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 …
Three power stations in Malaysia will start burning palm oil rather than diesel fuel next as part of government efforts to reduce the country's stockpile and raise the commodity's flagging price.
There is perhaps no part of the coconut palm that does not find use in daily life. The utility list got an add-on when Nallattil Gopi of Kottakkal, Kerala, used coconut oil as a lubricant for his autorickshaw.
The world's largest offshore oil production platform was still in danger of sinking following an explosion on Thursday off the coast of Brazil which could yet cause huge environmental damage. With the platform leaning at a precarious 24 degree angle, officials were increasingly pessimistic that it would stabilise.
The Central Electricity Authority (CEA) has accorded techno-economic clearance to the 108 MW Kovilkallappal combined cycle power project in Tamil Nadu at a completed cost of Rs 289 crore.
Being introduced in Bhutan by USD Enterprises, "Powerplus" is a small device which can be easily fitted into the fuel line of any petrol or diesel engine. It makes fuel burn better, bring more responsive operation, easier starting, appreciably quieter, smoother running and increases the hill climbing capacity, claims a …
It's called 'RUF." Rapid, Urban, Flexible. It's an electric car when you need to run short, individual errands. And it becomes part of a highly efficient, non-polluting "train" as it enters an elevated, automated guideway. For more than a dozen years, inventor Palle Jenson has been almost evangelical in his …
The proprietor of NUGAS Technologies India claimed that Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit had nothing to do with his company nor had he received favours from the City Government in getting work orders for the conversion of the Delhi Transport Corporation's (DTC) diesel buses to CNG.
The world's biggest offshore oil rig, owned by Brazil's state oil giant Petrobras, threatened to sink into the ocean spilling crude oil on Friday, a day after an explosion that apparently killed 10 people.
Malaysia will start burning crude palmoil (CPO) as industrial fuel in April and also plans to set-up a plant to process CPO into diesel, to help cut a surplus in stocks and improve prices, officials said.
Maharashtra government today asked the Centre not to honour the counter guarantee invoked by Dabhol Power Company (DPC), promoted by the US energy major Enron, saying state's claim from the power producer was still pending.
China will create a national oil reserve as part of efforts to improve its energy security. The reserve is part of a five-year economic plan approved at the close of the Chinese legislature's annual session.
Californians could face anything from 20 to 200 hours of blackouts this summer as air conditioning use boosts electricity demand above supply, the US energy secretary said.
The Pong Dam reservoir, now known as the Maharana Pratap Sagar Dam, has emerged as a prominent fish bowl during the past two decades. Having a catchment area of 12,561 sq km, the reservoir occupies an important position among the largest manmade reservoirs of the country.
Even as the western Orissa has been reeling under acute drought and people are struggling for every drop of water, the Central Ground Water Board has come up with a good news about vast reserve of ground water in the Bolangir, Kalahandi and Nuapada district of the state. According to …
A Russian official said on Thursday that Iran will sign up for a second Russian-built nuclear reactor once the delayed first one, which has already sparked US worries, has been completed. Russia is helping Iran build a nuclear power plant at the Gulf port of Bushehr. Iran says it is …
Three nuclear plants received the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board's industrial safety awards at a function here. The units are the Heavy Water plant at Kota in Rajasthan, the Manavalakurichi plant of Indian Rare Earths Ltd located in Tamil Nadu's Kanyakumari district and the fast breeder test reactor of the Indira …
The third demonstration wind energy project of north India and Rajasthan at Phalodi in Jodhpur district has began generation on March 9, three weeks ahead of schedule. The project has eight wind energy generators of 350 KW each erected at a height of 60 metres. It has already fed 18,000 …
Closed door negotiations continue between California's Democratic Governor Gray Davis and executives at the state's two big utilities. At issue: how much tax-payers and rate-payers will have to pay for the Golden State's failed experiment with electricity deregulation. The utility companies say they need $10 to $12 billion to keep …
Renewable energy certificates will start physical trading in Britain from April as part of an experimental scheme involving six countries that began this year, the scheme's organisers said.
