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 …
A World Bank team has apprised the state government of the legal requirements needed to be fulfilled for the Washington meet to finalise its loan. Team members who visited the state for two days in the first week of May had wide-ranging discussions with senior officials, including energy secretary C …
Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee on Thursday told members in the Rajya Sabha that India is in touch with Iran and Bangladesh for purchase of natural gas.
In a landmark judgement, a single bench judge of the Karnataka High Court yesterday ordered the state government to operationalise the escrow account through its state electricity board for the 220 megawatt Tannir Bavi power project.
The Karnataka High Court today directed the State government and the Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation (KPTCL) to extend the effective date of the power purchase agreement entered into between KPTCL and Tannirbhavi Power Company till the completion of the project.
Mr Prem Kumar Dhumal, Himachal Chief Minister, has said that by 2010 Himachal Pradesh would generate 10000 MW of hydel power yielding Rs 1500 crore annual income to the state. He declared that the nominal hike in the power tariff would be withdrawn after some time when state would start …
Malfunctions forced Japan to shut two of its nuclear reactors, but no radiation was leaked and the incidents were considered minor in Japan's accident plagued nuclear programme.
The Narmada Bachao Andolan(NBA) today called off the eight day old dharna to demand a joint survey of land to resettle the Sardar Sarovar project oustees after its leader, Ms. Medha Patkar, and two others, on an indefinite fast, were force-fed.
Digboi oil town is stated to be one of the most polluted industrial towns in India. Besides pollution of air, water and land, occasional fires inside and outside Digboi refinery as well as blast of plant/unit have been causing concern to the Digboi public.
Rajasthan's first 1000 mw super thermal project would come up at Suratgarh. The project would target 1000 mw electricity generation, according to state energy minister Chandrabhan. The first unit of this power plant started operation in October last year.
Registration of new two wheelers not conforming to India 2000 norms has been stopped in the Calcutta region from yesterday. This eliminates almost all the two-stroke bikes without catalytic converters which cannot be registered in the city anymore. The decision has been taken by the state's environment department to curb …
It is indeed a "people's dam". Over 600 people from 40 nearby villages joined hands to materialise "Asha 2000"-- an earthen check dam project on the Alanka river in Balikuda block of the cyclone-hit Jagatsinghpur district. They proved a poin to governmental agencies by taking up the project in right …
The Union ministry of environment and forests is in the process of implementing a move to make it mandatory for oil companies and refineries to help in the processing of waste and used oil and buy back 15 per cent of the finished product for re-use.
Some of the world's largest oil and gas companies - including Exxon Mobil, Royal Dutch/Shell, BP Amoco, Chevron and Texaco - think they can handle the challenge of developing mechanisms that allow companies to: sustain development, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, cut operating costs and fuel consumption, increase efficiencies and add …
South Africa's constructed wetlands - designed for the natural treatment of domestic wastewater - show a general lack of understanding of wetlands systems and enjoy limited success in terms of their design objectives.These were some of the findings of a study commissioned to compare international and local use of wetlands …
The Chief Minister, Mr. S.M. Krishna, has said that he has an open mind on the issue of the $1.3-billion Cogentrix project near Mangalore and that the Cabinet would take a decision once a report is submitted by the State Government committee set up to look into Mangalore Power Company's …
The operators of uranium processing plants in Paducah and Piketon, Ohio, erased hundreds of safety and environmental problems from computer records without proper US government approval, a newspaper reported Sunday.The Department of Energy had required plant operators to track their progress toward correcting problems, but more than one-fourth of such …
The 'herbal fuel' sold by Ramar Pillai, who was arrested by CBI recently, would damage engine parts a laboratory which tested the samples is understood to have said in its report, sources in the investigating agency told The Hindu.
India and Oman have agreed to expedite implementation of hydro-carbon projects such as the joint venture fertilier project at Sur in Oman and the refinery project at Bina in Madhya Pradesh.
All the power stations of National Thermal Power Corportion Ltd's (NTPC's) in National Capital Region (NCR) namely Badarpur, Dadri, Anta and Auraiya have been accredited with ISO-9002 by Bureau of Indian Standard (BIS) for its better quality system.
The UK's fourth largest electricity generator is looking for domestic customers who have or plan to install solar panels. The company is offering to pay these customers the same rate for the energy they export to the grid as they are charged when they buy-in electricity.
