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 …
Electricity suppliers will be required to buy up to 10 per cent of their power from renewable energy generators under "green power" plans to be announced by the UK government. Companies must meet renewable energy targets or pay financial penalties, Stephen Byers, chief trade and industry minister will warn.
The CBI today presented to the court of the X MM, Mr. R. Krishnamurthy, the chargesheet in the 'herbal fuel-Ramar Pillai case'. Hailing from Virudhunagar district, the herbal fuel inventor was arrested on March 11 this year for alleged criminal conspiracy and cheating the public by selling industrial organic chemicals …
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and oil industry are engaged in a battle over a proposed amendment to a spending bill before Congress which the agency says would gut plans to clean-up diesel pollution from heavy trucks. Clean air groups, along with EPA Administrator Carol Browner, said on Tuesday they …
The Russian government has guaranteed lifetime supply of uranium fuel and the required spare parts for the much-awaited two units of light water 1000 mw nuclear power plants (VVER -1000) at Kudankulam in Tamil Nadu, Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) said.
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has decided to extend fiscal concessions to nuclear power projects as available for mega projects for power generation.
Greenpeace called for an immediate ban on the use of toxic chemicals in ship paint after analyses revealed that they are severely polluting the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Greece. Research commissioned by Greenpeace of sediment taken from Piraeus and Thessaloniki harbours and the sea close to popular swimming …
The Irish government said yesterday it had granted seven licences to allow four consortiums to test locations off Ireland's east coast for offshore wind electricity generating stations. The Department of the Marine and Natural Resources said three licences were issued to Northern Ireland's Harland and Wolff, owned by Norway's Fred …
President Bill Clinton ordered federal agencies in California to cut their power use by an estimated five per cent to ease a crunch in the state's electricity supplies because of near record demand inspired by broiling heat, says Reuters.
The people of Dadeldhura who have easy access to firewood from dense forests have now been attracted towards bio-gas plants. According to statistics, some 46 bio-gas plants have been installed throughout Nepal to date.
Power is every bit as big a business as telecoms. America's $220 billion electricity market is larger than those for cellular and long-distance telephony combined. The secret to this revolution lies in "micropower", the generation of electricity by small-scale fuel cells and gas turbines. The technology is not exactly new: …
Israeli and Indian scientists have agreed to jointly develop a pilot electric power plant utilising an innovative method of non-conventional energy production suited to arid regions.
A group of Canadian students set a world record for the longest distance distance traveled in a solar powered car, using the equivalent amount of electricity to run a toaster. Traveling at an average speed of about 50 mph while using only 1,000 watts of power, the students from Queen's …
Work to replace the leaky cement shell covering the ruined nuclear reactor at Chernobyl can begin now that Western nations have pledged to pay almost the entire estimated cost of $768 million, officials said Wednesday.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) plans to make it easier for oil refiners to use ethanol in cleaner-burning gasoline, while maintaining the air quality benefits of the program. The proposal recognizes the environmental benefits of ethanol and ensures that it will continue to play a role in the cleaner-burning …
Energy Ministers of the Association of Southeast Nations vowed to speed up ambitious plans for a regional power and gas grid to boost energy security in the face of continued volatility on world of oil markets.
Radioactive contaminants from an ancient nuclear waste storage site on the Bruce Nuclear Power Development between Kincardine and Port Elgin have leaked into the underlying aquifer and may have migrated into nearby Inverhuron Provincial Park. Data from one monitoring well show tritium levels at the source of the leak regularly …
In Tamil Nadu, it is not only solar energy but wind energy too which is fast gaining popularity as people increasingly look to alternative sources for their needs. The wind energy potential in India is about 20,000 mw and Tamil Nadu and Gujarat offer more than 5,000 mw.
Environmental groups in Pakistan, backed by local communities, are contesting the military government's decision to allow pre-exploration activities by transnational oil companies in the country's largest wildlife reserve. One of their main complaints is that the government did not wait for the findings of a study by an Australian firm, …
The Delhi Energy Development Association(DEDA) has approached the Delhi government for the allocation of additional funds to set up more bio-gas plants in the rural areas of outer Delhi.
