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 …
Alternative energy sources remain yet untapped because of the high installation costs and the lack of financial assistance from banks. To evolve finance mechanisms that can be applied to buy solar and other power systems for use in industry, business, home and agriculture, the UK based charity-Shell Foundation has sponsored …
"Expanding trade opportunities for companies involved in energy and energy projects will be the focus of a U.S. government-sponsored regional conference in Kathmandu, Nepal, March 6-8," the Trade and Development Agency (TDA) announced January 3.
China has brought forward the construction of the first large natural gas pipeline from the north-west in an effort to accelerate development in the impoverished region and bring relief to the world's most polluted city.
Punjab will soon stop doling out free power to agriculture sector and bring in a proper tariff mechanism to eliminate subsidies as part of measures to wipe off the Rs 3,000 crore fiscal deficit over the next three to five years, state finance secretary K R Lakhanpal has said.
Groundwater table in the twin cities has risen by 0.40 metres, going by the studies conducted at 25 observatories set up by the ground water department chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu informef on Thursday.
Scientists working on different combinations of cost-effective and eco-friendly alternative fuels have struck upon a novel cocktail of alcohols and gasoline that can power vehicles more efficiently than petrol or diesel.The golden blend made by mixing gasoline with either of the two abundantly available and renewable alcohols - methanol and …
Beleaguered British Nuclear Fuels admitted it was unlikely to hit any of the six key performance targets ministers have set before they will agree to a partial privatisation. The nuclear services group said it wanted the government to lower the hurdles, which include benchmarks on environmental performance and health and …
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has claimed that the mass rapid transit sytem (MRTS) will take about 2600 buses of the road resulting in an annual fuel saving of Rs 500 crore. This was stated by E Sreedharan, managing director, DMRC, during a presentation to the members of the …
Turkey's president Suleyman Demirel cleared two hurdles to the building of a natural gas pipeline from Turkmenistan to Turkey via the Caspian Sea, helping promoters of this US-backed route in their scramble to catch up with Russian and Iranian rivals in the race to tap the booming Turkish energy market.
Eskom, the South African state-owned electricity supplier, has proposed to develop a new range of small nuclear reactors based on German technology. Even before the plan has received cabinet approval, however, environmentalists and business analysts have attacked Eskom's Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (PBMR) programme as financially risky and technically difficult. …
Cairn Energy India will soon sign production sharing contract with the Union government for a deep water offshore block in the Krishna-Godavari basin under new exploration licensing policy.
Thirty of Russia's 112 research nuclear reactors are too old and rundown to operate safely, chief of the country's nuclear safety watchdog agency has said.
OPEC's agreement to raise oil output should nip in the bud the threat of a pick-up in imported inflation in energy-hungry Asia as the region's recovery gathers pace, economists said today.
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the international lending arm of the World Bank, has joined with several private and public sector groups to invest in a renewable energy and energy efficiency fund (REEF) to stimulate investments in environmentally friendly energy technologies in the developing world.
Three giant wind turbines a top a reclaimed strip mine, solar panels at schools and museums, and a landfill gas-to-energy project will power the biggest "green power" program ever attempted in the Southeast. The Tennessee Valley Authority will launch its "Green Power Switch" program on April 22--Earth Day.
Greenpeace criticised the delay in the closure of Chenobyl nuclear reactor. The Ukrainian authorities announced that the last operating reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power station would run until November-another 8 months. However the decaying reactor has had ongoing technical problems, and its continued operation increases the risk of another …
The nuclear industry suffered a further blow yesterday after revelations of lax quality controls on fuel production in France. The German government has ordered a naitonwide safety check at nuclear power plants which buy mixed oxide fuel from Cogema, the French state-owned nuclear group.
The Ukrainian government decided Wednesday to close down the Chernonyl nuclear power plant, site of the world's worst nuclear accident, by the end of this year, as Western countries have long demanded. The government's decision recommended that a cabinet delegation held negotiations with the Group of Seven industrialized nations and …
Did modern humans wipe out the Neanderthal people who inhabited Europe until 28,000 years ago, or did the two populations merge through interbreeding? New DNA evidence, extracted from the ribds of a Neanderthal infant, one of the last of its kind, supports the thesis that these hardy, beetle-browed people left …
