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 …
Even as lenders to Dabhol power company were debating over the termination of the project, the Centre was busy taking constructive decisions by apprising its representative A K Gokak on the various issues which would be discussed by the negotiation panel.
The Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (Merc), in a major ruling on Wednesday, scrapped the amended power purchase agreement (PPA) between the state electricity board (MSEB) and Reliance Patalganga Power Ltd (RPPL), which is promoting the 447-mw combined-cycle project.
Multinational agencies like the World Bank and Asian Development Bank (ADB) seem to be re-orienting their strategies on funding the domestic power sector projects. The World Bank, according to senior government officials, is showing reluctance to take up funding of generation projects and is instead keen on funding power sector …
One of the reactors at the Sizewell B nuclear power station has been shut down following an acid leak, managers said on Wednesday. The reactor at the plant in Suffolk, eastern England was closed after sensors in the main containment area picked up a leak of boric acid, officials said.
President Bush's long-awaited energy plan proposes loosening regulations on oil and gas exploration, conservation-minded efforts like a review of gas mileage standards and a $4 billion tax credit for a new generation of highly fuel efficient cars, and urges a reconsideration of a quarter- century ban on the reprocessing of …
With the power-starved America deciding to go nuclear again, the atomic power industry is set to be revived. After having been black-listed for some 20 years, nuclear power generation features in the energy policy drawn up by the Bush administration. The development is also expected to open a new area …
Vice President Dick Cheney said yesterday the White House would try to spur nuclear power production by seeking a renewal of legislation shielding nuclear companies from unlimited liability for accidents.
The Enron, renegotiating committee, headed by Dr Madhav Godbole, received a jolt on Tuesday when three of its members reportedly told the government that they did not have the time to devote to the committee's work.
With Chattisgarh supplying power from yesterday, the Delhi Vidyut Board supplied its highest ever load in its history-2781 mw. The DVB had asked for 200 mw during normal hours and 100 mw during peak hours.
Seven weeks after approving the biggest electric rate increase in California history, state power regulators decided today how to spread the pain, raising rates for the biggest residential users by an average of $85 a month.
After eight years of frustration under a Democratic president, energy industry executives are all smiles now that two former oilmen are running the country, and they are eagerly awaiting this week's energy proposals. Since President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney took office in January, the energy industry …
The tiny staff of the Bush administration's Energy Development Task Force is led by two former aides to Senator Frank H. Murkowski, the Alaska Republican who is the chairman of the Senate Energy Committee. The aides jokingly call themselves the Alaska jihad. On the eve of the release of the …
With cost of the projects of independent power producers (IPP) hanging fire, Infrastructure Development Finance Corporation (IDFC) has decided to shift focus from the 500-800 mw power projects to smaller 5-40 mw non conventional and co-generation power projects.
European Union industry ministers sounded alarm bells yesterday that a radical overhaul of EU chemicals regulations could harm Europe's competitiveness, EU sources said. The plan by the Commission to make chemical firms prove their products pose no threat to the environment, or face an EU-wide ban, could threaten the viability …
The Chief Minister, Mr S.M. Krishna, said on Tuesday that the Karnataka Power Corporation (KPC), of which he is the Chairman, had prepared an ambitious plan to add an additional power of 2000 MW with a total investment of Rs 10,000 crores in the next five years to the State …
DOE Secretary Spencer Abraham and European Union (EU) Commissioner for Research Philippe Busquin signed agreements to conduct joint research in energy, including renewable energy and energy efficiency research.
President Bush begins traveling the country today to win support for an energy proposal that calls for eliminating barriers to gas and coal power, opening up land to oil drilling and examining the use of a controversial type of nuclear reactor. The White House will call for $10 billion in …
This spring, the USA is facing electrical blackouts and watching gasoline prices climb toward record highs. But there's no sympathy across the Atlantic. Western European consumers have been living with high energy costs for years. Nevertheless, they have managed to maintain a high standard of living, and they say Americans …
Exelon Power Team and Waymart Wind Farm, LLC announced their plans to build a 50-megawatt wind power plant near Scranton, Pennsylvania. The facility is the fourth major wind farm announced for Pennsylvania.
