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 …
U.S. environmental groups on Thursday said four major international oil companies should be barred from drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge because of what the groups described as their poor environmental track records.
Democratic lawmakers offered a broad energy plan on Thursday to encourage conservation and alternative energy sources. The legislation follows a wide-ranging Republican bill in February that proposed to boost domestic oil and gas drilling by opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Early last year, the El Paso Natural Gas Company took bids from two dozen companies for the right to ship enough natural gas through its pipeline from Texas and New Mexico to meet one-sixth of the daily demand of energy-starved California.
Finnish papermaker UPM-Kymmene has reiterated support for a plan by Finnish industry to build a new nuclear power plant against the objections of environmental activists. UPM, the world's fourth biggest paper and board maker, has found itself in the middle of a bubbling debate around nuclear power after the industry, …
Britain's energy minister Peter Hain said on Friday he wants developers of new power stations to consider using environmentally-friendly combined heat and power technology. "I have today published guidance to power station developers requiring them to show that they have seriously explored opportunities for CHP before submitting proposals to the …
Britain will next week flick the switch on a new wholesale electricity market, drastically changing the way power is bought and sold in a move designed to foster competition and cut energy bills. Barring a last-minute system failure the New Electricity Trading Arrangements (NETA) will go live on March 27, …
Karanji oil (pongimia), an extract of 'Kanuga' seeds grown in the Telangana region, has been found to be a good substitute for diesel for running generators and pumpsets efficiently.
The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, a key element of the Republican energy plan, may contain enough oil to meet up to 25 percent of the nation's energy needs for nearly two decades, a geologist told Congress last week. Naresh Kumar, vice chairman of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, gave …
Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL), which expects to close this fiscal with a profit of Rs 800 crore, has proposed to add up to 1,000 MW of installed nuclear power capacity annually in the coming year.
Republican lawmakers from farm states on Friday urged the Bush administration to deny California's request for a waiver that would allow the state to bypass federal requirements for oxygen content in fuel. In a letter to President George W. Bush, Sen. Peter Fitzgerald of Illinois and seven other Midwestern legislators …
A California judge's ruling freeing a small power company from selling electricity to Edison International's near-bankrupt utility may open the door for dozens of alternative-energy suppliers to sell their electricity on the open market, industry officials said on Friday.
Millions of litres of drinking water were used to top up Albert Park Lake and revive grass near the race track in the lead-up to this year's Grand Prix, while government and water authorities were urging water conservation statewide.Sources close to Parks Victoria, which is responsible for Albert Park, said …
California's top power regulator proposed more than a 40 per cent increase in electricity rates Monday for some 10 million homes and businesses, hoping to stave off blackouts this summer by encouraging conservation. Loretta Lynch, president of the Public Utilities Commission, said the increase would affect customers of Southern California …
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday allowed Royal Dutch Petroleum Co. and sister company Shell Transport and Trading Co. to be sued in New York for allegedly instigating the torture and murder of environmental activists in Nigeria by a former Nigerian military government.
The Tuticorin Thermal Power Station achieved the targeted 7,500 KWhr/KW/year generation on Saturday, becoming eligible for the Central Government's gold medal.
The Tamil Nadu Electricity Board (TNEB) will review its policy on wind energy after this month. The decision comes in the wake of a recent controversy over the purchase price of energy from private wind electric generators.
Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has given the highest rating to Andhra Pradesh, Haryana, Karnataka, Orissa and Rajasthan in power sector reforms. These five states have been reacted 'A' for their strong commitment and compliance to reforms. CII stated, quoting its recent study, 'Electricity Transaction-Creating Commercial Outlook.'
The Brazilian government is preparing to implement a contingency plan to avoid blackouts as dwindling water levels at hydro-electric plants have caused an energy shortage in Latin America's largest economy.
Moscow strikes a first blow in the battle for pipeline superiority in the Caspian region, as government and oil company officials gather in north-west Kazakhstan to inaugurate a 1,580km pipeline to Russia's Black Sea.
The European Union goal to create a single market in energy suffered a setback at the weekend when EU leaders failed to agree on concrete dates for fully opening gas and electricity markets to competition.
