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 …
Energy and environment major Thermax Ltd and Cummins Diesel Sales and Service (I) Ltd (CDSS) have entered into a strategic alliance to provide attractive energy solutions across various industry segments. CDSS is a 100 per cent subsidiary of Cummins India Ltd.
Neyveli Lignite Corporation (NLC) has announced plans to set up a mine mouth power station and refinery residue based power plant in Rajasthan. The plant will be a joint venture of NLC and Chennai Petroleum Corporation. NLC is also planning to set up a 250 MW power plant in Gujarat, …
Denmark-based Novozymes plans to introduce biofuels in India. The Company's managing director (Malaysia) Lars Christian Hansen said it was planning to extend the biofuels technology and results derived in the US and Brazil to India.
A 218.8 metre rubber dam, aiming to bring some 27,000 hectares of land under irrigation network is being constructed along the Matamuhuri River in Chakoria upazila of Bangladesh at a cost of Tk 25 crore.
Anarchy in managing finances including World Bank funds meant for developing irrigation facilities may prove costly for farmers already burdened with heavy water tax. The government has been knocking off funds meant for the much hyped Water Users Associations, leaving them short of cash to take up operation and maintenance …
India is eyeing several trillion cubic metres equivalent of gas hydrates, a new energy source, in the deep sea off the western and eastern coasts and near the Andaman islands to meet its energy security needs.
The US Energy Department, citing cost benefits to low income consumers, scaled back a regulation calling for a 30% improvement in air conditioner efficiency standards.
The Malaysian government's plan for the large-scale use of palm oil to generate electricity slipped when ministers learned that only one power station was ready to burn the fuel.
Sharp increases in electricity and natural gas prices could eat up an extra 1.5% of average household income in California during the next year and create an additional drag on an already slowing economy.
Days before US Interior Secretary Gale Norton's much publicized tour of Alaska's Prudhoe Bay oilfields last month, state inspectors made a startling discovery: almost a third of the safety shutoff valves tested at one drilling platform failed to close.
The Russian atomic energy minister, Alexander Rumyantsev vowed to speed up construction of a nuclear reactor in Iran that is opposed by the United States.
The New York Power Authority's goal of having 11 new small power plants up and running in and around New York by June 1 seems realistic, said people familiar with the power industry.
PG&E; Corp., parent of the bankrupt northern California utility, reported a $4.1 billion fourth-quarter loss Monday, acknowledging the company may be unable to recover soaring electricity costs it was unable to pass on to consumers last year. The San Francisco-based company recorded a before-tax charge of $6.9 billion, the difference …
Malaysia, the world's biggest producer of palm oil, yesterday officially launched its first large-scale scheme to burn the crude oil in power plants and use it in other industries. The move is part of a project to prop up sagging prices and ease stocks.
Fire tenders were fighting the flames at Uch gas field, believed to have recoverable gas reserves of more than 3.1 trillion cubic feet (TCF), near Sibi, Balochistan (Pakistan). According to report here on Monday, fire broke out in between two gas wells--7 and 8-on Sunday night. Wind storm at the …
The United States must adopt new conservation measures such as improved vehicle fuel efficiency if it is to ease its energy supply woes, a new report from an independent task force said last week. The Bush administration's plan to increase domestic energy supplies is not enough to tackle a squeeze …
A tanker carrying 1,300 tonnes of fuel oil sank off the northern coast of the United Arab Emirates on Saturday, and the fate of its crew remains unknown, officials said on Sunday. The UAE's Federal Environment Agency (FEA) said in a statement faxed to Reuters that the 3,500-tonne Zainab sank …
