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 …
Chairman of the Gujarat Electricity Board Nalin Bhatt has called for steps to conserve energy and educate women on reducing their power bill. Speaking after inaugurating a two-day seminar and exhibition on 'energy conservation' joinly organised by the GEB and Society of Power Engineers at Vadodara on Sunday, Bhatt said …
A Liberal Democratic Party panel urged that natural gas be promoted as a major energy source in Japan over the next 30 to 50 years. The proposal was the main feature of an interim report compiled last week. The panel concluded that natural gas is an effective way to prevent …
Japan's energy policy has emerged from a series of recent challenges looking dangerously out of date, and the government is struggling to come up with new plans for sustaining the nation's energy supply. Japan is lagging behind the global trend to replace oil with natural gas, and recent accidents have …
Fuel of the future: Environment-friendly biofuel, ethanol, is a good substitute not only for petrol but also kerosene and its commercialisation would bring manifold benefits to the country.
Indian opponents of the controversial Maheshwar dam, being built as part of the Narmada Valley power project, have mounted pressure on the federal government, Berlin not to grant Hermes export credit guarantee to two top German companies, which would clear the decks for their participation in the project.
Now a farmer does not have to run for diesel to water his farm. An oil extract from the seeds of a locally grown tree canfuel his pump. Researchers from the Indian Institute of Science, Banglore have discovered that Honge seed oil can function exactly like diesel and is cheapter …
The Punjab Government has set up a five-memebr committee to identify a suitable piece of land for the setting up a nuclear power plant after it was offered to it by the Central Government in the recent past.
An impasse between the Union and Gujarat governments on gas allocation seems to have been resolved, with the former taking a favourable decision on the megapower project at Pipavav in the state, at the core of the tug of wills.
Bangladesh signed Bio-Safety Protocol in the 5th meeting of the conference of the parties to the Convention of Biological Diversity (CBD) being held in Nairobi, Kenya.
Drivers in the United States are expected to pay the highest gasoline prices ever recorded in the country and according to industry groups they can blame a little known misstep between U.S. oil companies and environmental regulations, says Reuters.
When it is becoming fashionable for urban local bodies in the country to promote waste to energy projects as a win-win option. Greenpeace is launching a campaign to educate urbanites to take decisions on these technologies with caution.
There are several districts in Agra where water is available but due to the lack of resources, it is not being properly utilised. In other districts, resources are easily available, but water is not available in adequate quantity. However, the departmetns concerned do not seem unduly worried about the fact.
Residents of Vadgam taluka have vowed not to let the state government draw water from Mukteshwar dam for supplying it to the parched villages of adjoining Patan district. Their logic is simple: the dam belongs to the taluka and so does the water. So, when officials of the Gujarat Water …
Central Electronics Ltd (CEL), a leading player in solar technologies, will help the Sudan Government set up a solar photovoltaic (SPV) module and cell manufacturing facility.
The Punjab State Federation of Co-operative Sugar Mills Ltd has drawn up bagasse-based co-generation power project for generating 69 MW power at a cost of Rs.265 crores.
The European oil refining industry has raised questions about the wisdom of further reductions in fuels' sulphur content. The president of the industry's trade association has stated that "any further tightening of fuels quality _ will have adverse effect on [refineries'] CO2 emissions".The world's car manufacturers have recently issued a …
The Delhi government signed a memorandum of understanding with the Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited on Thursday for a power project with a capacity of 330 MW. The MoU on Pragati Power Project was signed by chief engineer (projects) of the Delhi Vidyut Board, Mr S.R. Sethi, and general manager (commercial) …
The Bangladesh Power Development Board (PDB) has ultimately signed an agreement with AES Corporation to ending the long dispute on the proposed Meghnaghat power project site preparation work. As per agreement, AES will accomplish the remedial work in the proposed area to set up the power plant.
Workers at JCO Co.'s nuclear fuel processing facility in Tokaimura, Ibaraki Prefecture, used stainless steel buckets to collect uranium solution that was leaking from a pipe at a facility near the uranium-reconversion complex where Japan's worst-ever nuclear accident occurred in September, it was learned Thursday.
