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 bone of contention over the division of assets of the erstwhile Madhya Pradesh Electricity Board between the newly set up Chhatisgarh Government and the Madhya Pradesh Government is now threatening to spill over to the court room.
The 25-mw Jegurupadu power project of GVK Industries, which is being expanded by an additional 220 mw, is the first project in the country to bee funded 100 per cent through debt.
The Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) has drawn up plans for setting up new units to increase the combined capacity of its four thermal power stations (TPS) by over 1400 MW.
The Maharashtra government has convented a crucial meeting on Monday to discuss at length the immediate impact of the Dabhol Power Company's (DPC) board decision to authorise Enron India managing director K Wade Cline and DPC president and chief executive officer Neil MCGregor for issuing a preliminary termination notice to …
Differences have cropped up in Democratic Front government in Maharashtra over the formation of a panel to renegotiate with the Dabhol Power Company (DPC).
Nigeria is reviving an old notion of piping its gas across the Sahara for shipment to Europe, claiming that its domestic network plans and higher world prices have changed the economics of the subject.
Slovakia will launch the privatisation of its power sector by advertising for advisers to manage the sale of the country's three electricity distribution companies.
Spanish power utility Endesa yesterday approved plans to sell a wide-ranging mix of power assets worth about five billion euros which it said would be sold to a European company before the end of the year.
Hindustan Motors (HM), which had taken a severe beating in the fiercely competitive automobile industry in the country, is aiming to cash in on the CNG and LPG versions for staging a turnaround.
california's public utility commission (puc) has increased electricity prices by 46 per cent. This hike is the largest increase in the state's history. The prices have been increased in a bid to avert frequent blackouts that are threatening the state's economy and also to save the state's electricity producers from …
SUSTAINABLE forest management has been practiced since time immemorial. The Arthashastra records management of forests and wildlife during Kautilya's rule. There were 18 forest laws during the Mauryan period. But the centuries-old indigenous knowledge, developed after careful observations of natural and physical environments, is today a victim of neglect or …
russia has started the construction of world's first floating nuclear plant despite concerns about its safety. The plant, being built near Severodvinsk situated on Russia's northwestern coast, will be operative by 2001. According to the country's energy ministry, the floating plant would initially provide 60 megawatts of energy to the …
At least 32 towns across the state are already reeling under a drinking water crisis this summer. While the situation is expected to worsen,drinking water scarcity will be most acute in Titlagarh, Bolangir, Rourkela, Berhampur, Sambalpur, Bargarh and the two towns adjoining coal belt--Jharsuguda and Talcher, warns a joint report …
Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (PGCIL), the nodal transmission company in the country, has invited bids from the private sector for six transmission projects involving an investment of $2.62 billion.
The World Bank President, Mr James Wolfensohn, has said the bank on any of its affiliates have no plans to intervene in the ongoing tussle between the US power major Enron Corporation and the Maharashtra Electricity Board over the pricing of power from the Dabhol power plant.
With three units of the Obra Thermal Power Station and one in the Narora Thermal Power Station being non-operational, and the widening gap between demand and supply due to rising mercury, have made the power scenario in Uttar Pradesh very "grim".
Karnataka Power Corporation Ltd (KPCL) has cancelled the engineering procurement and construction (EPC) contract with ABB Ltd for implementation of the joint venture Bidadi liquid fuel power project. The project was being upgraded to 700 MW with Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) as the fuel. Originally, the project had been planned …
Powergrid Corporation of India Ltd (PGCIL) has identified five transmission projects, with an investment of $2.62 billion, for which it is planning to invite private sector participation.
US businessman Dennis Tito lifted off into orbit aboard a Russian rocket at 1.07 a.m. (IST) today, heading for the International Space Station (ISS) and becoming the world's first space tourist.
