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 …
With the Parekh committee recommending that there is "a complete lack of financial capability" with the Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation (KPTC) to provide escrow to private power projects, the scene is set for entry of specialised financial institutions who would stand guarantee for the liabilities of KPTC.
In an effort to help developing countries compete more effectively in the world starch markets, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has urged research institutes to study various properties of starch. FAO began studying starch properties a year ago and is now working in research institutes in Italy …
Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, inaugurating the conference of state power ministers in New Delhi, said that power capacity addition in the country would be below the Ninth Plan target and expressed doubt if the target investment of Rs 11,00,000 crore would materialise by 2012.
Ministry of Non-conventional Energy Resources(MNEs) has embarked on a project to provide power to 15 villages in Karnataka by the utilisation of biomass.
The low-degree exposure to ionising radiation has not affected employees of the Rajasthan Atomic Power Station at Rawatbhata in Chittorgarh district, says a Nuclear Power Corporation report.
The 32nd annual convention of Indian Water Works Association would be held from April 22 at Bhopal. The theme of the convention is 'Management of Water Resources in 21st Century'.
A fire broke out at a Japanese nuclear power plant about 300 km north of Tokyo but was extinguished after about half an hour and no radiation was thought to have leaked, a utility spokesman said.
The ministry of non-conventional energy resources has embarked on a project to provide power to 15 villages in Karnataka by the utilisation of biomass. The project 'sutra' aims at sustainable transformation of energy in rural areas of Karnataka, and on completion would provide power to 15 villages in the Thumkur …
Fire briefly broke out at a building in a Japanese nuclear power plant on Thursday but here was no danger of radiation leak, a spokesman for the plant operator said.
Germany's PreussenElektra eletricity group announced yesterday it would shut down its Unterweser atomic power station following the "falsification" of quality control documents for fuel elements from British Nuclear Fuels (BNFL).
The Ministry of Non-Conventional Energy Resources (MNES) has embarked on a project to provide power to 15 villages in Karnataka utilising of biomass. The project "Sutra" aims at sustainable transformation of energy in rural areas of the State.
The final report of 'Hydrocarbon Vision 2025' has remained non-commital on the two critical issues of market access to private sector refineries and as well as disinvestment of oil companies, according to sources. The report has said that the Government will develop appropriate policies for disinvestment of the oil companies …
The Videocon group and National Power have picked up ABB Alstom's Power's 26 per cent stake in Videcon Power Ltd. ABB Alstom's decision to pullout of the project is a result of the restructuring being undertaken after the merger of ABB and Alstom.
The Energy Conservation Bill, seeking to put in place a comprehensive legislation for efficient use of energy and its conservation through the creation of a statutory authority called Bureau of Energy Efficiency with appropriate powers to it as also to the Centre and the States, was introduced in the Lok …
In the vast North Kashmir belt people have traced natural gas and are harnessing it for the last three years using the traditional methods. The discoveries were made while they started digging tubewells. The latest report about the presence and harnessing of the natural gas came from Selloo village in …
US gas giant, Unocal Corporation, with $9 billion worth of assets, is prepared to lay an underwater natural gas pipeline from Bangladesh to Andhra Pradesh and another one over the surface to Delhi through Calcutta. The latter project may call for an investment of close to $1.2 billion and would …
Another independent power producer has dropped out of a Rs 150 crore power project based near Dharwad in north Karnataka. Delhi-based Innox Power Ltd, which was planning to set up a small naptha-based power project of 42.3 mw, has decided not to go ahead with the project, sources in the …
The international outcry against British Nuclear Fuels for submitting falsified safety documents is likely to have profound consequences. The most immediate is that the UK government will have to postpone its plans for a particla privatisation. Second, operating approval for BNFL's 400m pounds Mixed Oxide (MoX) reprocessing plant is certain …
The Energy Conservation Bill, 2000, has proposed the creation of a new statutory body called the Bureau of Energy Efficiency, which will lay down norms for energy consumption in the country.The Bill will be tabled in the current session of Parliament.
The Sagar Island has created history around the globe by being the first to produce quality grid electricity - 220 volts/50 Hz - by harnessing solar energy through SPV power, which has engineered a quite rural revolution.Each home is provided with five points at Rs 120 per month, plus initial …
