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 …
German renewable energy firm voltwerk AG said this week it would start building the country's biggest open-space solar power plant in Soechtenau, Bavaria at the end of August. Voltwerk is a subsidiary of Conergy AG, one of Europe's leading suppliers of solar energy.
Ukraine shares freely its unique, although very bitter; experience gained over the years from the consequences of the Chernobyl catastrophe with the international community. Ukraine also proposes that the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and the territory adjacent to it be used as a test ground for international scientific research to …
The Atomic Energy Regulatory Board has said the radiation effects of granite in Hyderabad are negligible. Refering to the findings of National Geophysical Research Institute scientists that granite rocks of Hyderabad have 'abnormally high' concentration of radioactive uranium and thorium.
The democratic Front Government in Majarashtra was exploring all options on the Enron power project agreement, the Chief Minister, Mr Vilasrao Deshmukh, said on Froday.
Chernobyl station is shut forever:Engineers at Chernobyl nuclear power station pressed the stop button for the last time on Friday, officially closing the plant which became a chilling symbol of the dangers of atomic power.President Leonid Kuchma relayed an order to the control room of the Number Three reactor, where …
The Asian Development Bank's board of directors at its meeting in Manila on Thursday approved a $350 million loan for Pakistan's energy sector. "We have been officially informed that the ADB has approved $350 million energy sector loan which includes $250 million for the restructuring of the Karachi Electricity Supply …
State plans capacity hike to 15 pc:Karnataka, which has always taken a lead in the renewable energy sector, has set a target of increasing its installed capacity of renewable energy from the present 4 per cent to 15 per cent of the total installed capacity of all forms of power …
Russia has agreed to extend three billion dollars as long term soft loan to India for the Koodankulam nuclear power project, according to an official of the Atomic energy commission.
On December 10th, a small victory for common sense was won in Johannesburg. Delegates from 120 countries, who were trying to draft a United Nations treaty to ban "persistant organic pollutants", agreed to exempt DDT if it is being used for malaria control. For rich people, malaria is not much …
The Group of Ministers (GoM) on power today cleared the e draft Electricity Bill, 2001 which will be introduced during the current Monsoon Session of Parliament, power minister Suresh Prabhu said today. The Bill is likely to be placed before the Cabinet on August 16 for approval, official sources said.
The mayor of Miyama, Mie Prefecture (Japan), submitted a draft ordinance to the town assembly Friday seeking a plebiscite on whether the municipality should invite a power company to build a nuclear plant there.
Worries of a disruption in oil supplies after attacks on the US have revived India's three-year-old plan to build a strategic reserve of crude oil, Government officials said on Friday. State-run refiners are also in the process of doubling product tankage capacity to 0.87 million kilolitres from 0.43 million kl, …
Haldia Petrochemical Ltd (HPL) has been awarded the British Safety Council's five-star safety certificate. The Europe's largest occupational health and safety organisations, health and safety organisations, had conducted a comprehensive audit covering 82 key components of the company's safety system.
Britain's building are responsible for half the country's greenhouse gas emissions. For David Fletcher, installing solar pv as part of the renovation of giving something back to the environment.
The site of the world's worst nuclear accident, it came to symbolize the potential dangers of atomic energy. Now, after years of limping along in defiance of international criticism, the Chernobyl atomic power plant is about to be shut down for good. Ukraine restarted Chernobyl's only working reactor one last …
Pakistan has become 'water scarce country' as its water availability has reached at 800 cubic meter per person during 2000 as compared to expected 1400 cubic meter per person.This shortage has resulted in to 40 percent fall in water availability because of no rains during the current season.This was stated …
After an excruciating wait of several months, four IPPs setting up short gestation projects in Andhra Pradesh have been permitted to expand their capacities, enabling them to switch over to gas for feedstock from the earlier Naphtha.
India's reputation as a safe destination for foreign investment risks a serious setback following a demand last week by the state government of Maharashtra that the Texas-based Enron Corporation renegotiate a controversial power project at Dabhol for the second time in six years.
The board of Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) has cleared the Rs 1,506-crore hydrocracker project for its refinery at Haldia. IFP, France, would supply the process desing and catalyst technology.
