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 …

PPN project in TN gets gas allocation for 150 MW

PPN Power Generating Co Ltd, which is putting up a 330 MW combined cycle gas turbine power plant at Pillaiperumalnallur in Tamil Nadu, has got gas allocation for about 150 MW. The plant is designed to run on both naphtha and gas. For the remaining capacity, the company will use …

DVB will nibble on power stations

Delhi Vidyut Board has given a new spin to its demand for more power from the central government: Delhi's case is special and allotment over and above the quota should be made to it.

Solar power scheme mooted

Villages of Punjab may be brought under a solar power scheme which will envisage continuous trouble-free power supply, as well as provide job opportunities to the rural youth.

Enron,Govt begin talks on new buyer

Maharashtra government today began a new round of discussion with the Dabhol Power Company (DPC), promoted by Enron, and the State Electricity Board (MSEB) over "change of buyer" in the power purchase agreement of the 2,184 mw project in the state.

Convertors cause pollution

Instead of helping to clean up the environment, catalytic convertors used on car exhausts are adding to pollution. Researchers have found metal from convertors in remote areas of Greenland proving, they say, that it is a global problem.

The Enron muddle

The Union Government has no alternative to exploring ways of bailing the Maharashtra Government out of the situation created by the Dabhol Power Company's (DPC's) invocation of the Centre's counter-guarantee clause in the project agreement. As the Maharashtra Chief Minister, Mr Vilasrao Deshmukh, has pointed out, the future of Foreign …

Yamunanagar project report deadline set

The Union Power Munistry has asked the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) to complete within three months the feasibility report for the gas-based 500-MW Yamunanagar Thermal Power Project (YTPP).

No more Enron-type agreements, says Deshmukh

The Maharashtra Chief Minister, Mr. Vilas Rao Deshmukh, today made it clear that there would be no Enron-type agreements in future. "We do not want to be trapped into the clutches of multinationals (MNCs) and in future there will not be Enron-type agreements," he told reporters.

New computer system aids biosolid disposal

A new computerised mapping and recording system should help water companies and waste management contractors to meet their legal obligations when spreading biosolids on land.Designed for practical management of biosolid applications, 'Enhance' uses a central, office-based recording system combined with a computerised set of Ordnance Survey maps showing fields and …

The energy challenge

President George W. Bush formed a cabinet-level committee on energy policy last week. His press secretary Ar Fleischer, said the president sees an imbalance between energy supply and demand, which is best met by boosting supply, "not only so we can bring prices down to the American consumer but also …

Deshmukh passes Enron buck to PM

After having failed to clear its dues with the Dabhol Power Company, the Democratic Front governemtn in Maharashtra has urged Prime Minister A.B. Vajpayee to bail it out of the crisis caused by the non-payment of the Dabhol Power Company's bill.

Enron issue

Celeste hopeful of solution: The U.S. Ambassador to India, Mr. Richard Celeste, today expressed the hope that the problem between the Dabhol Power Company, promoted by the U.S.-based Enron Corporation, and the Maharashtra Government would be sorted out.

South scene dark, AP is the worst

The power scenario in southern India is precarious with all four states-Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu-recovering huge shortages which would have a serious impact on industries in the region. The slow pace in putting up new power projects is a major reason for this, says a CII study.

Endesa, Elecnor to invest $2.25 bln in Argentine wind power

Spanish energy groups Endesa and Elecnor are to invest $2.25 billion to create wind parks in Argentina's southern Patagonia region over the next 10 years, their newly created Argentine joint venture company said Tuesday.

Work on ocean thermal power plant begins

The work related to the installation of the World's first floating ocean thermal energy conversion plant (OTEC) by the National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) under the Department of Ocean Development (DoD), 60 km southeast of Tuticorin, commenced here today.

Bulgaria to start new nuclear waste processing unit

Bulgaria's Kozloduy nuclear power plant said on Wednesday it would start operating a new unit for reprocessing and conditioning low and intermediate level radioactive waste this week.The long-delayed $30 million project, to be opened officially on Friday, would process solid waste generated by Kozloduy's four 440-megawatt and two 1,000-megawatt water …

Dabhol willing to consider change of buyer

Even as the Maharashtra Government has asked the Centre to step in and bail it out from the Enron-related imbroglio by buying Enron power directly and distributing it countrywide as the "only vilable solution," the sponsor of the Dabhol Power Company today said it was willing to consider a change …

Deepening of lakes starts in many villages

The village contact campaign and public contact campaign are being mainly launched by the Madhya Pradesh government in the shape of "Pani Roko Abhiyan".

Russia aims to build 25 new nuclear reactors

Russia hopes to complete five nuclear reactors that have been under construction since the 1980s and to build 25 new ones over the next 20 years, according to the country's deputy minister of atomic energy, Bulat Nigamtulin.

California intensifies drive to resolve power crisis

California intensified efforts to secure a solution to its power crisis after the Bush administration refused to extend a two-month old Federal order requiring providers to sell power to the state.

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