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 …
Power generation and transport together consume just 41 percent of total world primary energy supply, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA).Meanwhile the developing regions that offer most of the "off grid" solar opportunities may be poor, but the IEA says they will account for 68 percent of a projected …
Renewable energy certificates will start trading at a European level on January 1, when a test phase involving six countries will begin, said Jos Benner, head of the Renewable Energy Certificates System (RECS) secretariat. "The test phase will start on January 1st and will involve six countries, namely Denmark, the …
The Rural Electrification Corporation (REC) of India has approved the project intensive electrification scheme of Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (UHBVN) to release 60,050 domestic and non-domestic connections at a cost of Rs 21.88 crore in its 11 districts during the current financial year and next year.
The Czech Republic and Austria have defused a conflict over the Temelin nuclear power plant which has poisoned their relations for months. The Czech premier, agreed to a comprehensive environmental impact study by international experts of the controversial $2.5bn power plant.
On yet another day bedlam in the Tamil Nadu Assembly culminating in a walkout by the DMK, the Finance Minister, Mr. C. Ponnaiyan, today accused the former Chief Minister, Mr. M. Karunanidhi, and the Union Commerce Minister, Mr. Murasoli Maran, of stalling the release of Cauvery water to the State.
The petroleum ministry is considering a proposal to recommend ban on registration of new, private CNG vehicles in Delhi. This is to ensure that the demand and supply gap for CNG -which has thrown public transport into a virtual crisis in Delhi -is not increased.
As many as 230 places have been identified for installing hydrams to provide minor irrigation facilities to farmers and growers of off-season vegetables in Himachal Pradesh.
Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Ram Naik hinted at a marginal hike in prices of Kerosene and liquified petroleum gas (LPG) after dismantling of the administered price mechanism (APM) in April 2002.
The countdown for US energy major Enron's exit from India will begin from November 19, 2001, after which its Dabhol Power Company (DPC) will serve a termination notice to MSEB even if a buyer is not found for the S3 billion power project in Maharashtra.
The prototype of solar-electric hybrid car developed by a team of engineering students from RV College of Engineering in Bangalore was successfully test driven. This is the first experiment in the country, the car is designed to run on both solar and electric energy.
The US Senate's comprehensive energy bill, like most legislation in Congress, is on hold following this week's devastating airplane attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
The detailed project report (DPC) for India's first tidal power project is ready. The project is slated to come up to Durgaduani creek in the Sundarbans in West Bengal.
The Tamil Nadu Electricity Board entered into an agreement with the public sector National Thermal Power Corporation for purchasing 118MW from the proposed additional unit at the Ramagundam super thermal station,Andhra Pradesh.
The Enron power project crisis seems to have come to an end with the less enthusiastic attitude of Enron group. The Union government is concerned over the possible impact of withdrawal of Enron on investment climate, if no honourable exit is provided to Enron. The Maharashtra government has adopted a …
Politicians in Maharashtra are fighting over mega power project set up at Dabhol in coastal Kongan region by the US multinational Enron company as the untenable side of the power purchase agreement has come to light recently.The eight-party Democratic Front led by chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh is now considering whether …
The power ministry has recommended a number of radical changes in the laws concerning transmission, distribution and tariff, besides letting go of generation from licensing, while finalising the draft Electricity Bill, 2000.
The Cabinet meeting was chaired by Chief Minister Digvijay Singh. With effect from January 1, 2001; the State government will stip free-of-cost-power supply to slum dwellers and farmers. However, the facility will not be withdrawn completely.
The Centre has said that financial institutions including IDBI and SBI have agreed to fund private power projects totaling 16000 MW costing over Rs 60000 crore without insisting on government guarantee.
Even as the Delhi government and the city Congress trained their guns on Ram Naik for failing to provide adequate CNG the Union petroleum minister insisted the September deadline for 87 retail outlets in the Capital would be met.
