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 Haryana Government is in the dark about the fate of the 350-400 mw Panipat power project being set up by the joint venture Indian Oil Corporation and marubeni Corporation of Japan. For a state which is facing a power crisis, the project, which was to be a spin off …
Dalhousie, one of the most picturesque and attractive tourist resorts of the country, has suffered tremendous harm due to an increase in population, faulty garbage management, improper sewerage resulting in degradation of the situation. The state of affairs at the hill station because of its location amidst pine and silver …
Power Minister P R Kumaramangalam on Wednesday assured Rajya Sabha members that the 2000 MW Mangalore power project, commonly known as the Cogentrix power project, will take off and a meeting will be held in this regard next week.
An energy efficiency bill passed by the New Zealand parliament put the country on track to meet its climate change obligations, Greens party co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons said on Thursday. The Energy Efficiency and Conservation Bill, put forward by the Greens, gives the Labour-led government the power to set energy efficiency …
Texaco Inc. became the first U.S. major oil company to take a big stride toward hydrogen energy, a clean energy that could one day replace petroleum. Texaco, the third largest oil company in the United States, agreed to invest $67.3 million for a 20 percent stake in a fuel cell …
European Union countries will be asked to increase by up to six-fold the proportion of electricity generated from renewable sources including solar and wind power as part of a drive to meet targets for reducing global warming.
The U.S. Energy Department said it had released $2.7 million in grants to promote the use of wind energy by locally-based groups across the country, continuing the agency's promotion of renewable fuels.
Steps have been taken to utilise the 75,000 cubic metres of natural gas that was hitherto going waste through flaring at the Krishna-Godavary project of the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC).
Biomass and bagasse-based power generation can yield as much as 19,500 mw of renewable energy in the country, according to official estimates. To tap this source of energy, the ministry of non-conventional energy sources (MNES) has launched a plan of action to promote power generation from crop residues and other …
Bihar, a state that often falls prey to devastating floods, could soon be plagued by the scourage of drought that experts warn will take a heavy toll on its agricultural economy.The level of water in the river Ganga that flows through Bihar has already dropped by eight feet in vast …
Power minister PR kumaramangalam on Wednesday assured Rajya Sabha members that the 2000 mw Mangalore power project, commonly known as the Cogentrix power project, will take off and a meeting will be held in this regard next week.
The government is ready with legislation to check diversion of naphtha for adulteration of motor spirit. The "naphtha acquisition, sale, storage and prevention of use automobiles order" is expected to be notified later this month.
Five thermal power stations of Madhya Pradesh Electricity Board (MPEB) have been selected for awards of Union Energy Ministry for registering noteworthy reductions in consumption of fuel.
Environmentally conscious organisations of the country have expressed their serious doubts about legality of the baseline study exercise and parallel environmental impact assessment (EIA) in Kirthar National Park, with reference to proposed gas exploration project.They claimed that since Sindh Law Department had registered its comments and sought clarifications on certain …
India the end of a joint Nepal-India Secretary Level meeting has agreed to construct an embarkment along the Rapti river inside Nepal to protect villages from being flooded by the controversial Laxmanpur barrage. During the three-day meet, the Indian side also agreed to send a team of experts "in near …
The Asian Development Bank has confirmed that it is in deep negotiations with the Nepal government to translocate several industries out of Kathmandu Valley primarily as a measure to conserve scarce and precious water supply.
LGED has successfully completed solar market electrification in Ganguita growth centre under Shailkupa Thana in Jhenaidah district of Bangladesh. A centralised solar Photovoltaic system for electrification of a rural market in the off-grid area has been successfully demonstrated with it's technical and economic viability in the context of rural Bangladesh.
Oil prices are higher than they have been in years, but that hasn't stopped 30 scientists at BP Amoco PLC from trying to develop alternative energy sources at an industrial park in Toano, Virginia. The scientists are working on solar panels that could one day cover the south facing sides …
Frustrated by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries parismony, Europe this week pleaded with Russia-an independent producer holding 5% of the world's proven oil reserves-to open its fuel taps wider, Russia could certainly use the money from expanded exports, but it is unlikely to help relieve Europe's fuel crunch soon.
