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 …
Terming the Orissa reform model as a 'big failure', experts have called for a new approach to be followed for power sector reforms at the state level. The Orissa model was based on a solid restructuring model which, over the years, has been distorted.
The proposed capacity addition target of 1,00,000 mw by 2012 is not just dependant on setting up of new greenfield power projects in the country. According to power minister Surest Parch, even if the IPP projeects fail to add much to the targeted capacity addition, as was expected from the …
West Bengal has joined the list of states willing to go in for reforms in the power sector by agreeming to sign an MoU with the Centre. The signing may take place "any time now, even tomorrow", the Union power minister, Mr Surest Parch, said today.
The Harlan government has mooted several scheme to strengthen the power distribution system in the state. The schemes have been sent for approval to the Power Finance Corporation, the Rural Electrification Corporation and Nabard, who had sanctioned Rs 600 crore to improve power distribution, the Chief Minister, Mr Om Prakash …
Hectic parleys were on among a few board members of the Dabhol Power Company (DPC) to block a resolution at the company's board meeting in London on Wednesday evening to serve the termination notice on Maharashtra State Electricity Board (MSEB) for the $3 billion Dabhol project.
The Maharashtra Government on Wednesday appeared to have softened its hitherto tough approach towards the Dabhol Power Company (DPC), as it requested the Enron subsidiary company not to take any "harsh" step that would have a bearing on the controversial Dabhol Power Project.
Massachusetts Governor Jane Swift said Monday the state has set new regulations for its six oldest and dirtiest power plants, requiring reduced emissions linked to air pollution, acid rain and global warming.
The government of Thailand needs another three months before making a decision on the Thai-Malaysian gas pipeline, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said. A study into the environmental impact would take that long, he said yesterday.
Pakistan and Iran agreed on Wednesday that trans-Pakistan route was the only feasible option for Iran-India gas pipeline project. Petroleum Minister Usman Aminuddin told Dawn that Iran considered land-route for the gas pipeline as the only feasible option.
New buildings throughout the European Union would have to comply with minimum EU energy efficiency standards, under draft legislation proposed by the European Commission yesterday. The draft rules, which will now be discussed by the 15 EU governments and the European Parliament, would oblige builders to respect the standards when …
US regulators decided tonight to impose broad price controls on electricity sales in California, reversing their previous stance and contradicting the Bush administration's steadfast opposition to federal intervention in the state's energy market.
Stage V of the 510 MW NHPC Teesta hydel power project has found itself in a controversy. The All Sikkim Government Contractors' Association has accused the NHPC of awarding contracts to companies from outside the state and sidelining the local contractors.
The Maharashtra government was not in favor of scrapping the Dabhol power project chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh said today. "The state was not in favor of terminating the Enron-promoted $900 -million power project, but instead it wants to work out an amicable solution for solving the imbroglio", Deshmukh said.
Amid mounting anti-nuclear feeling in Japan, a northern village will hold a rare referendum next month to decide on the use of recycled nuclear fuel in a local power plant, a local official said yesterday. The vote, which will not be legally binding, will be held on May 27 and …
The Indian nuclear power establishment seems to have a love affair with the uneconomic, pollution, obsolete, dangerous, and costly parts of nuclear technology.
Islamic Development Bank (IDB) assured a 10 million US dollar fund for rural electrification in Rajbari and Gopalganj districts of Bangladesh under a three-year programme from 2001.
US energy regulators directed limited price controls on California's wholesale electricity markets Wednesday, but the order fell short of the sweeping price caps California officials have wanted.
The World Bank has asked the Pakistan government to adopt zone basis gas tariffs to enable private investments in pipeline and introduce third-party access, it is learnt. Sources said that a recent World Bank mission in its recommendations has said that the cost of transport should constitute a separate component …
Alberta is proving that deregulating power can be a disaster even in a region loaded with energy. On Jan. 1, staunchly pro-business Alberta became the first Canadian province to fully deregulate its electricity market, completing a complex process it began six years earlier.
