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 …
Asian officials are backing away from deregulating their power industries after bungled efforts at reform in California led to blackouts and pushed the state's two biggest utilities to the brink of bankruptcy.
In the upcoming power policy the Pakistan government has decided to continue to discourage the setting up of new thermal power projects in the backdrop of its high cost and rising prices of furnace oil and petroleum products, it was learnt in Islamabad on Tuesday.
The Dabhol Power Company (DPC) invoked the government's counter-guarantee as the Maharashtra State Electricity Board (MSEB) failed to clear its outstanding bill of Rs 79 crore for November 2000.
A US judge in Sacramento ordered a majorelectricity supplier tonight to keep selling power to California, despite the scheduled midnight expiration of a federal order requiring suppliers to do so. The judge's ruling averted a possible cutoff of current that power officials feared might have led to another round of …
California Governor Gray Davis announced that the state will spend more than $800 million this year to encourage energy efficiency and electrical load reductions.
Hungary's electricity distribution companies (EDCs) called on the Hungarian authorities to allow them acess to imported electricity if the state-owned electricity wholesaler and grid company, MVM, is unable to offer cheaper power.
The oil "supermajors" created from recent mergers have failed to deliver on their promises of extra profitability, productivity and ability to tackle bigger drilling projects around the world. That is the thrust of a new report by HSBC bank that seeks to "explode the myth" that size is everything in …
Surging natural-gas prices in the Western U.S. are boosting utility bills by 60% or more and forcing some energy-intensive industries or curtail or even shut down production. But a surprisingly optimistic new analysis by the San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank concludes that the run-up in prices won't have a significant …
The Bhakra Dam lies in one of north India's seismically most active zones - recording three to four quakes of minor magnitude, measuring 3 to 4 points on the Richter Scale - every year. But the Indian Meteorological Department's (IMD) six observatories recording seismic activity here since the 60's. are …
Russia nuclear energy officials have announced a $1 billion project to construct a safe and technologically advanced reactor at the Leningrad Atomic Power Station, or LAES, the Northwest region's biggest energy supplier.
The government has appointed the National Hydro-electric Power Corporation (NHPC) as the nodal agency to exploit geo-thermal energy sources in the country and has assigned it the task of putting up a geo-thermal pilot power plant in Chattissgarh.
Storms which swept through Britain late last year caused misery for some people but pushed up wind power output.The British Wind Energy Association said power generation from the country's wind turbines was roughly 125 percent normal levels in the last quarter, a period when demand traditionally rises.
Taiwan's beleaguered minority government will give in to pressure from opposition parties and temporarily resume construction of a controversial nuclear power plant, various sources said Monday.Prime Minister Chang Chun-hsiung was to announce the decision, which is hoped to end the standoff with the opposition-controlled legislature, later Monday, local media reported.
Deputies in Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party agreed to opposition demands to resume construction of a nuclear power station, raising hopes for an end to a bitter political standoff over the issue.
Auto drivers find an economical method to run their vehicles.The humble coconut oil, made humbler by its price crash, is going places here. Hundreds of autorickshaw drivers in Malappuram have found that it can replace the expensive 2T oil which should complement each litre of petrol in their tanks. This …
The Longtan hydropower project on the Hongshui River and the Bose key water control project on the Youjiang River have been included in a State plan and construction is scheduled to begin this year.
Villagers in Central China's Henan Province are switching on to the benefits of gas after years of burning crop stalks for cooking and heating. For the last two months, farmers have given their stalks to a village-based station to generate gas.
Cow dung is keeping the lights burning in part of California during the current energy crisis. Leo Langerwerf's cows churn out enough manure to run a specialised power plant that can light 40 homes. Altogether, 1,000 small power producers combine to generate a third of the state's energy, burning sawdust …
Kansai Electric Power Co. has developed a moderately efficient way to recover carbon dioxide from exhaust gas in a project conducted jointly with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.
Home improvement and hardware stores are selling energy-efficient products at a record pace this year, signaling that Californians are willing to spend a little more to use power more efficiently.Cold temperatures and the repeated threat of rolling blackouts this year have prompted consumers to invest in fluorescent lightbulbs, insulation and …
