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 …
The Centre has decided to constitute an inter-ministerial committee, having senior officials from the ministries of finance, law, petroleum, power and surface transport, for providing inputs to the re-negotiation group recently set up by the Maharashtra government to rework tariffs from the Dabhol project.
Germany's power industry was expected to conclude talks on cutting greenhouse gases emission by encouraging combined heat and power plants (CHP) late yesterday, the VKU association of municipalities said.
The Sidaguppanakatte tank, a small reservoir on the Karnataka-Andhra Pradesh border, has become the focal point of a brand new inter-state water dispute. The tank, situated in Andhra Pradesh, serves as a catchment area and helps thousands of farmers downstream in Sira taluk of Tumkur in Karnataka. Now,s the Anantapur …
National Hydroelectric Power Corporation Ltd (NHPC) says it is still hopeful for a go ahead to the 710 mw Koel Karo project in Jharkhand, stalled for more than a decade owing to determined opposition from local residents to being uprooted.
The Union Government has released Rs 9,352.50 lakh to the State Government for Centrally-sponsored Accelerated Rural Water Supply programme (ARWSP) for 2001-2002. This is the first installment of the provisional allocation of Rs 187.5 crore under Rajiv Gandhi National Drinking Water Mission to the State. These funds are meant to …
India's green power programme, led by the wind industry, is seeing red. Reasons for this are many. Unlike normal years, this year the summer wind failed to blow in April and it is slow even now. All hopes are, therefore, pinned on the monsoon winds expected to blow mid-May onwards.The …
The world's largest wind farm has opened in Denmark producing four times more power than its nearest rival. The Middelgrunden park off the coast of Copenhagen, with a capacity of 99 megawatts (MW), began supplying power to 32,000 homes on 6 May. The park produces four times as much energy …
A low-emissions fuel company which is also working on introducing biofuel blends into the country is 13th of the fastest-growing 100 companies in the UK, according to a leading accountancy, tax and consultancy firm.
Shell has announced that it has pulled out of exploration in Pakistan's largest national park and is assisting in the clean-up of a spill on abandoned Nigerian operations, while Esso faces protests over its stance on Kyoto.
The power situation this summer has worsened because of the inability of Northern Grid to supply power at optimum frequenceis at all times, leading to frequenting tripping, Delhi Chief Minister Shiela Dikshit said here today.
The Centre is awaiting the outcome of the 11 May meeting between Enron officials and the Maharashtra government on the proposed renegotiation of the power purchase agreement for the Dabhol power project.
The Centre has conveyed that it would support the Maharashtra Government on the contentious issue of tariff renegotiations with Enron for power purchase from Dabhol Power Company (DPC).
Dutch bird lovers want the government to axe plans to build 200 wind turbines along a northern dam which they say will endanger the lives of thousands of coastal and migratory birds. Vogelbescherming, the Dutch bird protection society, handed in a formal complaint to the environment ministry on Tuesday.
IF New York City had a power blackout, the Central Park police station would continue to glow like a beacon inside a dark forest. That's because the station gets all its electricity from a 200- kilowatt fuel cell right outside the building, not from utility lines. The fuel cell, which …
Environmentalists welcomed yesterday a decision by Shell to pull out of a joint venture with Premier Oil to explore for gas within a Pakistani national park, saying Shell had bowed to public pressure. Premier said earlier it had reached agreement in principle with Royal Dutch Shell to acquire Shell's 49.9 …
Clearing-up the confusion over the issue, the Union ministry of surface transport has said companies can convert buses of all models which have an engine capacity of more than 1,301 cc. The ministry clarified the matter in a reply to a letter by the Delhi transport department. The clarification was …
Transporter Pritpal Singh, in his 60s, suffered a hypertensive attack when the Supreme Court asked transporters on March 26 to book their vehicles for conversion kits or buy new CNG buses. The family was at a loss and could not file their court affidavits.
General Motors Corp (GM) said it plans to accelerate introducing new technologies to make its light trucks more fuel-efficient as the company scrambles to avoid falling behind rival Ford Motor Co in a race to make its vehicles less damaging to the environment.
Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on Wednesday dedicated to the nation the 1,240-km Jamnagar-Loni LPG pipeline of Gas Authority of India Ltd (GAIL). The 1.7 million tonne capacity of the pipeline system is equivalent to 3.5 lakh domestic cylinders. This capacity would be enhanced to 2.5 million tonne (mt), equivalent …
