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 Blyth Offshore Wind project, one kilometre off the Northumberland coast, and the first to be built in such a demanding position, has been officially opened. Minister for Energy Helen Liddell opened the
A huge bank loan, together with governmental investment, will to ensure long-term protection for Brazil's threatened Pantanal area and promote sustainable growth.Under the $165 million plan announced on 7 December, the total area protected will increase from 2,000 square miles (5,000 sq kms)| to approximately 8,000 square miles (20,500 sq …
The Asian Development Bank has approved two loans - $300 million and $50 million - for Pakistan under the Energy Sector Restructuring Programme.In addition, ADB will provide a soft loan of $5 million in technical assistance to build up capacity for the energy sector.
Household rubbish, agricultural waste and disused mine workings have not always been seen as valuable assets. But plant and animal matter, sidelined long ago by fossil fuels as a source of heat, are set to return as Britain's most important renewable energy source in the 21st century, according to British …
- President-elect George W. Bush is expected to push for changes in US energy policy that would affect consumers as well as oil and natural gas companies. The highlights of his energy plans include opening 1.5 million acres or 8 percent of Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to "environmentally responsible" drilling. …
The Gujarat Government, which has been granted an in-principle allocation of 2.25 mmscmd of gas from the Tapti fields by the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, has reallocated the same to Kribhco.According to sources in the Ministry of Energy, the gas has been earmarked for the 615-MW dual fuel …
The United Nations (UN), in association with the Global Environment Facility (GEF), has granted an aid of US $153.7 million out of the total US $461.2 million cost of 14 environmental projects in various countries. Among the projects approved was a US $7.85 million grant to scientifically assess climate change …
The setback Tamil Nadu faced "during the last five or six years" in renewable energy development, especially wind energy, is due to the "regressive policies" adopted by the Electricity Board, the Union Minister for Non-Conventional Energy Sources, Mr M. Kannappan, said today.
The leakage in stop lock gate of left bank canal of Bargi dam in Madhya Pradesh is gradually becoming more alarming. Officials of the Rani Awanti Bargi Sagar Project failed to check the process. As the sources, it can become dangerous if it is not tackled soon.
The people of Visaginas is worried of what will happen once Ignalina, a power station of the same RBMK model as the infamous Chernobyl plant, is shut down. Mistrustful of the Soviet design, the European Commission has made the plant's closure a non-negotiable part of Lithuania's bid to join the …
A couple of years ago, a seminar on how to improve energy efficiency in US industry would have attracted scant attention. With low energy prices, the potential for significant savings just was not there. But the current energy crisis has put the issue at the top of many company agendas, …
Slash your way through the dense foliage of Canaima National Park, Venezuela's top eco-tourist attraction, and sooner or later you will come across a high-tension electricity pylon carrying power to energy-strapped Brazil, crackling as it discharges in the tropical forest. The indigenous groups say their wishes have been ignored in …
The Chief Executive of BNFL, Norman Askew, has said that the continued use of nuclear power is essential for an environmentally-friendly supply and the company is to call on the UK Government to put the right enabling mechanisms in place which will allow nuclear plant construction.
In order to achieve targets on combating climate change, the UK Government will have to find more money for tax relief on energy-saving equipment for companies, as well as a number of other measures, as part of a new action plan on energy efficiency, according to a new report by …
Many businesses, however big or small, are often unaware of ,or ignore, easy ways of saving energy, focusing on making profits when so much can be wiped away by not taking simple precautions to cut costs. Business advisors to small and medium-sized companies from all over Britain at the Business …
The European Union Council has adopted the directive on the promotion of renewable energy sources, obliging member states to meet 12% of their gross internal energy consumption and 22.1% of their electricity consumption from renewables by 2010.
A Thai farmer has invented a fuel using coconut oil to replace expensive diesel and at least 60 cars in the country's Thap Sakaetrict are running on the new fuel, the Nation paper said.
The Oil and Natural Gas Corporation(ONGC) will commence investment of $ 640 million in the first phase of $ 1.5 billion redevelopment plan of its Bombay High oil fields from January one tide over the 'mid-life problem' it faces.
