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 …
Chemicals used to make environmentally-friendly fuels could spell disaster for many British birds, experts said on Thursday.Scientists leading an 18-month probe into the sharp decline in sparrow and starling populations in Britain believe two of the chemical components of unleaded petrol - benzene and MTBE or methyl tertiary butyl ether …
Ukraine won approval today for $215million in critically needed loans to expand two nuclear power stations that will replace the electricity lost when the last reactor at the Chernobyl power plant shuts down for good this month.In a victory that comes with strict conditions for President Leonid Kuchma, the board …
A malfunction forced the only working reactor at Ukraine's Chernobyl nuclear power plant to be shut down Wednesday, nine days before the plant is to be closed for good. The No. 3 reactor was halted by a safety system after some fumes were registered in the reactor's forced circulation department, …
Maharashtra today announced that it would re-negotiate Phase II of the Dabhol Power Company (DPC) project and its tariff structure with US energy major Enron, a day after a key ally threatened to withdraw from the government unless the project was reviewed.
The Maharashtra government is likely to call upon the government of India to take over the deal it has signed with the Dabhol Power Corporation, failing which the state is all in favour of getting out of the deal.In fact, that is what the entire Maharashtra cabinet, including deputy chief …
A two-tier high-powered panel has been proposed for each river basin in Tamil Nadu to coordinate management and development of water resources. On an experimental basis, two such panels are to be formed for Palar and Tamiraparai river basins.
apex court: In a significant judgment, the Supreme Court has reiterated that to access drinking water is a fundamental right to life and "there is a duty on the State under Article 21 to provide clean drinking water to its citizens." A Bench comprising Mr. Justice M. Jagannadha Rao and …
The crisis over power purchase from Enron's Dabhol plant was very much on the cards. Fortunately, it has come before the operational stage of Phase-II, so, there is time for both the Maharashtra Government and the promoters to try and sort out the mess. The first thing that the Congress-Nationalist …
Britain's first offshore wind project was opened off the north-eastern coast of England, marking the launch of a potentially significant new industry for the UK. The $5.8m wind project, which can provide enough power to supply the needs of 3,000 households, is the largest at any offshore site in the …
Celera Genomics Group has submitted its landmark draft of the human genome for publication in Science, a prestigious scientific journal, and in the process reopened a controversy in the research community over how scientists will get access to it.
The Supreme Court stayed the arbitration proceedings initiated by multinational Enron-promoted Dahbol Power Company for settlement of a Rs 500 crore dispute with the Maharashtra State Electricity Board and referred the matter to the Bombay High Court. DPC said it was "extremely pleased" with the apex court's order.
Private sector initiative to help finance small-scale rural enterprises in the country to set up bio-mass energy project have begun, which would not only increase rural incomes but also clean up the environment by utilising crop residue, estimated at 170 million tonnes per year with a potential to generate 20,000 …
US Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham warned governors today that if states did not help ease the country's electric power crisis by rapidly approving construction of transmission lines, the Bush administration would consider asking Congress for federal authority to take over the approval process.
U.S Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Christie Whitman said in an interview published yesterday that she was considering cutting the number of pollution-fighting gasoline blends which the industry partially blames for seasonal price spikes.
Up to 20 nuclear power stations could be built in Britain under proposals to guarantee future electricity supplies submitted to the government by British Nuclear Fuels yesterday.
The U.S. Energy Department is seeking public comment on the environmental impact of a plan to build near San Diego double-circuit electric transmission lines across the U.S. border with Mexico.
The U.S. energy major, Enron's Dabhol Power Company(DPC), has slaped an arbitration notice on the Centre and said it was not ready to offer any discount over its equity or on the $ one billion "at cost" selling price of its 2,184 MW power project.
The Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Ltd (KPTCL) on Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding with Power Trading Corporation (PTC), making a commitment to offtake 300 MW from Ennore LNG project in 2005-06.
