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 …
Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry yesterday threatened to block any legislative plan from President George W. Bush for opening the Alaskan Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) to oil drilling, saying energy exploration in the pristine wilderness was wrongheaded. "Most senators agree that drilling in ANWR is not just environmentally unsound, it …
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.
With the Maharashtra government defaulting on its dues to Enron's Dabhol power project and the US-based company seeking to encash the counter-guarantee provided to it by the Centre,India's first fast-track power project continues to be mired in controversy.
The scary thing about California's electricity mess is how quickly things went bad and the way in which seemingly small policy errors are having catastrophic consequences. For deregulators in other states and nations, California serves as a powerful warning that the road to hell is paved with good intentions. (editorial)
The U.S. energy crisis goes far beyond California. Bush's new policy will cover summer gasoline, winter heating oil-and prospects that the national economy could be losing steam.
Senate Republicans on Tuesday will roll out a broad energy proposal that would allow drilling in a sensitive Alaska wildlife refuge, improve reliability of the nation's electricity grid, and boost wind, solar and geothermal energy production, officials said on Thursday.
Spain on Friday approved a controversial $21 billion plan to transfer water from the Ebro River in the north to the parched east and south, overriding concerns it could endanger the environment and wildlife.
A P J Abdul Kalam, Chief Scientific Advisor to the Government of India, on Saturday set the ball rolling for taking India into the fore front of nuclear power producing nations by calling for doubling of the targets set for the year 2020, from the present projection of 20,000 MW …
Kerala feels it has a strong case against raising the level of the Mullaperiyar reservoir, though the Expert Committee set up on the directions of the Supreme Court has recommended that it can be done.
Bio-gas plants are getting increasingly popular among the farmers of Chitwan, a Terai district, placing Nepal on the third position in bio-gas use following China and India.
The Nepal government is formulating National Bio-Diversity Action Plan with a view to preserve and promote biodiversity-an assemblage of plants and animals in a thin natural setting.
Lawson Inc. plans to install gas microturbines at its convenience stores to generate heat and power and save on energy costs, company sources said. The use of Cogeneration systems by convenience stores will also help spread decentralized electricity generation in Japan.
All left-of-centre parties, which are pre-poll allies of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), have served notice on the Maharashtra Government that commencing March 1, they would launch a "scrap Enron" campaign across the State.Guhagar, location of the power project on the Konkan coast, would be the focal point of the …
Something very interesting and innovative has been happening in the past few days in the state of Andhra Pradesh. Hundreds of villagers in the Deccan area of Andhra Pradesh have launched a month-long mobile biodiversity festival. The festival began on January 14, 2001.The aim is to 'celebrate' the diversity of …
The Government has approved schemes to increase nuclear power generation from the present 2800 MW to 20000 MW by 2020, said Dr.S.B.Bhoje,Director, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam, here on Thursday.
The White House looked set to approve a plea from California for the suspension of federal pollution rules. A suspension would allow the state-which is suffering from severe electricity shortages-to run its power stations at full blast without the risk of penalties.
To promote use of solar energy, the Jaipur Development Authority (JDA) has modified its building by-laws to make installation of solar water heating systems mandatory for all new buildings.
America is about to enter the Dark Ages. So you would conclude, anyway to George Bush talk about energy. The electricity mess in California, which has left its biggest utilities nearly bankrupt and their customers enduring power cuts, is indeed a crisis-but that is not, or not just, what the …
The Adarsha Women Group of ward No. 5 and Deepjyoti Women Group of ward No. 6 of Pauthak Village Development Committee in Nepal have generated 2.5 kilowatts of electricity through the peltric system.
