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 …
After five years of negotiations, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development this month is in the final stages of considering a controversial $220m loan to Ukarine to help finance two nuclear reactors to substitute for the Chernobyl reactor, scheduled to be shut down on December 15.
India will seek loans of over $1 billion for central power projects from the World Bank, during talks with its president James D Wolfensohn next week. Power minister Suresh Prabhu will meet, Mr Wolfensohn on November 14 to discuss specific generation and transmission projects for which loans are being sought.
LPG may become cheaper by Rs 10 & diesel by Re 1 : There will be a rollback in the price of petrogoods, after all. It's reliably learnt that the government will carry out a minor rollback in the prices of cooking gas and diesel in the next couple of …
A winter draws in across Europe, scientists in Germany are squeezing more heat from sunshine with the design of a solar-powered house that they claim is more energy-efficient than previous models. The system devised by the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems recovers heat from exhaust air in combination with …
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Economic Affairs Division of the government of Pakistan signed a project for the feasibility phase of Pakistan's first wind power plant.
The Non-conventional Energy Development Corporation of Andhra Pradesh has approved 55 bio-mass projects aggregating a generating capacity of 309 mw with some more proposals nearing finalisation.
As many as 60 sugar cooperatives, all politically controlled, are now moving towards generating 900-1000 MW of electricity using baggasse as fuel.Most of these expect to produce enough power to meet their requirements and feed the balance into the power starved grid of the Maharashtra State Electricity Board(MSEB).
The Union Cabinet today decided to amend the Inter-State Water Disputes Act with a view to incorporating the recommendations of the Inter-State Council on the Sarkaria Commission recommendations on the issue.A Bill in this regard is to be introduction in the forthcoming winter session of Parliament.
Experts have started working on the project for documenting the present status of the biological diversity of the Aravalli ranges that extend from Delhi to Gujarat.The first meeting of the Eco-regional Working Group, a part of the national bio-diversity strategy and action plan, sponsored by the Union environment ministry held …
Renewable energy should make up 12 percent of EU energy consumption by 2010, the European Commission's programme on meeting emissions reduction targets said. The switch to low-carbon fuels should also be encouraged and a deal with the car industry on cutting carbon dioxide emissions in light commercial vehicles is needed, …
A crowd set fire to four U.S. owned oil wells in Indonesia's Riau province to protest the absence of land compensation, police said. The attacks are the latest in the series of disputes between the oil giant Caltex Pacific Indonesia and people living near its Riau operations.
The Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage (TWAD) Board, which has carried out a demonstration scheme for installing rainwater harvesting (RWH) faciliites in Chennai, will extend the programme to other municipal corporation areas in a phased manner, the Local Administration and Water Supply Minister, Mr. Ko. Si. Mani said today.
The Maharashtra government, which has been rapped by the World Bank for the slow pace of power sector reforms, has prepared a "Power Sector Vision 2020" document with an emphasis on improvement in power distribution system.
In a high-wire act intended to take the heat off the fuel protestros without giving the impression of caving into threats, the British Government is reported to have decided to freeze the duty on fuel until April 2002.This would mean removing the "fuel escalator" which automatically links fuel duty to …
Gurgaon is facing an acute water shortage and if the situation is ignored the fast-developing city will lose all ground water reserves within the next 10 years. The watertable, which is going down at the rate of 1 metre per year, has already dropped to 160 metres and even lower …
In Chamba district, two major hydroelectric projects - the 198 MW Baira-Siul project and the 540 MW Chamera project - have been completed keeping the environmental aspects in focus. The projects were constructed by the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC), which has all along been making efforts to ensure that …
Nuclear Power Corporation(NPC) has been contemplating to set up four more atomic power units at Rawatbhata in Rajasthan keeping in mind the growing requirements of energy.Meanwhile, with the commissioning of the newly set up unit here, Rawatbhata becomes the biggest nuclear power park in the country.
Union Minister for water resources Arjun Charan Sethi has expressed concern about the repaid depletion of ground water in Gujarat, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Punjab and Haryana.
President Vladimir Putin of Russia said that his country was prepared to help Europe ensure its long term independence in energy supplies. Mr. Putin spoke after a meeting in Paris with the French President Jacques Chirac, and the European Commission president, Romanco Prodi, at which the three leaders agreed to …
AERB : Radiation exposure to over 10,000 workers at Indian nuclear power plants is well within limits prescribed by the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB). But the board wants the doses to be as low as reasonably achievable (ALARA), according to AERB secretary KS Parthasarathy.
