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 first private sector wind farm project in Rajasthan will be established at Barabagh village in Jaisalmer district. The State Government has sanctioned a 3-MW wind farm in the first phase of the power project.
On December 7th California declared its first-ever "stage-three" emergency, meaning that 98.5% of its power reserves had been consumed and that a series of hour-long power cuts might be imposed on different regions. This year California has also had more than 30 "stage-two" emergencies, when the system is at 95% …
The US Department of Energy and a group representing state governors formed a task force two weeks ago to give input on key electricity policy issues specifically for President George.W. Bush's national energy policy.
Australia's opposition Labor Party accused the government yesterday of playing Russian roulette with the Great Barrier Reef if it allowed exploration for oil near the World Heritage area off the Queensland coast. Environment Minister Robert Hill has called for an environmental impact study into a proposal to conduct seismic testing …
Higher electricity bills, California's energy crisis and advances in technology are sparking some of the biggest changes in residential lighting since Thomas Edison invented the light bulb in 1879. Manufacturers have been expanding lighting far beyond Edison's energy-guzzling incandescent light bulb, improving the color and efficiency of lighting through halogen …
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation is all set to implement the redevelopment plan for its Mumbai High offshore oil and gas field which is expected to add about 60 million tonne of additional oil and large quantity of associated gas over the next 30 years.
Environmental safeguards and operational improvement have been initiated by the Union Power Ministry in power generation plants throughout the country, thanks to the growing public awareness and pressure for a cleaner environment.
Seventy schoolchildren from the Narmada Valley arrived a the Capital today to request the President, K.R.Narayanan, to visit the valley and see the ground realities there for himself. The children were welcomed at India Gate by a group of Delhi-based supporters of the Narmada cause. The trip has been organised …
The government is close to finalising a 60-day 'strategic oil reserve' by which it hopes to insulate itself against possible future oil crises, along the lines of the United States' strategic oil reserve that is maintained at Texas.
The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the encashment of the Rs 136 crore letter of credit given by the Maharashtra State Electricity Board (MSEB) to Dabhol Power Company (DPC).On September 11, DPC had invoked the letter of credit from Canara Bank accusing the MSEB for non-payment of April dues. But …
The Gujarat Governmet has passed the long-pending Gas Ordinance which effectively allows the nodal agency for laying the intra-State gas grid, Gujarat State Petronet Ltd (GSPL) to call the shots as it will now be the sole transmission utility in the state.
In a decision that is likely to irk foreign investors, the Maharashtra Government said on Thursday that it plans to review the second phase of a 2,184 MW power project by US energy giant Enron Corp.
A nuclear reactor in Fukushima Prefecture will likely be the first in Japan to use uranium-plutonium mixed-oxide (MOX) fuel to produce pluthermal power, a Tokyo Electric Power Co. official said Thursday.
European Union countries will be able to fund up to 50 per cent of the investment costs of renewable energy projects under new aid guidelines issued by the European Commission. They will also be able to offer tax breaks and operating aid for some environmental projects.
Both the outgoing Clinton administration and the incoming Bush team focused on growing controversy over energy policy. Clinton officials sought to deal with the electricity shortage crisis in California, while Bush team members suggested the recent drop in oil prices was due to fears of an international economic slowdown rather …
Opposition lawmakers and government officials squared off in Taiwan's highest court, which is trying to decide if the premier illegally scrapped a nuclear plant.
The Gujarat Gas Company Ltd (GGCL) signed a contract with the Cairn Energy-ONGC-Tata Petrodyne consortium on Friday to buy natural gas from the offshore (CB-OS-2) block in Cambay with effect from July 1, 2002.
Union Petroleum Minister Ram Naik has assured supply of compressed natural gas (CNG) in the National Capital for all vehicles registered by March 31 this year for conversion to the CNG mode.
Cairn Energy of UK has made a significant oil discovery in deep water block in the Krishna-Godavari (KG) basin, in offshore Andhra Pradesh. This is the second hydrocarbon discovery by Cairn in just over a year from the signing of the production sharing contract (PSC) for the block, which was …
Enron is in the vanguard of a movement that hopes to trade almost everything as if it were stock options. That movement is as much about politics as it is about business, and the company has not been shy about using its political connections. With the arrival of George W. …
