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 US Midwest can make a leap forward this century in the way electricity is delivered to consumers by utilizing renewable fuels like wind and solar power at only a modest cost, according to a report delivered on Wednesday by the Environmental Law and Policy Center.
British Energy Plc said on Thursday it was teaming up with Renewable Energy Systems Ltd to develop offshore wind power around the UK. The new company - Offshore Wind Power Ltd - said it had made an application for its first project to the Crown Estate, which owns the seabed …
With reserve supplies of electricity at "dangerously low levels" and power cuts a risk, Californians headed calls for energy conservation, whilst the state governor battled to save two utilities from bankruptcy.
British Energy has announced that it has formed a joint venture company with Renewable Energy Systems Ltd to develop offshore wind power around the UK mainland coast, pleasing environmentalists.
The Malaysian Government plans to go ahead with its palm-based diesel manufacturing plant, the second one in the world, amid a supply glut of the vegetable oil and record low prices.
Indicating a deeper prospect of energy reserve in Bangladesh delta, the Bangladesh-US joint study on gas resources, has mentioned the country's recoverable gas at 32.1 Trillion Cubic Feet (TCF).
Wapda and the International Power (IP) UK, an independent power producer (IPP), here on Wednesday inked a settlement agreement after hectic negotiations between the two parties regarding reduction in Kapco tariff, subsequent to the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed earlier on October 25, 2000 in Pakistan.
Chinese scientists have registered more than 110 patents for genes cloned from the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis -the main hormone-secreting organs. For the first time, Chinese scientists have identified the role genes play in producing hormones through large scale sequencing of sequence tags (EST).
Australian scientists plan to power their Antarctic bases with giant windmills, harnessing the cold gales which sweep across the icy continent. Australian Antarctic Division scientists say that if the wind turbines survive the freezing environment, wind power could replace conventional diesel powered generators at all Antarctic bases.
The Czech Republic has pledged to study the environmental impact of its Temelin nuclear power plant in an effort to allay safety concerns, the Austrian government said yesterday. Austrian Environment Minister Wilhelm Molterer and Czech Foreign Minister Jan Kavan said in a joint statement they had agreed on a procedural …
At least 20 species of South African fish are under serious threat, according to the country's environmental affairs and tourism minister, Valli Moosa. A decision to restrict catch quotas is on the anvil. Recently, the European Union slashed the North Sea cod quota by nearly half for 2001. It also …
Risk to oil supply to grow : Global energy demand will grow sharply over the next two decades with continued reliance on Persian Gulf oil producers and an increased risk of supply interruptions, a panel of energy and global security experts warn.While there will be growing dependence between energy suppliers …
California regulators are exploring reviving a program to pay big industrial companies to conserve electricity during emergencies on the state's shaky power grid. A new California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) study found there is a need to continue a program to interrupt industrial companies in order to ease the strain …
The Government struck a deal with the powerful opposition on Tuesday to restart construction on Taiwan's fourth nuclear plant, ending a three-month feud that took a severe toll on the stock market and public confidence.
The US energy major Enron, the chief promoter of the Dabhol Power Company (DPC) will review the payment obligation of Maharashtra State Electricity Board (MSEB) and refrain from invoking the Central government guarantee following the recent payment of Rs.64 crore for the November bill by MSEB.
Argentine paleontologists declared on Wednesday that they had found a sprawling "Jurassic Park" of dinosaur fossils in the heart of Patagonia they dubbed "possibly the most significant find ever".The find in the province of Chubut, on an arid plateau some 950 miles south of Buenos Aires, includes four unknown species …
Taiwan's cabinet agreed to restart construction of the island's fourth nuclear power plant in a climbdown that ends weeks of political trench warfare over the controversial project's future.
The Wind Power Producers Association, Tamil Nadu, has cried foul over the decision of the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board (TNEB) to procure power from the Wind-power manufacturers at a lesser rate than the earlier purchase price.
The Tamil Nadu Electricity Board (TNEB) is to shortly invite bids for a 500 MW coal-based thermal power project at Tuticorin. A meeting of the member of the TNEB approved the board's proposal to go ahead with the project.
Following the payment of the November 2000 bill to Enron's Dabhol Power Company by the Maharashtra State Eleectricity Board yesterday, a review panel-headed by Mr.Madhav Godbole, former State official who was later a Union Home Secretary-has been set up to look at all aspects of the high-tariff imbroglio.
