Energy

Punjab Green Hydrogen Policy

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 …

IFC to lend $3.5 m to SREI Fin for renewable energy

International Finance Corporation (IFC), the World Bank financing arm has decided to extend a line of credit of $ 3.5 million to SREI International Finance under its photo voltaic market transformation initiative (PVMTI) on behalf of the Global Environment Facility (GEF).

Aid for potable water scheme

The Tamil Nadu State Government has sanctioned a total of Rs 5 crore to tackle drinking water scarcity in the State.

$150 million Asian Development Bank loan for Pakistan energy sector by 2002

Pakistan will get $150 million loan from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) under the energy sector restructuring programme (ESRP) by December 2002.

Nuclear plant fate hangs in balance

The fate of the 2000 megawatt nuclear power plant in Madhya Pradesh hangs in balance as the chosen sites fall in the quake sensitive zone.

Govt sanctions Rs 24 crore for drinking water

In view of the possible drinking water crisis in Madhya Pradesh during forthcoming summer season, the State government has sanctioned a sum of Rs 24 crore to all the districts.

German power suppliers defend self-regulation

The German power suppliers association VDEW on Tuesday defended the industry's much-criticised self-regulation approach to liberalisation that sets Germany apart from most other European countries.

AERB chief critical about safety level at N-plants

Chairperson of the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) S.P.Sukhatme was critical about the safety level at nuclear power plants in the country.

Oil primary ASEAN energy source to 2010

Oil will remain the main source of energy for Southeast Asia over the next decade, which is shaping up as a period of surging demand in the region, a senior industry official said yesterday. Guillermo Balce, Executive Director of the ASEAN Centre for Energy (ACE), told Reuters in an interview …

EU Energy Commissioner backs Finnish nuclear plans

The European Union's energy commissioner on Tuesday backed plans by Finland's nuclear industry to build the country's fifth reactor, saying nuclear power was needed to help the EU meet its environmental goals. "Every EU member state has (to make) the decision about having or not having nuclear power," Loyola de …

HC sends notices on reducing power plant emission

The Delhi High Court today issued notices to the Chief Secretary and the Delhi Vidyut Board (DVB) on a petition seeking immediate steps to reduce the maximum level of emission from unit number 5 of the Indraprastha Thermal Power station.A Division Bench of Justice Arun Kumar and Justice A.K. Sikri …

CEA mulls setting up coastal power plants

The Central Electricity Authority (CEA) is studying the prospects of setting up coast-based coal fired power plants.Power minister Suresh Prabhu said here today that he had asked the CEA to explore the possibilities of putting up coast-based power plants.

Chashma project to start functioning from February 27

Work of the first unit of Chashma Hydropower Project of 184 MW has been completed and this phase will start functioning from February 27, 2001. According to Water and Power Ministry sources, the project would be inaugurated on February 27, 2001.

Decks cleared for Tannirbhavi project

The last vestiges of local resistance against the launch of the 220-MW naphtha-based barge-mounted Tannirbhavi power plant were thrown to the winds on Tuesday and the decks cleared for the installation of a 'power barge' that has made its way from South Korea and is now waiting in New Mangalore …

State panel begins 'review' of Enron

A committee constituted by the Vilasrao Deshmukh government to review the power purchase agreement between the Maharashtra State Electricity Board and Enron has invited representations from members of the public regarding the controversial Dabhol project, state government officials, said.

MSEB pegs monthly Enron bill at Rs 500 crore from June this year

Amid controversies of scrapping the much-touted Phase II of the Dabhol Power Company, top Maharashtra State Electricity Board officials admitted that starting June this year, the state undertakings' outflow towards the project will zoom to Rs 500 crore.

Korea, U.S. reaffirm N.K. reactor project

Chief South Korean and U.S. delegates to the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization (KEDO) yesterday dismissed a possible change in its nuclear reactor provision program for North Korea and reaffirmed the continuity of the project.

BPA starts $200-million program for renewables, efficiency

The Bonneville Power Administration announced last week the launch of a $200-million program to save energy and develop renewable energy resources. Over the next five years, regional utilities that buy power from BPA and choose to participate will get a discount on their wholesale power bill if they agree to …

Package pep pill for power

Power minister Mrinal Banerjee announced a Rs 1,200-crore comprehensive project to improve the power situation in West Bengal.

Fossil of large dinosaur found in Algeria

Algerian paleontologists have discovered the well-preserved fossil of an 160 million-year-old dinosaur in the Sahara desert, the official APS news agency said on Wednesday. The find in the Ain Sefra area included 51 bones of a herbivorous sauropodus, a large dinosaur from the Jurassic period around 150 million to 160 …

More than 400,000 Ohioans may receive green power

Green Mountain Energy Company announced that it has been selected to serve more than 400,000 electricity customers in Ohio. A group called the Northeast Ohio Public Energy Council (NOPEC) has brought together the customers from nearly 100 communities in the Cleaveland area to buy power as a group-a process known …

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