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 …
An electricity package has been launched which is designed to help businesses meet their carbon reduction requirements by buying electricity generated from both conventional and environmentally-friendly sources. The package - known as Carbon Certified Electricity - enables businesses to buy electricity at a pre-selected carbon intensity in order to meet …
The UK Government's decision to lift restrictions on inefficient types of gas fired power stations is unlikely to bring significant reductions in carbon dioxide emissions, according to environmentalists. The decision by the Government to allow the construction of more gas fired power stations would merely lead to a greater number …
The Asian Development Bank has called the water and sanitation situation in Asia and the Pacific "a major human tragedy." According to the Bank's 1999 Annual Report, some 830 million people in developing Asia and the Pacific do not have safe drinking water. More than 2 billion lack sanitation facilities. …
Environmentalists have criticised the government of Delhi's attempts to get diesel with a 0.05% sulphur content accepted as a clean fuel. They say the move is designed to placate the transport lobby. The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) - an Indian environmental NGOs specialising in sustainable natural resource management …
British Nuclear Fuels PLC announced a number of safety and management changes, including replacing several top directors, including Rob Chinese, the company's finance director. BNFL said the changes are being made in response to the damning reports published by The Health and Safety Executive, or HSE in February regarding falsification …
Pillai plea on formula: Ramar Pillai, who was arrested by the CBI on March 11 on the charge of cheating the public by selling 'herbal fuel', today requested the Madras High Court not to compel him to revel the secret of manufacturing herbal fuel.
British Nuclear Fuels PLC announced Tuesday a top-level management shake-up and reorganization at the Sellafield nuclear reprocessing plant, which has been plagued by a series of safety scandals. Under a ten-year plan, all six nonexecutive directors at the site in Cumbria in northern England will be replaced, as will finance …
The draft electricity bill has proposed imposition of a levy of two paise on each kilowatt hour of energy generated by coal, lignite, natural gas or any petroleum product. The proceeds of the levy will be utilised by the Union government for promoting and augmenting the generation of electricity from …
Winrock International is planning to set up an India Renewable Energy Fund worth $20 million in the next 10 years. This was disclosed by Winrock International India presidnet Shyamala Abeyratne, at a press conferencd here on Monday.
France is willing to assist India in the civilian nuclear sector to meet its power needs as also in the field of aerospace, India's ambassador to France has said.
The Wescare group of companies has set up a 20 MW windfarm near Putluru in the Ananthpur district of Andhra Pradesh. However, the Rs 125-crore project faces a prospect of strained revenue inflows due to a new ruling of the State Electricity Regulatory Commission(SERC).
The Shell Foundation (UK) - part of the Royal Dutch/Shell group has sponsored a one day 'international workshop' on renewable energy sources here on April 18. According to a statement from the foundation, the purpose of the workshop is t demostrate how using solar power makes 'financial sense' and to …
A group of global organisations called on the World Bank for a moratorium on water privatisation projects, in the wake of killing of at least three people in Cochabamba, Bolivia. The demonstrators were demanding an end to the water privatisation, sponsored and financed by the World Bank, which had resulted …
Your refrigerator could be too hot for you in a few years from now. Indian refrigerators use CFCs, HFCs or HCFCs are coolants and insulation lining producing substances to maintain low temperature. CFCs are highly ozone depleting and are required to be phased out by the refrigeration and air-conditioning sectors …
Environmental watchdog Greenpeace has branded McDonald's and Coca-Cola 'dirty' Olympic sponsors. Greenpeace spokesperson Corin Millains said that the companies planned to use global-warming hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) in their refrigeration systems at Olympic venues in contradiction of the guidelines for the Sydney games. "They have forgotten about the green games in their …
Mathura Refinery has registered a record processing of crude oil which surpasses its target in the year 1999-2000. As against a target of 8.0 million metric tons, its production was 8.125 million metric tons, proving that it was capable of making beyond 100 percent capacity utilisation.
"there are few areas where cooperation is needed more than on the issues of climate change and clean energy,' said us President Bill Clinton, addressing a group of environmentalists and journalists at a meeting in Agra during his visit on March 22, 2000. The speech, which also promised to fund …
The Union ministry for petroleum and natural gas has decided to set a production band for private and joint sector refineries before giving them marketing rights for the five petroleum products whose prices are still controlled by the government.
The sole regulatory authority in the power sector has declared the small independent power producers, business in Pakistan as legal against whom Wapda Chairman announced to file criminal case in the special courts.National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra), government organisation for regulating power business in Pakistan, does not agree with …
A new study released on Thursday blamed the dirtiest U.S. power plants for pumping 2 billion tons of pollution into the air, causing smog, global warming and scores of health and environmental problems. The report, from U.S. Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) and Clear the Air, says it documented reports …
