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 …
Behind the hills next to the Pygmy village of Mabolo, Cameroon in the Central African rain forest, a pipeline is to be built in a few years to carry oil to the Atlantic Coast, where it will be shipped to the West. The pipeline, which the World Bank endorsed in …
NTPC will set up a 2000 mw gas-based power plant at Mangalore at a cost of Rs 8,000 crore, Union power minister P R Kumaramangalam in Bangalore on Monday.
Enron India, which set up Dabhol Power Company (DPC) with equity participation from Maharashtra State Electricity Board (MSEB). has said it would not set up any mega or large power projects in the country. The move follows $37 -billion Enron Corp's shift, worldwide, out of the power sector into sectors …
A major part of India survives without proper sanitation and access to safe drinking water. This is, however, of little concern to the central and state governments, though the subject receives periority in most political party manifestos. The NDA, in its election manifesto of 1999, promised that if returned to …
Ispat to look for new partner: The Ispat group today said that it would soon scout for a new joint venture partner for its $1.2 billion counter guaranteed Bhadravati power project following the pull-out of French multinational Electric de France(EdF).
The Finnish Trade Minister, Mr. Kimmo Sasi, will be visiting India in September. This was disclosed during the 12th meeting of the Indo-Finnish Joint Economic Commiisons held recently at Helsinki.
The Union Rural Development Minister, Mr. Sunder Lal Patwa, today emphasised the need for sustainability of sources and of the systems in rural water supply sector.Mr. Patwa, who was inaugurating a workshop "Jal Manthan" on implementation of the Rural Water Supply Sector Reform Pilot Projects, said the Central Government has …
Electricity suppliers will be required to buy up to 10 per cent of their power from renewable energy generators under "green power" plans to be announced by the UK government. Companies must meet renewable energy targets or pay financial penalties, Stephen Byers, chief trade and industry ministry, will warn.
Finland may soon become the only European country to increase its dependence on nuclear power. A booming industrial sector gobbling up half the nation's energy, a fear of over-reliance on Russian energy imports and environmental concerns combine to make the construction of Finland's fifth reactor a probability.
A third of planned combined heat and power stations, which British ministers expect to play a crucial role in meeting climate change targets, are unlikely to be built, according to a confidential survey leaked to the Financial Times. The survey, by the Combined Heat and Power Association, blamed falling electricity …
The Swiss parliament decided to extend the current law on nuclear energy, which includes a moratorium on building any new nuclear power stations, by 10 years to the end of 2010.
Himachal Pradesh would soon harness 21,000 megawatt of its hydroelectric potential. Mr Shanta Kumar, the Union Minister for Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution, while addressing a public meeting at Indora in this sub-division today said that with the approval of the Government of India, Himachal Pradesh had embarked upon new …
The Telugu Desam government lost yet another layer of political credibility when it tabled documents pertaining to the World Bank loan for restructing of the power sector in Andhra Pradesh.
The Union Surface Transport Minister, Mr. Rajnath SIngh, today proposed formulation and adoption of a common action plan for the transportation of dangerous and hazardous goods for Asia and the Pacific region.
More and more people are installing gobar gas plants in Sindhuli district of Nepal these days. The main reason is the government grant of Rs 10 thousand to construct each plant.
A Swedish university research team believes solar power from so-called CIGS cells could compete in price with electricity produced in conventional power stations in 10 years' time. The Uppsala University team using a module of solar cells made from copper indium gallium selenium (CIGS) has converted sunlight to electricity with …
Draft policy:The draft renewable energy policy statement has proposed an ambitious plans that non-convential sector will contribute 10 per cent of all new power capacity generation in the country for the period 2000-2012.It has plans to electrify 18,000 villages on priority basis in the country which are considered economically non-viable …
The much-published Micro-buses have finally arrived in Kathmandu. The vehicles which have been offered heavy discounts on customs duty by the Nepal Government, are supposed to replace diesel-run Vikram tempos, that were banned from Kathmandu last September.
