition from the environmentalists, legal battle and …
Non-resident Indians (NRIs) in the USA have called for the scrapping of the controversial Dabhol Power project, dubbing it as the largest scam India has ever seen. The group of NRIs, under the umbrella 'Enron Action', in their outcry put up on the website Altindia.net/enron have stated that under international …
The National Thermal Power Corporation plans to add 20,000 mw of installed generation capacity by 2012. This was stated by Mr C.P. Jain, chairman and managing director of the corporation, while addressing the 'customers meet' for northern region, here today. He said the corporation was set to execute three projects …
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.
Saudi Arabia is due to put pen to paper on multi-billion dolar gas agreements on June 3 in Jeddah, industry sources said on Sunday.' The kingdom awarded eight leading oil companies on May 18 with stakes in its ground-breaking gas development initiative, its biggest opening to foreign investors for 25 …
If nothing else, George W. Bush's energy problem reminds us of one of the great paradoxes of American public opinion. By word, the Americans are ardent environmentalists. A CBS poll found that Americans favor increased energy conservation over higher production by a huge 60 percent to 26 percent margin. But …
Petroleum giant Iran, eager to widen its source of revenue, finds itself playing catch up in the realm of natural gas, despite the second largest reserves in the world.
The Philippines will likely see the first privatization of its power assets late next year should a key power bill pass Congress in a special session this week, Energy Secretary Jose Camacho said.
The number of non-polluting Safa tempos plying in different routes within the Kathmandu Valley stands at 650 at present. Seven Safa tempos were introduced first of all in the Valley in 2053 BS on an experimental basis.
The wind power sector will be able to offer 300 to 400 MW to Tamil Nadu power grid between June and September. The pollution-free generation will be from an installed capacity of about 800 MW. At present 200 to 250 MW from wind power resources is being fed daily into …
The Vajpayee government, which is trying to put the Enron controversy behind it, has started to ram in its point that the issue cannot mar the scope of the business in this huge market. The government now proposes to organise a series of international energy conferences from August 2001 to …
Giving a new twist to the controversy between the Maharashtra State Electricity Board and the Enron-promited Dabhol Power Company, MSEB has filed a petition with the Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission to rescind it power purchase agreement with DPC. The move assumes greater significance because on Thursday the state electricity board …
Sardar Sarovar Punarvasvat Agency (SSPA) has resettled over 9,000 Project-Affected Families (PAFs) out of 19,327 PAFs to be resettled in Gujarat from the areas which are going to be submerged by the Sardar Sarovar Project, and thus SSPA has crossed the halfway mark, says Commissioner (Rehabilitation) SSPA Vinod Babbar.
In a quick follow up to its notice rescinding the power purchase agreement with the Enron-sponsored Dhabol Power Company (DPC), the Maharashtra State Electricity Board today filed a petition with the Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC), seeking damages and relief from DPC for misrepresentations on its power generation capability. It …
District heat and power technology is becoming 'greener' and now supplies 22 million people in the European Union, with an annual turnover of ?19 billion (
The Director-General of the Tata Energy Research Institute (TERI), Dr. R.K. Pachauri, has opposed the proposal for a judicial inquiry made by Dr. Godbole, the head of the committee for renegotiating the contract with Enron's Dabhol Power Company. Expressing concern over the suggestion, he had noted that three out of …
The Maharashtra State Electricity Board on Thursday served a termination notice on the Dabhol Power Company under Section 19 of the Indian Contracts Act. The termination notice was not served under the power purchase agreement because then the state would have to buy the plant. Now they are not bound …
In a counter stragety to tame the belligerent Enron-promoted Dabhol Power Company (DPC), the Maharashtra State Electricity Board (MSEB) on Thursday served on it a 'voiding' notice accusing the former of having failed to adhere to the performance promised by it in the Power Purchase Agreement (PPA). In its notice …
Facing sustained government pressure and the threat of the Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA) being invoked, American power giant AES Corporation on Thursday resumed operations at the second unit of the 410 MW IB thermal power station, ending a week-long crisis. Generation from the unit had been suspended since May …
