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 …
A pluthermal project that was to start in the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant operated by Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) from April had again been postponed after Fukushima Prefectural Gov. Eisaku Sato said Monday that he has decided not to accept the project for the time being.
President George W. Bush warned on Tuesday that the United States is facing a serious problem of rising energy prices and supply shortages and said his administration is working on a new national energy policy to ease the crisis.
The largest beneficiary from the Budget proposals in the power sector is rural electrification. The Rural Electrification Corporation (REC) has been allowed to issue bonds in the market under section 54 EC of the IT Act, wherein long-term capital gains tax is exempt.
Rajasthan has bagged the first position in achieving the targets of solar rural electrification this year. The Union Ministry of Non-Conventional Energy Sources had allotted 5,000 solar home lighting systems for rural areas in the State for the current financial year - which was the highest target among all States.The …
Rajasthan has bagged the first position in achieving the targets of solar rural electrification this year. The Union Ministry of Non-Conventional Energy Sources had allotted 5,000 solar homes lighting systems of rural areas in the State for the current financial year - which was the highest target among all States.
Villages of Dewas district in Madhya Pradesh will escape the severity of drought this summer with the adoption of water harvesting and watershed management activities undertaken a year ago. Sustained availability of water has consequently led to increase in agriculture production in many villages. Encouraged by the success of Dewas, …
To supporters of drilling oil there, the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is a desolate and frozen place whose most interesting features are the natural oil seeps in the rock outcroppings. With President George W. Bush vowing to open the ANWR to drilling and a bill being …
Power minister Suresh Prabhu said today that the government was finalizing a policy statement on renewable energy to achieve the target of 20,000 MW electricity generation from the renewable sources such as wind, solar and tidal waves within the next few years.
The World Bank has executed a loan agreement of $180 million with the Government of India for the Rajasthan Power Sector Restructuring Project. The agreement was signed today in Delhi by Ms Joelle Chassard on behalf of the World Bank and Dr.Adarsh Kishore, Additional Secretary, Union Ministry of Finance.
The "off" switch is lying to you. When electric appliances are plugged in but turned off, they are usually in standby mode, many waiting to respond to a remote control or recharging a battery on a cordless device. That continual drain can be anywhere between 5 and 26 percent of …
Britain, which began on Sunday the grim process of burning livestock carcasses to try and contain an epidemic of foot-and-mouth disease, said yesterday a new power plant was under construction which will burn cattle remains to generate electricity.
Fukushima Gov. Eisaku Sato on Monday said the prefectural government will not allow Tokyo Electric Power Co. to start using plutonium-uranium mixed oxide fuel at a nuclear reactor in the prefecture for the time being. The governor's statement could further delay the start of the nuclear power industry's MOX program …
Enron has given the Maharashtra State Electricity Board (MSEB) a 15-day extension to clear the December 2000 bill. "They (Enron officials) have agreed to give time up to March 10 to pay the remaining Rs 101.14 crore", Mr Vinay Mohan Lal, Principal Secretary (Energy), told Business Line.
More than 20 years after its conception, Russia's first new nuclear power plant since the Soviet era has been launched by top officials who called it a breakthrough for the industry following years of opposition.
Worried by the potential impact of the Western U.S. power crisis, several big hotel chains are adding surcharges to guest's bills than risk annoying them by turning down lights or heat.
India's Maharashtra state gives the power to the people-but hardly anyone can afford it. "More than 600 small manufacturers have already closed down because of high electricity bills," says Ashwin Treasurer, owner of an electronic component factory.
With President George W. Bush vowing to open the ANWR (Arctic National Wildlife Refuge) to drilling and a bill being introduced by Republicans in Congress this week, development supporters say they are optimistic the coastal plain will yield a petroleum bonanza. They tout a recent government estimate of up to …
The multibillion-dollar nuclear energy program at the heart of reconciliation efforts between North and South Korea faces its most severe test under the new administration in Washington. In the face of North Korean threats to jettison its agreement to halt efforts to develop nuclear weapons in exchange for technical and …
China is taking steps to reduce its reliance on fuel oil for power generation and other industrial use in favor of natural gas, China-based industry executives and analysts said. This is in line with the government's policy to promote cleaner fuels in the country and reinforces its commitment to gas …
Maharashtra government's recent clearance of a multi-crore liquefied natural gas storage and regasification terminal in Chembur-Trombay has evoked dismay among residents to the area. In an area already so notorious for industrial pollution that it is called the 'gas chamber of Mumbai', locals said the last thing they need was …
