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 US Department of Agriculture announced that signup for the Bioenergy Programme will begin on September 4,2001 and end on September 28,2001 for fiscal year 2002 programme payments. The programme stimulates industrial consumption of agricultural commodities by promoting their use in bioenergy production, a significant element of President Bush's energy …
The Badal government is seeing red over a policy option for consideration in National Development Council meeting of 'slowing down new grassroots refineries in view of excessive capacity' in oil and natural gas sector. Without substantiating or elucidating, state chief minister Mr P S Badal fears this to be a …
An auto rickshaw (TSR) conversion company today blamed the Delhi government for delaying the CNG conversion programme. Srimankar, the TSR conversion programme. Srimankar, the TSR conversion company, has alleged that though the Delhi High Court has given them the permission to convert TSRs of all makes, the government has not …
Reviewing the environmental conditions of the Hussain sagar lake, Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh N.Chandrababu Naidu asserted that a single point authority, like the Buddha Poornima project, should be made in charge of supervising the steps for protecting the environment in and around the lake.
The entire world applauded Rajendra Singh for his ability to mobilise the community in village, to rejuvenate dried-up ponds and lakes and harvest scarce rain water through simple, inexpensive methods based on traditional knowledge. But sadly, on June 20 the Rajasthan irrigation department declared that the earthen ground water recharge …
The State Government appointment Godbole committee for renegotiating the power purchase agreement (PPA) with the Enron promoted Dabhol Power Company (Dpc) has submitted its final draft proposals to the Maharashtra Government today.
Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal has warned the BJP-led NDA government that any attempt to "slow down or derail" the grassroot refinery in Bathinda is likely to result in violent reaction from people.
Hard on the heels of a German firm being charged with selling banned missile technology to India, a US district attorney's court has indicted a US company for selling prohibited nuclear technology to the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre and Nuclear Power Corporation.
The Central government has cleared Reliance Industries' two mega multi-source gas pipeline projects, connecting Jamnagar in Gujarat with Cuttack in Orissa and linking Goa with Kakinada in Andhra Pradesh.
Digvijay Singh, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister, said in Indore today the state government would allow industries in the state to set up their own captive power plants in order to cope with the power crisis in state.
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has netted an oil exploration block of size of its prime property Mumbai High, which produces nearly 40 per cent of the country's crude oil, in Iraq and is likely to get another discovered oil field capable of producting three lakh barrels of crude …
Space shuttle Endeavour blasted off Thursday night carrying five astronauts and giant solar wings for the International Space Station.The shuttle rose promptly from its seaside pad at 10:06 p.m. in a brilliant blaze of light that turned night into day for miles around.
The Electricity Bill 2000, that is to be introduced in Parliament, envisages sweeping changes to the power sector, including delicensing generation and permitting power trading.The Bill's aim is to carry forward reforms in the power sector without imposing any particular model on the States.
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) will fund a $2.5 million (approximately Rs 12 crore) project for doing a study on the feasibility of introducing the Integrated Gas Combined Cycle (IGCC) technology in one of th NTPC's plants.
A leaked report in London on Thursday warned that two nuclear plants designed to succeed reactors at Chernobyl in Ukraine and which need major Western funding are in a "hazardous" condition.The Greenpeace environmental group released the Vienna University report, prepared for the Austrian government, ahead of a decision by the …
The Central Elections Commission on Wednesday dealt a blow to environmentalists' hopes of blocking the import of spent nuclear fuel into the country, turning down the 2.5 million signatures they collected in support of a national referendum.Nuclear Power Minister Yevgeny Adamov has been aggressively lobbying for a change in the …
The Scottish Executive has announced its commitment to producing 18% of energy from renewables by 2010, and is urging businesses to adopt energy saving initiatives to combat global warming.
Enron, the Texas-based energy and communications company, is developing plans for a 2,000MW power station in northern Japan, the first significant investment by an overseas company since Japan deregulated the market this year.
