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 announcement that BP, the oil and gas group, has been selected to take a stake in China's first liquefied natural gas terminal was not only a triumph for the UK-US company against stiff competition but also a seminal moment in China's energy strategy.
U.S. energy secretary Spencer Abraham said the Bush Adiministration opposes tax incentives for energy producers, even as he warned that a looming energy crisis could push the economy into a recession.
The recent sanction by the Union Government for setting up of two border trade centres and two industrial infrastructure development centres would seem to have prompted the Assam Government to initiate power sector reforms on the lines already adopted by several other States.
India would soon set up the world's first power generating plant, ocean thermal energy conversion, to harness ocean energy in Andaman and Nicobar islands, a top government official has said.
The world's largest offshore oil rig has stopped sinking three days after massive blasts rocked the structure, killing 10, its Brazilian owners said on Sunday, raising hopes the $350 million rig can be salvaged. The steeply listing 40-story platform was stable on Sunday after sinking more than 13 feet (four …
An increasing number of U.S. schools are built on abandoned dump sites or too close to polluted factories and pesticide spraying at schools could be contributing to diseases in children from asthma to testicular cancer, an environmental group said yesterday. A report by the Center for Health, Environment and Justice …
Twenty-five windmills, each 1.1 meters in width-have been installed on top of a building on the bank of Sumida River in Tokyo. It is the first time that such a dense concentration of small windmills has been used to generate electricity in the country.
Fuel allocation of gas-based short gestation independent power producers (IPPs) in Andhra Pradesh continues to be a thorny issue both for the developers as well as the authorities.
The world's largest offshore oil rig sank on Tuesday despite desperate rescue efforts and began spewing oil off the coast of Brazil five days after powerful blasts ripped through the platform killing 10 people. Rough seas forced Brazil's state oil giant Petrobras to abandon salvage operations early on Tuesday.
Rolling blackouts plagued California for the second straight day Tuesday, leaving nearly half a million homes and businesses from San Diego to the Oregon border without power. Traffic snarled, schools operated on natural light, and businesses throughout Silicon Valley closed as the crisis that crippled the state's power grid Monday …
A group of of small producers increasingly looks like a wild card in efforts to craft a financial solution to California's electricity woes, as well as to getting through the summer without blackouts. Known as the "qualifying facilities" or QFs, these are a group of relatively small power plants-such as …
The US faces a severe energy crisis and needs a new strategy to prevent supply falling far behind demand, Spencer Abraham, the US energy secretary said. The energy sector in the US, the world's largest importer and consumer of oil, is "strained to capacity" and confronting its most serious shortages …
The Ministry of Non-conventional Energy Sources (MNES) will open 'Aditya solar shops' in Madurai and Coimbatore to popularise energy-saving devices and alternative energy sources.
Brazil's state oil giant Petrobras stepped up efforts to save the world's biggest offshore oil rig on Saturday and prevent environmental damage after a series of blasts sent it tilting into the ocean and killed 10 workers.
The Rajasthan State Power Corporation Ltd (RSPC) has put up three wind energy demonstration projects in the state with a view to attract private investment in harnessing huge potential of power generation from wind. The last of the three wind energy demonstration projects began working at Phalodi in Jodhpur district …
Cogema, France's state controlled nuclear reprocessing company, has suffered a significant setback after a court forbade the unloading of a ship carrying spent nuclear fuel from Australia at the port of Cherbourg.
Taiwan's nuclear power industry suffered its worst safety system failure when back-up generators at the island's third nuclear power plant failed during a power cut.
The Niger River Delta, a fragile wetland of about 42,000 square miles produces 2 million barrels of crude oil a day and is worked by five multinational companies. It is home to about 7 million Nigerians. Abandoned by the government, hostile to the oil companies and ecologically ravaged, the delta …
An eco-friendly solar photovoltaic (SPV) power plant was commissioned yesterday by Bharat Heavy Electricals in Mousumi island in West Bengal. The 55 KV SPV plant, the largest in the state, will provide grid quality power to 200 homesteads on the islands.
