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 …
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 …
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has issued a warning that a range of new chemicals, used in products ranging from fire extinguishers to cleaning fluids, and not controlled by the Montreal Protocol, are appearing on the market to the concern of scientists.
The Government of the Andean nation of Bolivia has designated three wetlands as protected areas under the Ramsar Convention, constituting the continent's largest freshwater protected area, and the largest area designated in the Convention's 30 year history.
Maharashtra State Electricity Board chairman Vinay Bansal said that the highly improved performance of the Maharashtra State Electricity Board during the year 2000-2001 has adversely affected the prospects of the DPC in India.
In Parliament today, Australian Environment Minister Senator Robert Hill left open the option of future oil drilling near the Great Barrier Reef, raising fears that the environment of world's longest reef might be damaged.
The Madhav Godbole renegotiations committee, which expects to submit its report to the Maharashtra government in next three weeks, has projected a year's time to restart the Dabhol plant with an additional investments ranging between $460 million and $700 million.
Sikkim Government has decided to take suitable step against the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) for allegedly not working in the interest of the State and its people.
Yoshihito Shirai, a professor at the Kyushu Institute of Technology in Japan, says he has figured out how to extract polyactic acid-a core material of biodegradable plastics-from food waste. Along the way, fertilizer can be created as well.
Early data show that the ozone hole that develops each year over Antarctica has reached about the same magnitude as those of the past several years. Scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) say that last year, the geographic area …
The debate over drilling for oil in the Alaskan arctic is heating up in the aftermath of last week's terrorist attack. In an effort to turn drilling in the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) into a national security issue, Senator James Inhofe, a Republican from Oklahoma, filed an amendment that …
The government will finally approve the British Nuclear Fuels $690m plutonium recycling plant at Sellafield in Cumbria, north-west England. The decision, expected to be confirmed by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural affairs, comes after years of delays, which have left the mixed oxide (Mox) plant unable to begin …
A team of officers of the Nuclear Power Corporation (NPC), Mumbai, is on a tour of Madhya Pradesh to visit the proposed site for atomic power stations. It may be mentioned here that MP State Electricity Board has been appointed nodal agency for the establishment of atomic power stations.
FuelCell Energy Inc. said it will ship seven fuel cells to DaimlerChrysler's MTU Friedrichshafen unit, over the next 15 month for the use in the European tests of 250 kilowatt commercial fuel cell power plants. US security analysts were surprised by the size of the European order, and the news …
The Maharashtra Government today decided to go ahead with a judicial inquiry into the controversial Enron deal. The State Cabinet decided to have the probe conducted by a former Judge of the Suprem Court, the Chief Minister, Mr. Vilasrao Deshmukh, told reporters after its meeting.He denied that the inquiry would …
U.S. energy group Enron corp. sent a strongly worded letter to India's Prime Minister, questioning the government's willingness to honor its contracts and its ability to attract foreign investment in the future. It also threatened to take legal action in pursuit of claims of up to US$5 billion relating to …
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing strict new emissions standards for several types of nonroad engines. The new regulations would slash emissions of hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide, and nitrogen oxides from the tailpipes of snowmobiles, all terrain vehicles, yachts and other sources.
It ran like a wolf. It waded like a hippopotamus. It put its ear to the ground to hear distant rumbles. It had the ankles of a cow. But above all, it had the ear bones of a whale. In a find that matches the discovery of archaeopteryx - one …
The cost of scrapping the Dabhol power project could cost the Maharashtra government anywhere between $2.23 billion to $5 billion. Industry sources familiar with the agreements between the Dabhol Power Company and the Maharashtra State Electricity Board say that terminating the deal would entail paying minimum damage charges of 20 …
