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 …
Allegations that the oil multinational Shell aided and abetted the torture and murder of Nigerian activists - including the executed writer Ken Saro-Wiwa - will be tested by a full jury trial in New York, after the oil company's attempts to have the case thrown out were rejected.Shell will also …
Kinko Kogen Hotel, a hillside resort in southern Kyushu, is trying something unique in Japan- supplying its own electricity by building a huge windmill on a nearby mountaintop.The 330 million yen project, the first of its kind in Japan, is expected to go on line in early October.
The Government has decided to create an energy efficiency fund both at the Centre and state level and formulate a comprehensive policy on energy conservation to improve conservation efforts in the country.
The National Bank for Agriculture & Rural Development (NABARD) has sanctioned RS 41.40 crore to the Government of Assam for sinking 30,000 shallow tune wells in 18 districts in the first phase under the Rural Infrastructure Development Programme of the Centre for the first time in the country, according to …
The Koyna Dam developed hairline cracks from tremors that rocked the region recently but the dam was not at risk, the dam's acting chief engineer said today.
The Dutch government has caved in to pressure over fuel taxes and produced a Fl455m package of measures to ease the cost on its road transport sector. The concession is the latest by a European government aimed at pacifying truck drivers, after they mounted blockades in several countries this month …
Bank Sarasin, one of Switzerland's leading private banks is setting up a company backed by up to $113m to specialise in financing new businesses worldwide in alternative energy technologies.
Truckers in Spain, Ireland and Poland joined Europe-wide protests against high petrol prices on Friday while Britain and Belgium struggled to recover from the paralysing effects of days of fuel blockades. Truckers in Spain, Ireland and Poland joined Europe-wide protests against high petrol prices on Friday while Britain and Belgium …
GE head Jack Welch harped on the need for power and rubbished the distinction between old and new economy businesses. Launching the GE India Technology Centre in Bangalore, Mr Welch said "India is dangerously close to starving itself of energy."
Australia's electricity industry has admitted thatderegulation of the national market for power is largely to blame for the massive surge inAustralia's greenhouse emissions.
Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma confirmed on Friday a decision to shut down by December 15 the last operating reactor at the Chernobyl plant, scene in 1986 of the world's worst civilian nuclear disaster.
Agreements for an investment of $7 billion by American firms in three Indian electricity generation projects have been signed in Washington among the may contracts entered into during the ongoing visit of the prime minister.
Local scientists are working on a suitable industrial standard for solar cells in a first step toward promoting the use of solar energy as a substitute for oil.Because foreign standards are not suitable for a hot and humid climate like Thailand, the Thai Solar Cells Standard Project would produce a …
Highlighting the progress of non-conventional energy sector in Maharashtra state energy minister Padamsinh Patil said that the 21 potential sites are estimated to produce around 1,000 mw of wind power.
Helen Liddell, the UK energy minister, will meet Saduyuki Hayashi, the Japanese Ambassador, in a bid to restore confidence in Britain's nuclear fuel industry. Mrs Liddell is expected to make a high-level apology to Japan over British Nuclear Fuel's suspected falsification of quality assurance data on a shipment of plutonium …
The Uttar Pradesh State Electricity Board(UPSEB) communique regarding removal of the Government of India clause in the case of Aditya Birla Grouip's Rs 2,600-crore Rosa Thermal Power Plant project of 567(283.5x2) mw in Shahjahanpur in association with the Power Gen, UK, has cleared all the bottlenecks of this project.
The Karnataka High Court today restored a petition seeking initiation of contempt of court proceedings against the secretary of Ministry of Environment and Forests, for the alleged non-compliance of its earlier order regarding environmental clearance granted to the Mangalore Power Company(MPC).
Traffic flowed relatively smoothly across Europe on Sunday as truckers, farmers and others angry about climbing fuel costs took a break after more than a week of protests.The German goverment was preparing measures to help commuters pay for gas and needy apartment dwellers pay for heating oil, the Finance Ministry …
