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 …

Canada, U.S. to study Lake Ontario water, levels

The Canadian government will contribute $3.7 million to a study of water levels in Lake Ontario and parts of the St. Lawrence River.The money, to be matched by the United States, will fund the first year of a five-year study by the International Joint Commission.

Hunting astronomy's 'Holy Grail' with Hubble and some white dwarfs

The Hubble space telescope is about to peer into stellar retirement communities to discover the age of our universe.The Canadian-led project will have the largest block of observing time on the telescope ever awarded in any single year to scientists outside the Hubble centre itself.

First solar gearing up to 100-Megawatt production capacity

A new company called First Solar is building the world's largest photovoltaic manufacturing plant--capable of producing enough solar panels each year to generate 100 megawatts of power.

California saves energy in university and prison buildings

The California Energy Commission (CEC) has approved more than $6 million in funding to encourage energy efficiency in the state's public university and prison buildings.

Industry pegs production loss at Rs 300-500 crore

The massive power crisis in the northern region inflicted a loss of between Rs 300 to Rs 500 crore in industrial production, according to apex industry associations.

Centre orders high-level probe

The government ordered a high level probe into the failure of northern power grid which led to a blackout in the entire region early Tuesday morning.

Kannur project

Take decision in 3 months: HC: The Kerala High Court today directed the State Government to take a final decision on the grant of approval to Kannur Power Project Private Limited to have El Paso Energy as a copromoter of the project, after taking into account all aspects, within a …

CM calls meet to discuss Bhadrawati Project

Close of the heels of the loss-making Maharashtra State ELectricity Board's reluctance to provide an escrow cover to the 1,082 mw Bhadravati project promoted by the Ispat Group's arm Central India Power Company, Maharashtra chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh has convened a crucial meet on Wednesday to discuss the issue threadbare.

Calif. biomass plants see own crisis

In the midst of the state's worsening electricity crunch, Northern California's Honey Lake biomass power plant closed Tuesday due to a lack of wood waste to burn for fuel.The loss of the 30-megawatt Susanville plant barely dents the state's demand of 32,000 megawatts at peak times. But the shutdown illustrates …

Tannirbhavi project

Greens seek CM's intervention: In an attempt to create a wider support base for their 'critique' of the 220-MW naphtha-based Tannirbhavi power project in the context of the recent hike in power tariffs, some environmentalist and fishermen's organisations of Dakshina Kannada have begun to question the impact of the 'actual …

Rajasthan to speed up water projects

Rajasthan proposes to speed up work on all inter-state water projects, including those on the Narmada, the Jaggar, the Mahi, the Siddmukh and the Yamuna, to meet the growing demand for water in the days ahead. The State, after six month long surveys by experts of the Irrigation Department has …

At interior, a believer in open lands

With President-elect George W. Bush vowing to allow oil companies access to Alaska's National Wildlife Refuge, and most Democrats aligned strongly against the plan, the battle over new oil drilling in Alaska is shaping up as a defining controversy for the early months of the Bush administration.

Teesta Barrage-largest irrigation project becomes almost a failure

The Teesta Barrage, the largest irrigation project in Bangladesh, has become almost a failure. The main object of the barrage to increase agricultural production by irrigation through the network of main canals, secondary canals and tertiary canals has yet to be realized.

Bhel-Haridwar wins national energy award

The Central Foundry Forge Plant (CFFP) of Bhel-Haridwar has been awarded the National Best Energy Conservation Implementation Gold Award.

RIL, ONGC top runners for Enron's stake in oil fields

Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) and the State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) are among the top contenders for acquiring 30 per cent stake of the US-based global energy giant Enron in the Panna-Mukta and Tapti oil fields.

Sardar Sarovar

Amte calls for President's intervention: Magsaysay Award-winning social worker Baba Amte has urged Presidnet K R Narayanan to intervene in the Supreme Court's judgement on the Sardar Sarovar Project (SSP) saying that it (judgement) was "not proper".

Agilent fundamentals of RF and microwave power measurements

This application note, AN64-1C, is a major revision of several editions of AN64-1, (and the original AN64, circa 1965) which served for many years as a key reference for RF and microwave power measurement.

Godbole draft proposals to be ready today

The final draft of the proposals given by the State government appointed Godbole Committee for renegotiating the power purchase agreement (PPA) with the Enron-promoted Dhabol Power Company (DPC) would be ready by Friday, committee chairman Madhav Godbole said on Thursday.

New Government oil storage regulations could cut pollution incidents by 2,500

The UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) is claiming that new oil storage regulations to be introduced over four years will cut pollution incidents by up to 2,500 by the year 2005.

Rajasthan depts refuse $180-m World Bank loan

Several government departments in Rajasthan have refused to avail World Bank loans for development purposes in the absence of a clear policy for power sector reforms.

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