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 government of Bangladesh and the World Bank signed an agreement to facilitate the financing of the Haripur Power Project. The 360 megawatt gas fired combined cycle power plant will be built, owned and operated by AES Haripur (Private) Limited.
The Tata Energy Research Institute (TERI) has granted licence to public sector petroleum major, Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL) to produce oil-eating microbes -- Oilzapper to eliminate oil sludge in its refineries.
Seeking to widen further the spectrum of CNG mode being currently hotly debated in Delhi, the Delhi Chief Minister, Ms. Sheila Dikshit, said that it was not only important to study the "environmental impact" of the new fuel but also work out the economics, which presently go on the high …
For the cash starved Maharashtra government, the financial woes just refuse to get over. The Maharashtra State Electricity Board (MSEB) has just demanded Rs 999 crore to compensate it for loss of revenue due to the decisions of the state government.
Faced with a grim scenario on the power front during the summer season in view of the sharp decline expected in generation capacity of the Northern Grid, the main power source of the Capital, the Delhi Government has entered into negotiations with various State Governments for import of additional power.
As the Brazilian government seeks other energy sources, formulates a rationing plan and encourages consumers to voluntarily cut back energy use, companies-especially those in power-hungary industries-are scrambling for ways to make sure their electricity needs will be met.
Pacific Gas $ Electric Co., California's largest investor-owned utility, filed a voluntary petition for bankruptcy protection with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California. California deregulated electricity wholesale prices in 1996 but capped retail prices. The utility accumulated more than $8.9 billion of debts because of a …
A city-based non-governmental organisation Vikas Vahini has claimed that it has successfully experimented with operating generators and pump sets with karanji (kanuga) oil as an alternative source of fuel to diesel.
An energy task force headed by US Vice President Dick Cheney is reviewing a draft plan that will open millions of acres of public land to new oil and gas development, much of it in the Rocky Mountains.
FPL Group Inc. subsidiary FPL Energy, LLC said Thursday it will build a 278.2-megawatt (MW) wind power plant on King Mountain in Upton, County in West Texas.
Mahindra Alternative Technologies Ltd (MAT), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd (M&M;) is planning to join hands with international solar product manufacturers to develop solar energy-based products for the domestic market.
Draft recommendations by the U.S. Department of Interior for boosting energy production include releasing millions of acres of federal wilderness land for development, USA Today reported yesterday. The draft proposals, obtained by USA Today, are part of a report being prepared for a Bush administration task force working on developing …
The Centre has taken the view that buses in the Capital should have the option of running on either CNG or diesel containing 0.05 per cent sulphur, in view of the total unviability of Ultra Low Sulphur Diesel (ULSD).
Following the technological up gradation of refineries and their ability to make low-sulphur diesel available, the Union government has proposed to the Bhure Lal Committee, assisting the Supreme Court in pollution cases, that besides Compressed Natural Gas, 'clean' diesel may also be considered for running public transport in the Capital.
A variety of green groups have been pounding away at President Bush in an attempt to get a wildlife refuge excluded from a plan to address the US energy shortage : a report.
The Crown Estates announced on 2 April that 18 companies had successfully pre-qualified to lease seabed for the development of offshore wind farms. As landowner of the UK Territorial Seabed, the Crown Estate had invited developers to apply for the option, which was followed by a process of establishing financial …
According to a new report, global installed wind power capacity will increase by 39% this year following a 15% rise in 2000. World Market Update 2000 by Danish wind industry consultancy, BTM Consult, shows that the United States is the second key player in this boom after Germany, with installation …
Recently, the Citizen, Consumer and Civic Action Group (CAG) and the Chennai City Traffic Police launched a 'Clean Air Campaign' to check increasing vehicular pollution. In the first phase, information on pollution will be disseminated to vehicle users, Mr. Bharath Jairaj, Co-ordinator, CAG said.
The oil giant, BP, has announced that it is to build the world's largest solar project in the Philippines, at a cost of US$48 million, which will benefit over 400,000 people in 150 villages.
