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 …
In its endeavour to bring in the latest technology in LPG storage and to meet the demand on the East Coast, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited has chalked out plans to build a 60,000 tonne mined cavern storage facility at Visakhapatnam.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu declared on Wednesday that his government would encourage wind power projects by providing infrastructure and giving incentives to promoters.
A top Consolidated Edison official said today that the radioactive leak at the Indian Point 2 nuclear plant in February might have been avoided if the plant's most recent inspection had employed the kind of advanced technology that was available but not yet widely used by the industry. Speaking at …
Thailand's Finance Ministry insists that it must charge for water from new irrigation schemes, which will be paid for by a loan from the Asian Development Bank, to ensure that investment assists in expanding available cultivated land. The decision will almost certainly lead to confrontation with farmer groups and non-government …
A report detailing senior management failures at the troubled British Nuclear Fuels group is to be delivered to ministers this week. Germany and Japan, BNFL's two biggest customers have since banned imports of the company's mox fuel.
As per provisions of the draft report on the total projected power demand for the forthcoming 12 years, the centre is actively considering a proposal to raise the ratio of hydro-power and thrmal power considerably. According to the Vision 2012 report, the government wants to raise the ratio from 26:74 …
The United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (Unido) has approved a new fund of promoting development of safe pesticides in the Asia Pacific region. The 'trust fund has been approved for the Regional Network on Safe Pesticide Production and Information for Asia and the pacific (RENPAP), which has its headquarters in …
Nigeria will supply six million tonnes per annum of low sulphur crude oil to India on term contract basis at official selling prices, sealing a four-year effort by India to source crude oil for meeting its domestic requirements.
The DVB is finally going in for a major overhaul of its gas turbine station (GTS). The overhauling will increase the generation of the GTS, which has a production capacity of 180 MW but is generating between 100 MW to 130 MW. The generation at the GTS has come down …
National Hydroelectric Power Corporation(NHPC) has signed an agreement worth Rs 54.5 crore with Noell Stahl, Germany and TSPL, India for hydro-mechanical works at the 280MW Dhauligange Hydroelectric Project in Pithoragarh district of Uttar Pradesh.
Kerala will seek more time from the Centre to frame its response to the proposed Central Electricity Bill which it considers an attack on the federal structure of the Constitution. The Centre has called a meeting of State Power Secretaries on March 11 to elicit the States' response to the …
The Kaiga nuclear power project will be dedicated to the nation by the Prime Minister, Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee, on March 5.This state-of-the-art project, built completely with indigenous expertise, is yeat another milestone crossed by the Nuclear Power Corporation Ltd(NPCL) which has set itself a target of attaining an installed …
The World Commission on Dams, headquartered in South Africa, achieved the impossible here today. Not only did it meet in India - after being initially denied permission by the Government - but it also sponsored a discussion between opponents and proponents of the Narmada dam, with participation from Government officials.
In a welcome development all hurdles in the way of executing the Assam Gas Cracker Project by the Reliance Assam Petrochemicals Limited (RAPL) were closed at a high-level meeting held at the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas which discussed the pending issues relating to the Gas Supply Agreement between …
Union water resources minister C P Thakur has assured Anna Hazare that the government will speed up work on rainwater harvesting throughout the country. The minister told the noted social worker of Maharashtra during a meeting that he proposes to invite all eminent experts in water harvesting and non-governmental organisations …
The Union Environment and Forest minister, T R Baalu, has urged the coal industry to go for a maximum possible utilisation of flyash generated by coal-based power plants.
A huge quantity of diesel is being smuggled into India every day through different points of Chuadanga and Meharpur borders. The smugglers have become active in the smuggling of diesel due to sharp rise of price in Indian markets.
Tokyo is preparing to revoke the operating license of JCO Co., the uranium plant operator, in an unprecedented sanction following the country's worst nuclear disaster, a safety official said Thursday.
Japan is to strip uranium processing plant operator, JCO, of its business license in the wake of the country's worst nuclear accident. An official at the Science and Technology Agency said it had notified JCO of its intention to take away the company's license in response to the accident at …
