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 …
Woodchips from clear-felled native forests will be classified as a renewable energy source under federal legislation aimed at controlling Australia's greenhouse emissions.Environment Minister Robert Hill has confirmed that "wood wastes" from native forests are acceptable for incineration in biomass power plants.
The British Government is set to give its cautious go-ahead this week to the cloning of human embryos for therapeutic research, according to media reports today.
Nationwide protests against high fuel prices have plunged Britain into crisis, putting lives and jobs at risk, British prime minister Tony Blair said. Industry leaders warned the economy would start to shut down within days if fuel supplies were not resumed.
Rising gas prices caused by the surge in the world oil markets are forcing European manufacturers to aggregate their buying power in a bid to lower energy costs. Heavy energy users such as steel and chemicals companies are facing increasing pressure on their margins as the price of gas follows …
The vision is so grand that officials involved in its early planning seem to have trouble getting their heads around it : a 10,000-kilometre gas pipeline and associated electricity grid reaching all of Asean's 10 member nations. "It's evolutionary, not revolutionary," says Asean Secretariat energy official Robert Teh."What we're trying …
Environmental organizations and indigenous communities are already declaring victory, upon learning of a recent verdict by the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court (Sala IV), which on Sept. 8 voted to overturn a concession allowing for oil exploration along Costa Rica's Caribbean coast.In effect, the verdict annuls the contract that, …
This windy fishing town of Tomamae that once boasted a thriving herring industry, is again drawing national attention, this time as a showcase for Japan's burgeoning windmill power-generation industry.This summer, the town with a population of 4,500 was full of life, as hundreds of people, many from electric power companies, …
India has decided to throw open the Narora Atomic Power Station (NAPS) for international peer review by the World Association of Nuclear Operators (WANO).
For the first time in decades, the phrase 'energy crisis' is being bandied about by US and natural gas executives, amid mounting evidence that the ability of the US energy supply system to meet potential demand this winter is increasingly problematic.
The sight of protestors blockading oil refineries in Europe, and US politicians complaining at crude prices, has remined the world's carmakers of the potential for alternative fuels. So far, however, the inroads made by alternative fuels have been strictly limited. One reason remains price.
Largescale use of the banned DDT-contanied dicofol for controlling coconut mite has drawn strong protests from farmers, environmentalists and some grama panchayats in Kerala. The presticide has been sprayed on coconut palms in different parts of the State since December 1.
The Japanese parliament approved two bills aimed at dealing with any serious nuclear mishap. One bill calls for periodic inspection of nuclear-fuel processing facilities, and the other stipulates that the central government is responsible for dealing with nuclear accidents.
The Maharashtra Krishna Valley Development Corporation's (MKVDC) decision to raise the height of ten major dams in western Maharashtra following denial of environmental clearance to four projects is likely to spark of protest from environmentalists and the project-affected people as well.
HC order for CBI probe quashed: The Supreme Court today set aside a judgement of the Karnataka High Court directing a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation into alleged kickbacks paid in connection with the 1000-MW Mangalore Power Project proposed to be set up by the U.S. concern, Cogentrix, …
The Bangladesh Ministry of Forest and Environment failed to implement its programme of checking black smoke emitting from the vehicles due to non-cooperation from other ministries related to environment in the last two years.
The Narora Atomic Power Station (NAPS-1 and 2) would be reviewed by London-based World Association of Nuclear Operators(WANO) next month for safety and other operation standards.
Germany said it will introduce by next July an electricity trading system to encourage the use of relatively clean combined heat and power (CHP) power production. The system would allow the avoidance of 50 million tonnes 9mnt) of carbon dioxide emissions in 2010, up 23 mnt on the level achieved …
Large energy intensive industries are showing renewed interest in wind power generation for captive consumption as better technology and improved financing mechanisms bring down capital costs.
Prime Minister Tony Blair summoned top ministers for emergency talks on Tuesday in a bid to prevent Britain's worst fuel shortage for 25 years snowballing into a national crisis.
