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 …
China plans to spend 25 billion yuan to build a nuclear power plant in the province of Shandong. The power station would be the first nuclear power plant in northern China.
Residents of the Naktong River basin in the southeastern parts of the South Korea will start paying a water-use charge as early as 2001, as the government yesterday finalized plans to overhaul the water quality of the river by 2008 through a volume-based emissions system.
The Pakistan government has decided to provide legal cover to the agreements it aims to reach with the oil and gas exploration companies on the pricing of the newly discovered oil and gas, well-placed sources in the Petroleum Ministry have confirmed.
britain has agreed to clearly label its beef exports to other European countries to leave no doubt for consumers over where they originated, an European Commission (ec) spokesperson said recently. The spokesperson also said that under the agreement, European consumers would see a label on British beef
fine ceramic fibres have been in use in a variety of forms since a long time. Finer fabrics are strong, flexible and, unlike coarser fibres, they do not irritate the skin. But in recent times, the question of ceramic fibre use has returned to haunt us as a major health …
Strategic or shameless? Bill Clinton's decision to release oil from America's Strategic Petroleum Reserve is still causing heads to be scratched. In response to soaring oil prices and a shortage of heating-oil stocks in north-eastern states, Mr Clinton announced on September 22nd that he would release some 30m barrels of …
The government finally ended the suspense and launched its 'trishuti'. It announed its threepronged approach to contain the ballooning oil pool deficit today, including a price hike of all petroleum products, import duty on crude oil, excise cut on diesel and petrol, and the issue of oil bonds.
The Suez Lyonnaise des, Eaux consortium and Vivendi Water on Friday signed agreements with Karnataka for operating India's first model in delegated water management for Bangalore Water Supply & Sewerage Board.
European are scrambling to but diesel powered cares, spurred on by a determination to dilute the impact of high fuel taxes and worries that oil prices are set to climb.Almost one in three new cars sold in Europe this year is set to be a diesel, according to analysts.
While the Delhi Pollution Control Committee(DPCC) has launched a crackdown, including prosecution, against major thermal power stations which, despite violating the pollution norms and emissions standards, have escaped their clutches.
Four companies - three British and one Swedishi - are engaged in exploiting Scottish seas as a renewable source of electric power. The long-term palns range from generating electricity from the waves to harvesting power from tides.
Thailand's national energy policy board is due later yesterday to consider a plan to raise the permitted levels of sulphur in diesel to try to reduce oil production costs. The plan would raise the sulphur content to 0.5 percent from the current 0.05 percent, said Industry Minister Suwat Liptapallop.
China's Sinopec Star Petroleum aims to boose natural gas production at its biggest-ever gas discovery in the East China Sea due to encouraging new finds, a senior company official said on Tuesday.
The Narmada Bachao Andolan launched a satyagraha to demand the adequate resettlement and rehabilitation of oustees of the Maheshwar hydel power project in Madhya Pradesh on Sunday.
Govt asks for more time:The Delhi government has filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court seeking more time to implement the CNG scheme and also to express the practical problems which the trasport department is facing in converting Delhi Transport Corporation(DTC) buses from diesel to CNG.
Eleven power stations of National Thermal Power Cooperation (NTPC) have bagged the 'British Safety Council Awards' for the 1999 in recognition and commendation of services rendered for the cause of safety in these projects.
President Bill Clinton defended tapping the nation's emergency oil stockpile to help steer prices toward OPEC target range of $22 to $28 per barrel despite the Republican complaints that the move may be unlawful.
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has asked the federal government to verify newspaper reports that it pland to bury nuclear waste in the Thar desert, a move that could have enormous environmental implications for the region.
