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 Parliamentary standing committe on energy has criticised both Centre and state governments for ppor progress in rural electrification, the backbone of rural economy and basic input for rapid rural development.
Troubled British Nuclear Fuels said yesterday that it may rebid for a big nuclear clean-up project in the US after Bill Richardson, the US energy secretary, announced he would terminate the company's existing contract because of an unjustifiable price increase.
All is set for supplying Godavari water to fluoride-affected villages of Bhadrachalam division in Khammam district as part of second phase of fluoride project.
A federal judge may oversee the cleanup of some of the Hanford nuclear reservation's most dangerous nuclear wastes under an agreement reached Wednesday by Gov. Gary Locke and Energy Secretary Bill Richardson.They will seek a consent decree in US court to govern the cleanup of 177 underground nuclear waste storage …
A tiny amount of deadly nerve gas leaked from an U.S. Army chemical weapons incinerator, but the quantity was not harmful to residents, plant operators said Wednesday.The incinerator at the Tooele Chemical Agent Facility was shut down so a team of experts could investigate the source of the leak, which …
The pilot project of a new renewable energy system on the Isle of Skye has been announced by renewable energy utility company, Torren Energy, based in Edinburgh.The scheme involves using dried wood chips in automatically stoked boilers to heat large buildings situated near Broadford on Skye by the end of …
Hasina : Prime Minister sheikh Hasina today switched on the 70-megawatt Mymensingh Power Station with a hope for a permanent solution of the country's vexed power problem shortly, reports UNB. It is the only power-generating plant in greater Mymensingh zone.
The Tata Energy Research Institute (TERI), in its internal report to the state-owned Karnataka Power Corporation Ltd (KPCL), has suggested that LNG was a viable alternative to coal and identified Ennore, Kochi, Dhabhol and Mangalore as locations for sourcing LNG.
Putting energies to good use : From carrying out energy audits in industries, the Energyy management Centre (EMC) in Kerala has come a long way to suggest as well as implement various options in production, distribution and usage of energy, according to Prof. V. K. Damodaran, Director, EMC.
The Supreme court reserved the judgment on the suits filed by Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh on the dispute over sharing of Krishna river water and the height of Almatti dam over the river on Thursday.
The Jammu and Kashmir government is taking up four new power projects with a generating capacity of 1,330 MW. The projects include 600-MW Sawalkot, 120-MW Sewa-II, 330-MW Kishenganga and 280-MW Uri-II.
The Karnataka government has sought an early approval form the Centre to set up alcohol-based fuel plant, which uses molasses to make fuel, which can act as a substitute for petrol.
The United States has hailed the March 6-8 energy meet held at Kathmandu as "enormous success," adding nearly 40 multi-million upcoming energy projects were presented to 60 representatives of major US companies. The conference held a special significance given the fact that energy "demand in South Adia vastly exceeds supply."
In an affidavit to the Supreme Court, Maruti Udyog Limited has challenged the Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority's recomendation that registration of all diesel-fuelled passenger vehicles in the National Capital Region be banned. The Maruti affidavit said hitting new cars will not be good enough.
The Government has decided to float a special purpose vehicle under National Thermal Power Corporation to keep aside one per cent of the capital cost of new power plants for environmental protection and afforestation. The Power Minister, Mr. P.R. Kumaramangalam, said this while speaking at a conference on 'Power plant …
Japan's Ministry of International Trade and Industry plans to revise the set of Japanese Industrial Standards (JIS) by spring 2000. The new standards will recommend manufacturers of home appliances to indicate on a label the extent to which their products have reached certain energy-efficiency targets, MITI sources said.
The 2,000 MW power plant of the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) at Kaniha once completed will further add to the environmental pollution and increase the atmospheric temperature of the region, inquiries revealed. The foundation stone of the plant was formally laid by Union power minister P R Kumaramangalam at …
When NASA's Galileo spacecraft swooped past Jupiter's moon Europa a week ago, it picked up powerful new evidence that a liquid ocean lies beneath Europa's icy crust.
Some 135 years after New York state's first marketable oil for sale started flowing from a hole in western New York, the state's producers are trying to suck the last drops from wells producing on average a quarter of a barrel a day. Now, the few hundred people still employed …
To provide the denizens of Delhi a clean environment, 15 traffic kiosks have been installed in the Capital with the ability to generate power using sunlight. Called 'solar-powered green traffic kiosks', the booths have two photovoltaic modules which convert sunlight into electricity, according to a spokesman for Srei International Finance, …
