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 …
Analysis of the ingredients in the product of Mr. Ramar Pillai at the Indian Institute of Petroleum (IIP) revealed that Mr. Pillai failed to produce 'herbal fuel' as claimed by him, the Secretary, Union Science and Technology department, Dr. V.S. Ramamurthy, told the X Metropolitan Magistrate court today.
Smokeless ovens made by the Rural Technology Centre Dhankuta under the United Nations Development Programme have been popular in Dhankuta, Nepal. Villagers have also been freed from smoke hazards since the ovens have come into use.
Copper, the mainstay of power grids worldwide, still has considerable untapped potential to carry energy better and reduce wastage but the industry must first come up with a hefty investment. The drive to cut emissions in the wake of the 1997 Kyoto climate accord may pressure industry into reducing power …
The Enron power project should be taken over by the Government either as a public sector company or as a joint venture. The payment for the take-over should be calculated as is done in BIFR cases, according to Mr Pradyumna Kaul, convenor of the Enron Virodhi Andolan.
The National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) is reported to have "unilaterally" decided to pull out of the Rs.575-crore Loktak Down-stream Power Project at Taosang Khunnou in Tamenglong district.
Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee will preside over a meeting of all state chief ministers on March 3 in order to evolve a state-wise reform process for the power sector.This was stated by Union Power Minister Suresh Prabhu while inaugurating a workshop on, 'Policies to Accelerate Renewable Energy Market Deployment', …
The havoc wreaked by the January 26 temblor has pushed the drought in Gujarat into the background. Most of the major dams that are the main source of supply to the cities have dried up and those that still have water are expected to go dry, latest by the beginning …
The industry's quest for new sources of oil has increasingly brought it into conflict with indigenous peoples, human rights groups and environmentalists. On the other side of the world, BP and other companies active in Alaska may soon face opposition from indigenous peoples if the new Bush administration succeeds in …
The Centre has decided against participating in the Energy Review Committee set up by the Maharashtra Government to study the 740-MW Dabhol Power project. This follows a request sent across by Maharashtra to the Centre eliciting its participation in the negotiations.
Some power generators say negotiations on crucial electricity supply contracts for California are being slowed by concerns over the state's willingness and ability to pay for the power.
The Karnataka State Cabinet approved a Rs 40-crore project, which provides for generation of power through bio-mass, in 24 villages of Tumkur taluk.The speciality of the project, which will be managed by farmers themselves, is that it uses bio-mass, wood chips, cow-dung and similar waste materials as raw materials and …
Taking strong objection to Russia's supply of nuclear fuel for India's Tarapur power reactors, the US has asked Moscow to cancel the arrangement which was in "violation" of its non-proliferation commitments.
If all goes well with the Power Ministry proposal of 100 per cent rural electrification, all Indian villages will be lit up by 2007. According to sources, the Government will give more emphasis to rural electrification in the coming Budget.
A consortium led by Cairn Energy (India) Private Limited has made an oil discovery in block CB-OS/2 at the Gulf of Khambhat (offshore Gujarat). This is the fourth hydrocarbon discovery by the consortium within nine months of its first significant strike in May 2000.
The future of British Nuclear Fuels' $667m Mox plant in north-west England was looking increasingly shaky following signs from local government officials in Japan that vital mixed-oxide fuel supply contracts will be delayed.
In Spain, deregulation is moving forward, spurred by the center-right government of Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar. He wants consumers to be able to choose their electricity supplier by 2003, a date in line with a European Union target.
In response to persistent demands from the anti-Enron section of the ruling alliance, the Maharashtra government agreed to widen the terms and references of the high-powered Enron review committee.
survey : Energy-starved Bangladesh has 32.1 trillion cubic feet (TCF) of potential, undiscovered gas reserves which likely could be developed in the next 30 years, a survey report estimates.
