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 …
With the Supreme court setting a deadline of April 1,2001, for commercial vehicles to convert their automobiles to CNG mode, the pressure is mounting on vehicles owners to purchase CNG kits. But scarcity of supply and the high cost of CNG kits have become deterrent factors, as also the limited …
The Karnataka High Court has directed the Union Environment Secretary to prove compliance of a 1997 High Court order pertaining to review of environmental clearances granted to Mangalore Power Company(MPC).
Japan looks set to demand that British Nuclear Fuels takes back the shipment of plutonium-based fuel rods that was sent out with falsified documentation. However the move could be part of a compromise deal that could see BNFL securing more Japanese contracts in the medium term.
The discovery that liquid water may have flowed very recently on Mars-- and might even be flowing today--greatly increases the odds that lifemight be found on the red planet, scientists said on Thursday. Researhers looking at images taken from an orbiting Nasa spacecraft said they had found gullies and landslides …
The earth is in the middle of a vast traffic system of hurtling asteroids almost 1,000 of which present a potential threat to humanity, according to research published in Science journal on Thursday. A new study estimates that as many as 900 asteroids a km in diametre or larger have …
Enron has opened negotiations with the Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Ltd (KPTCL) for supply of 100 MW of power from the Dabhol Power Company (DPC).
Despite hefty protests from hard-liners, Germany's Green Party, junior partner in Berlin's ruling coalition, is expected to back a deal with the energy industry on closing the country's 19 nuclear power stations.
Worried that voters will blame the Clinton administration - and Vice President Al Gore-for the recent surge in gasoline prices, the Gore campaign has begun an effort to paint Governor George W. Bush of Texas, a onetime oil company executive, as a tool of the oil interests that the campaign …
The 45-MW Panjgur Power House has started production with the completion of its construction with a total cost of Rs1.5 billion. The Quetta Electric Supply Company (QUESCO) said here on Thursday that Pakistan's Chief Executive, Gen Pervez Musharraf would formally inaugurate the project shortly.
The Andhra Pradesh decision to affect a steep hike in power tariffs in the wake of the reforms initiated by the N. Chandrababu Naidu Government has come as a severe jolt to consumers.
US-based power multinational Enron's plans of emerging as a major player in the LNG area in India have suffered a major setback with the Gujarat government turning down the request for a 26 per cent of equity stake in its ambitious Rs 5,000 crore LNG pipeline grid project.
The Central Electricity Authority(CEA) has accord techno-economic clarance (TEC) for the 330-mw Shrinagar hydroelecrtic project to be executed by Duncans North Hydro Power Company Ltd (DNHPC), a joint venture between the US-based Synergics and Duncans Industries Ltd.
The Solar Powered Green Traffic cabins being installed by the Delhi Traffic Police has brought some comfort to the traffic controllers, but they are still to be fully effective.
The World Bank has cautioned State Governments, their respecitive State electricity boards (SEBs) and the newly-formed State power transmission corporations against creation of power generating capacity using liquefied natural gas(LNG).
The US Treasury intervened in the proposed closure of one of the two big US uranium enrichment plants, warning the privatised company, USEC, that even considering such a "precipitous step" was deeply disturbing. The admonition was contained in a brief letter to USEC from Gary Gensler, Treasury under-secretary for domestic …
Regulations governing oil explorations in the Faroe Islands, an archipelago between Britain and Iceland, will be in place by next spring at the latest, the islands' fledgling ministry of petroleum said. But Faroese officials said four sets of executive notices covering health, safety and the environment, risk analysis and emergency …
Britain plans to reduce nuclear discharges into the sea by a further 85 per cent by 2020 in order to meet European commitments. The proposals, announced by Michael Meacher, environment minister, are unlikely to please Denmark and Ireland which are pressing Britain to curb all discharges and close the Thorp …
Sales by Australia's renewable energy industry annual were targeted to reach A$4 billion by 2010, the Federal government said on Tuesday. A spokesman for Industry, Science and Resources Minister Nick Minchin said after the launch of an industry and government renewable energy industry action agenda that the target required sales …
Water experts are dusting off one of China's most ambitious blueprints to divert water from the flood-prone Yangtze River basin to the thirsty north which suffers from chronic drought."The project could be completed within the next six to eight years if construction is kicked off in the 2001-05 period, the …
German nuclear power plant decomissioning could sink the Kyoto global warming protocol if pushed at too fast a speed, climate experts said at a conference in London on Tuesday. Last week the German government set a 2020 deadline for a pull-out from using nuclear plants for electricity generation but Germany's …
