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 Panipat refinery is the first one in the country to achieve simultaneously ISO-9002 for quality management systems and ISO-14001 for environment management systems. The refinery has also been certified with OHSAS-18001 for occupational health and safety.
The Centre on Saturday hinted at a possible marginal hike in prices of kerosene and liquified petroleum gas (LPG) after dismantling of the administered price mechanism (APM) in April 2002.
The European Commission said on Monday it hoped an assessment of the environmental impact of the Czech Republic's controversial Temelin nuclear power plant would be completed in "a matter of weeks".
The Mumbai High Court on Tuesday upheld the Maharashtra State Electricity Board's (MSEB) plea to disallow Dabhol Power Company from invoking a letter of credit of Rs 136 crore. The HC will hear the companies on September 14.
Nearly three decades after it began pumping oil, age is catching up with the Trans Alaska Pipeline System. Workers regularly seek out and patch corroded spots. Thawing permafrost, possibly an effect of global warming, has shifted some of the vertical supports that suspend the pipeline above the earth. Operators keep …
Exploiting the wind energy potential is one of the key avenues being explored by the Madhya Pradesh government to tide over the acute power crisis afflicting the state. Studies suggest that the state can add about 250 mw to its installed capacity if it chooses to fully tap the wind …
The acute power shortage experienced recently in the US came as rude jolt both to the people and the policy-makers alike. The fear that the crisis may recur and the urgent demand for more power have spurred utility companies and administrators to seek different ways for augmenting generation.
Pakistan President Gen Pervez Musharraf said on Tuesday that tribal areas in Balochistan should be opened up for petroleum exploration within a fortnight to catch up with the fast depleting gas reserves in the country.
The oil extracted from the kernel of the Pongamia glabra can be used as a low-cost, low-tech and environment-friendly fuel substitute, just as oils from neem, castor or mahua. It can be used in unelectrified or irregular supply areas to power irrigation pumps or small home industries, such as rice …
A sudden collapse in the Southern regional power grid brought life to a standstill in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka on Tuesday. All the trains in the state came to a halt. Preliminary investigations put blame on a sudden dip in frequency at NTPC super thermal power station at Raichur due …
India'a 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 Corp, renegotiate a controversial power project at Dabhol for the second time in six years.
Under pressure from transporters' unions, the West Bengal Government has decided to allow old vehicles to ply with upgraded engines, while implementing the India-2000 emission norms for four-wheelers from January, sources said.
This one may prove slightly lethal to Enron. Amidst all the noise that is being created after the DF government's announcement of reviewing the controversial Dabhol power project, it is now the regulator's role to add oil to fire.
Sweden's energy agency, the Swedish National Energy Administration, said on Monday it had invested 6.3 million crowns ($0.7 mln) to expand windpower production in line with a goal to boost renewable energy.The projects Siral System & Co AB received the suport to build three wind turbines on the south eastern …
This week, at midday on Friday, a duty engineer at Chernobyl nuclear power station will press an inconspicuous button and begin the shutdown of the plant that caused the world's worst civil nuclear disaster.That is if the station is operating - it has been forced to shut down twice in …
The ruling Marxists in West Bengal have apparently given up their attempts to set up a nuclear power plant in view of the unresolved controversy within the party of the issue and lack of proper infrastructure.
The Government of Assam is seriously contemplating to introduce a new system of compulsory registration of vehicles which are originally registered in other States but ply mostly in Assam roads, as part of the Transport Department's drive to mop up additional revenue and to make these vehicle-owners compensate for the …
In its efforts to tap alternate sources of energy , the Department of Ocean Development (DOD) has embarked on two ambitious projects - a pilot plant to exploit gas hydrates and an ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) plant. According to Dr Harsh K. Gupta, Secretary, DOD the 1 MW, OTEC …
