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 …
Solar electricity produced by photovoltaic solar cells is one of the most promising options yet identified for sustainably providing the world's future energy requirements. Although the technology has, in the past, been based on the same silicon wafers as used in microelectronics, a transition is in progress to a second …
Buffeted by soaring energy costs, following a sharp rise in international crude prices, on the one hand, and the continuing sugar glut in the wake of expanding cane output, on the other, the policy-makers have started to examine ways to promote alternative, environment-friendly and renewable sources of fuel by using …
It has taken high energy prices and Middle East instability to revive the European Union's interest in a partnership with Russia, the world's largest gas producer and its second biggest oil exporter. This week the EU and Russia pledged to start an 'energy dialogue'.(editorial)
The speakers at the environmental public hearing organized at the Ranghar auditorium of Dibrugarh University for a detailed discussion on the environmental effects of the Gas Cracker Project at Lepetkata in Dibrugarh, favoured the immediate start of the construction of the project.
The Philippine government's energy conservation program, as mandated by President Estrada, is getting a big boost from the World Bank's International Finance Corp. (IFC) through the latter's Efficient Lighting Initiative (ELI) program.
A Europe-wide exchange to trade green energy will be launched next year to meet the growing demand for power from renewable sources, said the Danish energy industry.
Increased use of biogas, a mixture of methane and carbon dioxide produced by decomposing organic matter, is expected to fuel China's drive to advance ecological agriculture and protect its environment, officials and experts agreed at an international meeting that ended over the weekend in Beijing. In addition to being piped …
The Hin Krut power plant will be shut down if its operations harm the local environment and livelihoods, its management has pledged.Fierce local opposition has delayed construction of this coal-fired power plant in Bang Saphan district, Thailand approved under the Independent Power Producers programme.Union Power Development Co will spend 1.2 …
scientists : Improved use of renewable energy resources, which is expected to cover 50 per cent of the total global energy consumption by 2050, can save Taka 2000 to 2500 crore annually in Bangladesh, scientists aid. They observed that non-renewable sources of energy, which includes traditional resources, trees, solar, wind, …
Sweden's energy authority, the Swedish National Energy Administration, said yesterday it was investing 7.8 million crowns ($0.8) in windpower projects as part of its aim to boost renewable energy.
There can be a some reduction in the operational cost of oil refineries which in turn, can lead to a rollback in the prices of petroleum products.The hope stems from research conducted at the Tata Energy Research Institute (TERI) here.A group of scientists has effectively isolated a consortium of bacteria …
China is enacting broad reforms of its state-owned power industry in an attempt to reduce electricity bills for homes and businesses, the China Daily Business Weekly said.
Taiwan's cabinet has ordered a halt to construction of the island's US$5.3bn fourth nuclear plant, sparking a bitter political and constitutional conflict between the new ruling party and its rivals.
The Chinese government has begun closing down provincial power bureaus as part of a strategy to decentralize control over the energy sector, state media said.
The Delhi Vidyut Board is going to be privatised but at a price. The Delhi Electricity Reformms Ordinance, 2000, was promulgated today, as reported in The Statesman, with the privatisation of DVB slated to cost the exchequer a whopping Rs 850 crore. The Delhi government will have to pay Rs …
Acting on the most divisive issue of his presidency, Chen Shui-bian of Taiwan halted construction on a nuclear power plant that had been championed by the country's former leaders. Prime Minister Chang Chun-hsiung, who announced the decision, said building a fourth nuclear power plant in Taiwan was unnecessary and would …
Nepal wants to sell to India excess electricity after new facilities begin generating power later this year and next year, a top official of the country's state-owned electricity authority said.
Ramagundam, a once barren and sun-scorched land, is often referred to as 'Agnigundam' (a fire ball) of Andhra Pradesh with temperatures soaring up to 48 degrees centigrade during the peak summer season.The town is still the hottest place in AP. But the tropical heat is stated to have come down …
