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 …
Hong Kong legislators have supported delaying a scheme that will give rebates to consumers who buy energy-saving appliances, so that they can be given more choices. Under the scheme, residential households and developers buying such appliances, would be given rebates ranging from $20 for compact fluorescent lamps to $300 for …
The importance of promoting largescale usage of renewable energy sources including solar, wind, and bio-mass in India, will be focal points of discussion at a three-day "Millennium International Conference on Renewable Energy Technologies" to be held in Chennai from February 9.
A millennium international conference on renewable energy technologies (RETs) and an internaitonal expo on these technologies (Renewtch) will be held at Chennai from February 9--12. Renewable energy sources are expected to contribute at least 10 per cent to the total generation.
The Electronics Research and Development centre, Thiruvananthapurm, (ER&DCT;) has developed what it calls the Intelligent Power Controller which, when working in tandem with a wind electric generator, reduces the reactive power import, long considered the Achilles' heel of the system, to practically nil and also considerably improves power generation at …
Srinivas: Opposition Janata Dal (Secular) leader in the Karnataka legislative council K H Srinivas charged on Monday that the state government had hatched up a conspiracy to discourage the US-based Cogentrix company and promote Enron, another MNC, to take up the power project near Mangalore.
China has developed a more efficient way to convert natural gas into petrochemical materials using micorwave catalyzing technology, opening up a new way to better use natural gas resources. The technology will increase the one-way C2 hydrocarbon yeild rate to 70 percent in using the traditional method, while the highest …
After more than three years of preparation, China is implementing a project designed to turn solar and wind energy into electricity for people living in remote areas. The Inner Mongolia and Tibet autonomous regions and Gansu Province will pioneer the use of renewable energy in the country.
Truckers, farmers and fishermen stagedfuel-price protests from the North Sea to the Mediterranean today as divisions deepened among European governments on how to deal with the continuing unrest. Traffic was disrupted in Spain, Germany and Sweden. In Ireland, most of the country's fishermen tethered their boats in a 24-hour work …
A new study released on Monday said the U.S. has experienced a sizable increase in energy efficiency, allowing lower fuel bills for consumers and less carbon emission pollution as a measure of the economy. The report by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy organisation ranked all 50 states and …
India's ambitious plan to utilise energy sources from ocean will get a definite shape by the end of the year when an experimental floating ocean thermal energy conversion plant is expected to be put in place.The 1 MW plant will be established off Tuticorin coast in Tamil Nadu in a …
Controversial shipments of nuclear fuel from Britain to a Japanese power company have been suspended after the British company admitted that it falsified data on quality levels, a power company spokesman said last week.
Uganda has finally started installing solar units for the long awaited solar rural electrification programme after two commercial banks agreed to guarantee loans for importers of equipment and extend credit to consumers. The two banks are Centenary Rural Development Bank, which will provide loans to importers and the Uganda Women …
With the Delhi Government struggling hard to meet the March 31 deadline for converting its Delhi Transport Corporation fleet into CNG, it is now seeking the assistance of the British Government to implement its plan of a new eco-friendly "Green Transport" concept for the capital.
In their efforts to cut down power bills, clean up the environment and earn additional revenue, Indian sugar mills are increasingly turning to bagasse - using this cane by-product to generate electricity.Current estimate show that 3,500 mw power can be generated from bagasse in the existing 430 sugar mills in …
The British government on Thursday demanded a full explanation from British Nuclear Fuels Ltd after Japan rejected a controversial shipment of plutonium from Briain. Japanese nuclear generator Kansai Electric confirmed that its Takahama 4 Power Station would not be using MOX(mixed oxides) from BNFL delivered in October after quality assurance …
The latest controversy involving Kannur Power Project Ltd (KPPL),proposed to be set up by K.P.P. Nambiar and Associates in Kannur district of Kerala, is turning out to be a major issue for the State Government.
Splits within Germany's centre-left coalition threatened to delay plans to offer help for those worse affected by soaring oil prices. The Green Party, junior partner in the administration of Gerhard Schroder, chancellor, rejected proposals to give extra tax relief to motorists commuting long distances.
A new draft policy for development of renewable sources of energy is under consideration of the government. Attempts are being made to ensure that non-conventional energy generation is given a fair treatment in the draft Electricity Bill, 2000, said the minister for non-conventional energy sources, M Kannappan.
The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and the United State Energy Association (USEA) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to set up a joint Indo-US private sector trade and investment working group for clean energy and environment.
The European Commission denied a British newspaper report that it planned to scrap its research programmes into energy efficiency and renewable sources of power. The Independent on Sunday said the Commissioner in charge of energy policy at the European Union's executive body, Loyola de Palacio, was planning to scrap the …
