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 German government is threatening a possible showdown with European partners on energy policy by preparing to ban electricity imports from countries that have not made sufficient progress in liberalising markets.
The US Energy Department tightened its rules for traders who want to bid on oil from the nation's Strategic Petroleum Reserve, requiring them to post a substantial bond for the oil they are requesting before their bids will be considered. The changes came after two small companies that made the …
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) has practically closed the deal with CMS Energy Asia as its technological collaborator for the proposed 500 MW gas-based power plant at Vishakapatnam. Sources in the company further said that the deal should be finalised by early 2001, and CMS Energy through had been asking …
Japan's Transport Ministry has again called for a green tax in its request for tax reforms in fiscal 2001-an automobile tax, with the level determined by the degree of impact the car has on the environment.
A suprapartisan group of politicians in Japan aims to submit to the current Diet session a proposal to subsidize energy generated by natural sources souch as wind and solar power. The proposal calls for using taxpayers' money to cover up to half of the capital investment costs needed for such …
Continuing on the path of power sector reforms, the Karnataka Government today reached a milestone when a multi-partite agreement was signed by the Governmnet, the Infrastructure Development Finance Company (IDFC), Andhra Bank and the Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Limited (KPTCL). The KPTCL proposes to install an additional unit of 210 …
The Rajasthan government has come up with a project to sell its garbage and generate electricity out of it. In Jaipur alone garbage accumulated is expected to generate 15 million units of electricity every day and fetch Rs 50 lakh to the cash-strapped Jaipur Municipal Corporation.
Untile recently, the new power plant in Eastern Germany looked like a Taj Mahal of good intentions gone wrong. Built by VEAG AG, an Eastern power company owned by West German utilities, the coal-fired generators in Lippendorf hum almost silently inside spotless white buildings.But for all its virtues, VEAG is …
Wolfgang Schussel, the Austrian chancellor, called on the European Union to take a firm stand on the Czech Republic's new Temelin nuclear power plant, which Austria fears is unsafe.
The government of Vanuatu has committed the archipelago to becoming a hydrogen based society and cease importing petroleum products by 2010, becoming the first nation on earth to solely use renewable energy.
The World Solar Commission is proposing to set up a World Solar Commission Trust Fund (WSCTF) to create an independent and collective mechanism to finance the commission's secretariat in Paris.
US expert : Petrobangla Chairman Dr. Mosharraf Hossain expressed optimism for potential gas reserve in Bangladesh's western region, which area was so far considered as the 'part of dry blocks'. "Gas could be found in the western region if fresh survey and exploration are conducted," Dr Mosharraf said while addressing …
The European Commission launched a new project to investigate the potential of offshore wind energy. Concerted Action on Offshore Wind Energy in Europe, is to collect knowledge about offshore wind energy from all over Europe, evaluate the knowledge and distribute it to organisations that can benefit from it.
Western Danish electricity grid operator Eltra said yesterday it planned to increase transmission tariffs on renewable energy in 2001 to help cover a sharp rise in green energy prices. Eltra's proposed increase for renewables, such as windpower and district heating, will help the grid meet higher costs it faces from …
The Madhya Pradesh deputy chief minister Ms. Jamuna Devi kicked off her campaign against the Narmada Bachao Andolan(NBA) with a massive rally of tribals at Badwani in the Khargone district of the state on Tuesday.In the presence of thousands of tribal residents of the submergence zone of the Narmada valley, …
Power plants will be required to set and mandatorily comply with their own environment-friendly emission norms. A notification to this effect is in the offing.A special fund is also proposed to be set up in the power sector to take appropriate measures so that power sector activities do not harm …
Moscow's ability to help Europe avoid future energy crises will be at the centre of a Russia-EU summit in Paris on October 30, reports AFP. EU nations are hoping Russian oil and natural gas need will help free them from dependence on the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).
RWEAG, Germany's largest electricity company said that it would cut power production by 16 percent in the next three years, following a similar move by another big utility, E.ON AG. Closing plants is the latest effort by Germany's biggest utilities to cut costs after the electricity market was fully opened …
In a major step towards the disposal and scientific utilization of municipal soild waste (MWS) of Guwahati and its nearby towns, the Sarbanad Impex Pvt Ltd (SIPL) is setting up a project at Sarusajaj near Lokhra in the city at the cost of Rs 85 crore to generate steam and …
The Sarbanand Impex Private Limited, a Calcutta-based company, has signed a memorandum of understanding(MoU) with the Assam State Electricity Board (ASEB) for setting up of an 10 MW power plant by utilising solid waste material in the city.The plant will be installed at Sarusajai near Lakhra at the cost of …
