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 water harvesting programme undertaken by Gujarat by constructing 15,000 check dams in a record period of less than two years, raising the fast depleting underground water table has considerably improved the kharif and rabi crop prospects, according to the government.
British Nuclear Fuels has cleared a preliminary hurdle following the closure of its fuel reprocessing plant earlier this year. The UK's independent nuclear safety regulator, the Health and Safety Executive, has said it accepts BNFL's responses to all 15 recommendations made in a key report, which should lead to the …
Four environmental groups, a farmers' outfit and a fishermen's organisation have appealed to the chief minister, Mr S M Krishna, to scrap the Tanneerbhavi barge-mounted power project in Mangalore immediately as the State is bound to suffer heavy financial loss year after year due to "ill-conceived" power purchase agreement(PPA) with …
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has vehemently opposed the reported move of the state government to propose the height of Ichampalli dam across the Godavari at 112 metres height.
Bowing to the pressure from the ruling Democratic Front (DF) constituents, the Maharashtra Chief Minister, Mr Vilasrao Deshmukh, has agreed to set up a high-level committee to gauge the impact of power purchase agreement (PPA) with the US energy major, Enron, on the State.
Britain's farmers and landowners could increase their income without cost by providing small plots for electricity-producing wind turbines, under a scheme launched yesterday by the energy minister, Brian Wilson.
The Union power ministry has proposed Rs 15,000 crore for rural electrification during the next 10 years. It has set aside Rs 5,500 crore from t eh corpus for unconventional sources of energy of which 60 per cent will be spent for solar energy.The move will help states like West …
The Delhi Chief Minister, Ms Sheila Dikshit, today announced that the Delhi Government would put before the Supreme Court on October 18 an action plan outlining a time-bound schedule for introduction of CNG vehicles and checking of adulteration of diesel.
Asserting that the opposition to the implementation of the Suprem Court order on the public transport vehicles an CNG has been "enormous and well orchestrated", the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) today said: "The problem is not CNG, but is implementation".
With a view to conserving ground water level, a roof harvesting scheme was launched three years ago in the district of Sagar. But it failed to yield desired results. Lack of public awareness towards the scheme even after wide publicity is said to be the main reason behind the failure.
Deshmukh: Maharashtra chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh has assured a delegation led by the Democratic Front convenor N D Patil that a high power committee will be constituted on Enron, and a report will be submitted within six weeks. The committee will evaluate the impact of Enron phase I and II …
The Dabhol power project is in the thick of controversy again, with Maharashtra State Electricity Board likely to go bust next year for having to pay for Dabhol power at rates as high as Rs 7 per unit. Naturally those who were opposed to the project in the first place …
Hungary opened its first wind power plant yesterday, a first step in promoting renewable energy sources ahead of European Union membership. The plant, close by the River Danube some 60 kilometres (37.28 miles) south of Budapest, was built by the First Hungarian Wind Power Plant Company (EMSZET), part of the …
The Karnataka High Court has quashed a state government order which ruled out government guarantee and escrow cover for the Rs 4,500 crore Nagarjuna thermal power project.
US energy group Enron is meeting heavy going in its efforts to sell its wind turbine arm Enron Wind, with top industry players saying the firm is too expensive and there is no need to consolidate.
Texas, whose fortunes have long been tied up with its fossil fuel wealth, is defying its popular image as a state dominated by cigar-chomping oil barons and pushing hard to develop wind power. Wind turbines are sprouting up on hilltops and mesas in the remote western expanses of the state, …
The Brazilian government signalled the worst could be over in an energy crisis that hit the economy and damaged the government's popularity earlier this year. It said its three-month -old power rationing plan was working successfully and was likely to prevent rolling backouts this year and allow an waning of …
Britain will struggle to meet ambitious renewable energy targets because the government is not providing sufficient encouragement for green power schemes, said the head of the newly-created Renewable Power Association.
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation has decided to double its oil and gas reserves from 6 billion tonne oil equivalent (BTOE) to 12 billion tonne in the next 20 years, the chairman and managing director of the corporation, Mr. Subir Raha said .
The New Zealand government yesterday set a 10-year target to reverse the country's falling use of renewable energy. Releasing a government strategy said to deliver around NZ$900 million of benefits over the next decade, Energy Minister Pete Hodgson said renewable energy would ultimately be the main source of powering New …
