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 …
Mahatma Gandhi said that the earth has enough to meet the needs of everyone, but not for their greed. This is certainly true of water. It is estimated that the total fresh water available in India annually is sufficient for both irrigation and drinking purposes. But the problem lies in …
The affidavits field in the Supreme Court by the Booker prize winner Arundhati Roy, the Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) leader Medha Patkar and the NBA's counsel Prashant Bhushan in response to allegations made by a group of lawyers in a contempt petition against them (Frontline, March 30, 2001) have sparked …
After years of battle, the Dabhol Power Company (DPC) and the Maharashtra State Electricity Board (MSEB) have initiated processes that could finally terminate the Enron-sponsored $3-billion, 2,184 -megawatt (MW) power project. Neither side has taken a decision regarding ending their relationship yet, but it is clear neither believes the relationship …
Yet another review of the Tehri dam project has begun following a government order of April 10. Perhaps no other national project has seen as many technical reviews as the 260.5 metre high Tehri rockfill dam project on the Bhagirathi has. The current one, which has been set up under …
The Maharashtra State Electricity Board (MSEB), in a retaliatory move, on Thursday slapped an "avoidance" notice under the provisions of the Indian Contracts Act on the Dabhol Power Company (DPC) for "material misrepresentation". The Company, in reply, said the board did not have the right to rescind the power purchase …
Maharashtra State Electricity Board (MSEB) today issued a notice to Dabhol Power Company (DPC) for scrapping the power purchase agreement (PPA) for the 22,184 mega-watt (MW) project. In a notice issued to Wade Cline, MD of Enron India, MSEB chairman Vinay Bansal said the board was constrained to rescind the …
Two public sector giants--Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) and National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC)--have signed a memorandum of understanding to set up petro-fuel power plants in the country. The MoU was signed by IOC chairman M A Pathan and NTPC chairman and managing director CP Jain here yesterday, an official press …
Philippine legislators started closed-door meetings to agree on the final draft of new power sector reform legislation aimed at liberalising the industry and avoiding power shortages.
The European Union risks paying a high price for pussyfooting over liberalising its fragmented energy sector. As well as making a mockery of leaders' professed commitment to invigorating EU competiveness through structural reform, the delay is threatening to throw the single market into reverse. (Editorial)
Trinidad and Tobago's efforts to become a leading influence in liquefied natural gas have been given a fillip by the discovery this month of a significant gas field in the Caribbean state.
Silhouetted against the red setting sun of the barren Ramagiri hills, a set of giant windmills drone. Blades rotating leisurely a top 30-metre steel towers--over 200 of them--reaching for energy from blowing winds. They offer a promise for the future. Windmills, adored by the Dutch of the yore and demonised …
The Maharashtra State Electricity Board has been authorised by the State Government to take strong steps immediately to protects its interests by taking recourse to various options, including an early issue of preliminary notice of termination to the Enron-sponsored Dabhol Power Company on grounds of misrepresentation of quality norms of …
National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) has been engaged as the nodal agency for exploitation of geothermal energy in the country by the ministry of non-conventional energy sources (MNES). As per an official release, NHPC has been assigned the work of installation of a pilot geothermal power plant at Tattapani geothermal …
The ministry of power has sought intervention of the petroleum ministry in getting fixed prices of LNG, at affordable rates, for the viability of LNG based power projects in the country. Following a steep hike in the crude oil prices, the LNG prices have also touched high levels, therby putting …
Mr Madhav Godbole, Chairman of the committee set up by the Democratic Front Government in Maharashtra to renegotiate the terms of the controversial Enron power project, resigned from his post early on Wednesday morning in protest against the "derogatory" statements of NCP president Sharad Pawar.
A second US aluminium company has agreed with the Bonneville Power Administration for a two year smelter closure, from October 1, to help conserve energy.
Exelon, the largest nuclear operator in the US, said it hoped to announce construction of a new nuclear plant within the next 12 months. If it were to go through, it would be the first nuclear plant ordered in the US for more than 20 years.
As the White House was putting together the energy plan that President George W. Bush made public last week, there had been almost no talk of nuclear power as a component of the nation's energy strategy. The nuclear industry thought this was a glaring omission, and a handful of top …
Finally, the US power major, Enron company, has given the preliminary termination notice to the Maharashtra state electricity board (MSEB), making it clear that it is no more interested in running the controversial Dabhol power project. Though it is preliminary notice the top officials of the MSEB confirm that it …
U.S. President George W. Bush envisions expanding links with energy-rich Canada the conventional way : land based pipelines shipping natural gas and oil to U.S. markets. But taking a cue from Jules Verne, several energy companies are exploring a more unconventional approach : submerging thousands of kilometers of transmission lines …
