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 Himachal Pradesh government has initiated steps for providing clean drinking water for the poeple of the district. The state government has sanctioned Rs 12 crore for the lifting of water for the district headquarters from the Beas. Rupees 1 crore more has been given for the augmentation of the …
Facing states' opposition over a key part of President George W. Bush's energy plan, U.S. Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham was expected to announce that he and the nation's governors will jointly convene a task force to hash out electricity issues, including who has jurisdiction over the choice of sites for …
In what is being seen as a sabotage attempt, the valve No 70 of India's prestigious Jam Nagar-Loni gas pipeline received a set back, when afire broke in its valve No 70 near high security zone of Hindon Air force station on Monday night.
The world's largest straw-fired power station, generating 38 megawatts of electricity is on stream and helping the United Kingdom to fulfill its environmental conservation obligation of using more renewable energy sources. The power plant at Ely-in Cambridgeshire, eastern England, and built by one of the UK's leading renewable energy companies, …
The Electrical Trades Union said yesterday it may lift "green bans" on building the Latrobe Valley gas-fired electricity generator after talks with the Victorian Government. ETU state secretary Dean Mighell said it would depend on discussions with Edison Mission Energy about the environmental impact of the generator and its long-term …
Enron has offered to sell to the government the foreign equity stake in the Dabhol power project at cost, without any profit or return. Further, it is willing to accept part-payment in cash, and the rest in staggered installments over an unspecified period. However, this offer falls short of what …
The Dabhol Power Company (DPC) warned Maharashtra State Electricity Board (MSEB) of initiating a legal action if it released "confidential" papers on the Dabhol project to Pune-based non-governmental organisation Prayas.
Former Union Environment Minister and senior Congress MP Kamal Nath today accused the NDA government of taking a compel U-turn on the issue of CNG supply to the Capital after throwing the city into a crisis.Nath, who was instrumental in the introduction of unleaded petrol, accused the Central government of …
Former Delhi chief minister and BJP vice-president Madan Lal Khurana said the Union Ministers of Law, Environment, Petroleum, Petroleum and Natural Gas and Surface Transport will submit a joint affidavit in the Supreme Court on Friday recommending ultra low sulphur diesel (ULSD) as an alternative to CNG.
President George W. Bush signed an executive order that requires federal agencies to buy electronic devices that use only one watt or less when not turned on. Devices with an external power supply, remote control, or a clock display can draw as much as 20 watts of power when turned …
An agreement for utilisation of a grant of $ 750,000 sanctioned by the Global Environmental Facility (GEF) for the 140-MW Mathania power project, to be established in Jodhpur, was signed between the Rajasthan State Power Corporation and the German Development Bank (KFW) here today.
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) is weighing the possibility of assisting projects, which use geo-thermal energy, through its Rural Infrastructure Development Fund. There is also a plan to fund separate projects for exploitation of geo-thermal energy.
Andhra Pradesh has stood first in the country in power generation from biomass having a potential of 625 MW, of which 68.25 MW has been already commissioned, Mr. Premchand, Vice-Chairman and Managing Director of Non-Conventional Energy Development Corporation of AP Ltd (Nedcap).
Experts in the power industry are optimistic about installation of environment- friendly and fuel-efficient super critical and ultra super critical power plants in India by using coal. The workshop is organised by Centre for Energy Technology, Osmania University.
Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has blamed the Almatti dam across the river Krishna as the main reason for the drought in Andhra Pradesh. Beginning a tour of drought-hit areas with a visit to the Mopadu reservoir in Prakasam district -which as many others in the area is dry- Naidu …
The government's eighth phase rural electrification programme continues to remain delayed with the multilateral donor agency Asian Development Bank (ADB) refusing to disburse the funds it approved more than a year ago. The bone of contention, as usual, is the conditions laid down by the ADB for the loan.
After a wave of anti-globalization protests, World Bank president James Wolfensohn might have expected a demonstration or two during his tour of bank projects in India last month. He wasn't disappointed.In Delhi, he came up against several thousand protesters camped outside the institution's sleek offices, waving placards and clenched fists, …
It's China's most formidable engineering feat since the construction of the Great Wall-and the numbers show it. On the ground, the reality is different. Critics argue that the dam is a folly from an environmental, technical and social point of view.
The Punjab Government took the lead in the country by installing 50 solar water pumpsets (SWPs) of 2 hp capacity each to enhance the irrigation projects in the state.
Britain's first offshore wind turbines officially opened on Thursday off the coast of Blyth in Northumberland, northeast England, the UK's Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said in a press release."Rapid development of offshore windfarms over the years immediately ahead is a key element in the Government's strategy for renewable …
