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 nuclear power industry these are heady days. Spiking natural gas prices and power shortages in California have focused new attention on nuclear power's role in keeping America's lights on. As electric deregulation moves forward, nuclear plants have unexpectedly high prices. (Editorial)
Business, traffic and the daily routine of millions of Americans across the country could be disrupted by rolling blackouts this summer, according to the latest assessment of US electricity supply and demand.
Officials of the U.S. state governments are already protesting a Bush Administration plan to make federal regulators the ultimate authority on where long-distance electricity-transmission lines go.
The Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC) would hear on May 16 a petition filed by the Pune-based non-governmental organisation (NGO) Prayas to declare the power purchase agreement (PPA) between the Maharashtra State Electricity Board (MSEB) and Reliance Patalganga Power Ltd (RPPL) for the 447-MW project as "null and void."
The Maharashtra State Electricity Board today in a letter to US energy major Enron refuted all allegations made against it by the company. The Enron-promoted Dabhol Power on April 9 had invoked the political force majeure clause.DPC had indicated that it was not in a position to fulfill its contractual …
After a two year wait, the BSES Andhra Power Ltd has got some reprieve. The ministry of petroleum and natural gas has allotted one million cubic metres per day (MCMD) of natural gas on "fallback basis" to the power project. Though the project requires as allocation on firm basis, the …
The European Union and the United States have signed an agreement to collaborate on research products into energy, the European Commission said yesterday. The agreement, signed by U.S. Secretary of State for Energy, Spencer Abraham and EU Research Commissioner Philippe Busquin aims to see the two blocs collaborate on nuclear …
Western Republicans and property-rights groups, after years of fighting environmentalists over restrictions on land use, are gearing up to oppose the Bush administration on an issue at the heart of regional fears about overreaching federal power.
Power Finance Corporation (PFC) has sanctioned a $13.55-million loan for the 500 MW Jamnagar thermal power plant of Reliance. "We have sanctioned $113.44-million (about Rs 525 crore) loan for the Rs 3,150-crore 2X250 MW Petroleum coke-based power plant of Reliance recently," the PFC Chairman and Managing Director, Mr A.A. Khan, …
The Maharashtra State Electricity Board (MSEB) has decided not to pick up the remaining 15 per cent equity in Enron-promoted Dabhol Power Company (DPC), which it was earlier supposed to, after the complete construction of the entire $3-billion power project in Dabhol.
There are growing fears that Enron, the US power company, may withdraw or sharply reduce its stake in the Gulf's $10bn Dolphin gas export scheme, one of the most ambitious of its kind in the region.
The problems facing the European Commission's drive to open up energy markets were thrown into sharp relief, when France made it clear it was unwilling to consider an energy liberalisation measure until next year, while Germany spoke out against one of its key provisions.
After more than two years of talks, Saudi Arabia is about to announce its choice of international oil companies for three huge natural gas projects that will mark a reopening of the kingdom's energy sector to Western investment, a quarter century after it was nationalized.
A lot is happening across the world in the field of renewable energy. The technology is improving, so is the space available for the technologies to be economically viable in the free market. market-based trading in renewable energy certificate in Europe, solar power and wind energy projects in various parts …
A government panel in Japan on energy resources in a draft plan for energy supply demand through fiscal 2010 encourages the use of natural gas over coal to prevent global warming.
The endgame has finally begun in the battle of wills between the Maharashtra State Electricity Board (MSEB) and US multinational Enron's Dabhol power project. Since its inception the project seems to have produced more controversy than power.
More than 24 villages in Palampur and Jaisinghpur subdivisions of Palampur district have been facing a shortage of drining water for the past one week.
The first power project, set up by an independent power producer (IPP) in Rajasthan will be dedicated by the State Chief Minister, Mr. Ashok Gehlot, next week. The 3 MW capacity project, located in Barabagh village in Jaisalmer district, is a breakthrough not only because it is the State's first …
The Union Power Minster, Mr Suresh Prabhu, has ruled out any possibility of National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) buying power from the Dabhol Power Corporation project (DPC).
U.S. president George W. Bush this week is unveiling a long-term solution to what many perceive as a short-term energy problem. And therein lies a political dilemma.
