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 …
People belonging to a group of villages in Karunagapally taluk of Kerala are exposed to a much higher dose of natural radiation than the global average, since they live in a monazite belt where the soil has a high thorium content. This is one of the few High Back-ground Radiation …
Himachal Pradesh, country's only power surplus state, plans to add 7045 mw electricity to its existing 4,000 mw capacity during the decade to make the state economically self-reliant.
The Power Finance Corporation(PFC) and the Rural Electrification Corporation (REC) will provide financial assistance to the Orissa Government for the rural electrification.
To improve power situation, the Rajasthan government is making an all out effort, from seeking private participation in power sector to utilise non-conventional energy sources, particularly the wind power. It has also decided to create a wind energy development fund in the state.
The 110-megawatt Haripur Barge-mounted Power Plant started generating electricity using natural gas. The conversion of the plant from imported fuel to gas will save about 20 to 25 million US dollars a year.
Koch Petroleum and several of its employees have been indicted on 97 counts of violating federal air and hazardous waste laws at a refinery near Corpus Christi, Texas.Koch Industries Inc, its subsidiary, Koch Petroleum Group, and four corporate employees were charged on 28 September for committing environmental crimes at the …
An international consortium developing the Kazakhstan's sector to the Caspian said that the field could be one of the biggest finds in decades, if the results of initial exploration are confirmed.
Several thousand Austrians, including some government officials, are expected to block all border crossings to the Czech Republic for 13 hours on to protest the startup of a nuclear power plant. The Czech power company CEZ intends to activate the Soviet-designed power station in the next few days, despite repeated …
Japan's government announced that its private sector oil companies would export part of their stock piles of gas oil to offset the recent sharp rise in global oil prices.
Taiwan's Economics Ministry has taken a step toward loosening the island's reliance on nuclear power in a move that could be a major blow to Japanese firms in the atomic power industry.Economics Minister Lin Hsin-i said late last week he has asked the Cabinet to cancel construction of the island's …
Sweden's Social Democratic government is facing opposition from within its own party to its proposal to increase taxes on energy to cut consumption and reduce pollution. Opponents of the higher tax say it could force many heavy industry companies, the biggest users of energy, to move ahead where energy prices …
Gurgaon, which has so far been internationally acclaimed for rapid industrialisation and is ideal for housing - away from the milling crowd and pollution in Delhi - can now boast of a complex run entirely on solar energy.
Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) will not go ahead with its plans for a grassroots refinery in Nagapatinam, Tamil Nadu, as it will soon acquire the Centre's stake in the Chennai Petroleum Corporation (CPC and formerly called Madras Refineries), giving it a foothold in the south. The proposal was to be …
After an initial delay, the Union environment ministry has finally come out with comprehensive rules to regulate the phasing out of ozone-depleting substances (ODS) over the next decade or so, bringing India in line with its international obligations.
Indan Oil Corporation (IOC) will soon embark on two ambitious porjects to provide quality diesel in the market with low sulphur content and produce special quality lube.
Indian Oil Corporation will soon embark on two ambitious projects to provide quality diesel in the market with low sulphur content and produce special quality lube.
The Maharashtra government has sought finnacial assistance from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for development and research in non-conventional energy.
Sweden's wind power market is set to boom and ABB, the Swiss-Swedish engineering group making power stations to trains, could be well placed to benefit. Sweden's largest power firm Vattenfall is about to build a three-megawatt (MW) wind plant on Sweden's south coast, based on ABB's new Windformer technology and …
