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 Centre is chalking out a fresh strategy to give impetus to village electrification after realising an alarming drop in the pace of electrification over the past few years.
North Korea adopted Tuesday a new state budget for the year 2000, which focuses on resolving the country's chronic energy shortage problems by boosting spending on electricity and coal, the official Korean Central News Agency said. Pyongyang's spending plan of about $9.66 billion, up a mere 0.1 percent from 1999.
The Pak-Arab Refinery has approached the Sindh Wildlife Department (SWD) to allow it to lay a pipeline through the Khirthar National Park, it is learnt. The department has, however, not given the permission to the oil company to lay the pipeline through the park as it is a protected area …
The U.S. Export Import Bank (Exim) signed an agreement with India's Power Finance Corp (PFC) on Tuesday to provide upto $500 million in for funding power projects using cleaner technologies from the United States. "The parties contemplate that up to $500 million in Exim Bank support may be provided for …
A memorandum of understanding has been signed between Rajasthan State Power Corporation Ltd (RSPCL) and Karnataka Power Corporation (KPCL) for an LNG-based power plant in western or southern Rajasthan in the joint venture.
The 220-MW Kaiga Unit 2 formally became the country's 11th atomic power station, with the Prime Minister, Mr. A.B. Vajpayee, dedicating it to the nation in Kaiga on Sunday.
The Department of Energy is planning to announce an initiative today that seeks to spur the development of the geothermal energy industry, a highly productive but still evolving source of renewable energy. Energy Secretary Bill Richardson will present his GeoPowering the West project and set out ambitious goals that call …
In order to give a boost to rural electrification, the Planning Commission has decided to route loans to state electricity boards (SEBs) through the respective state governments from the next annual plan (2001-2002).
The company that caused Japan's worst nuclear accident wants to resume operations as soon as possible, officials said. JCO Co. wants to resume making nuclear fuel after resolving safety issues, compensating victims and gaining approval from local and national governments.
Plea for hearings on 'financial objections': Mr A K Agarwal who had filed a PIL against the US Multinational Cogentrix in the High Court charging the company with graft, today demanded public hearings on "financial objections" related to the Mangalore Power Project (MPP) from the Deepal Parikh experts' committee, which …
Senior officials of Pakistan along with six other South Asian countries and the US will discuss the trends and developments in the energy sector at Khatmandu from March 6-8. The discussions will be from a business perspective and will review information on more than 30 large-scale public and private sector …
The Czech government approved a draft law yesterday on energy efficiency, aimed at lowering the country's relatively high demand for energy. The law, if approved by parliament, would introduce a 0.01 crown tax per each kilowatt hour of electricity, raising about 500 million crowns annually for environmental projects, Environment Minister …
Participants from US and major South Asian countries will discuss the energy situation in South Asia during a three-day regional conference in Kathmandu, beginning on March 6.
Brazil began importing energy from Argentina in the latest project to use the resources of its regional neighbours to fend off shortages. Eletrobras, the state-controlled power generation company, which began operating a pipeline with capacity of 1,000MW that ends at Ita in Santa Catarina state, southern Brazil.
Federal Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources Mr Usman Aminuddin said here on Tuesday that oil and gas was discovered in Pariwali area of Potohar region by Pakistan Oil Filed Limited (POFL). The discovery was made at Well No. 3 of Pariwali. The minister termed it a significant find because …
Environmentalists have demanded the Petroleum Authority of Thailand take responsibility for the demise of dozens of large trees along the Thai-Burmese gas pipeline route."Once again, the PTT has disappointed us with its broken promises and lies regarding the project's ecological impact. This time it cannot lie because the problem is …
Prominent environmentalist-lawyer M C Mehta is elated that another of his crusades is taking the right shape. The Supreme Court earlier this month sent notices to Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of Uttar Pradesh and National Thermal Power Corporation on the issue of mercury poisoning of natural resources in …
Water supply minister Narottam Patel said at Gandhinagar on Monday that government has started sending one more train for transportation of water from Khodiyar in Hapa in Jamnagar district.
Asian will be the next growth engine for the global energy industry and increasingly opt for gas as it helps shape the world's environmental choices, senior industry officials said yesterday.
Jeremy Leggett, former chairman of a British government taskforce promoting solar energy, has been promised $9m from Stefan Schmidheiny, an industrialist and philanthropist and one of the world's richest men. Increased use of solar materials, which transform radiation from the sun into electricity, fits in with plans published this month …
