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 …
Enron, the US energy group, is to build a $175m private power plant to meet growing needs in Croatia as the country seeks to rebuild its economy following the civil war.
A British firm is setting up a power plant in Bangladesh, initiating the multinationals's investment in the sector that holds out high prospects. The groundbreaking ceremony of the 9,9-mw power plant of Meghna Energy Ltd., Bangladesh, owned by Rolls-Royce Power Ventures of UK.
Thailand's Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai yesterday shot down a call by the City to shift oil facilities out of Bangkok. "It's easy to talk about moving the depots but hard to put into practice," he said. Oil facilities could be moved out if they posed a danger to the public …
The public sector Bharat Heavy Electricals (BHEL) has taken a giant stride in developing technology to check air pollution through its indigenous "catalytic converter," a device attached to exhausts of automobiles to filter harmful gases, next only to a US company in the world.
US multinationsl Enron is planning to set up more greenfield power projects in India besides acquiring some power plants to increase its presence in India.
Activists of the environmnetal group Greenpeace painted warning signs on a Greek vessel at the world's largest shipbreaking yard on Wednesday, protesting the dangers of hazardous waste from discarded Western ships. Inflatable boats carried banners highlightiang the dangers to workes from ships brought for dismantling to Alang in Gujarat as …
The Government yesterday admitted for the first time that heavy water with radioactive tritium above limits set by the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board was released into the Rana Pratap Sagar Lake from Rajasthan Atomic Power Station (RAPS) in May last year.
The naphtha-based power plant over Tannirbhavi where the Gurupura river meets the Arabian Sea, promoted by Euro India Power Canara Pvt Ltd recently conducted a public hearing to register objections agains the project. This project promoted by a consortium is one of the four barge mounted power projects to come …
A chemical explosion Wednesday morning at a nuclear bomb factory in Oak Ridge, Tenn., (U.S) injured three workers, one seriously, and contaminated a fourth worker with uranium. The incident occurred about 9:30 a.m. as workers tried to clean up a mixture of sodium and potassium that had been spilled last …
The Union power ministry has set up a special committee under the chairmanship of the power secretary to suggest alternate ways to meet the deadline set by the environment ministry for mandatory use of washed coal.
Putting the blame for a February nuclear accident squarely on Consolidated Edison, New York Gov. George E. Pataki signed a bill today requiring the company to repay customers more than $100 million collected to pay expenses from the accident and prohibiting it from collecting tens of millions more. The governor's …
Fuel-tax protestors promised the UK a "new winter of discontent" as anger about the high price of oil spread across the channel from France. In France, while the government appeared to presuaded drivers' leaders to accept a deal based on limited cuts in fuel taxes and a compensation system to …
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) predicts a gradual decline of world oil prices through 2001 because supply will slightly exceed demand. "Our base case projections imply that, while average crude prices will have risen over $9 per barrel in 2000, an average decline of $4-$5 per barrel is seen …
The Shell Foundation, UK and Shell Renewables India Pvt. Ltd, have taken up a major initiative to promote the use of alternative renewable energy sources. As part of its global initiatives to popularise the use of non-conventional energy sources, Shell Foundation has taken up the 'Synergy 2000' series of conferences …
The Dutch government bowed to objections from politicians and pressure groups and backed down from allowing gas exploration in an environmentally sensitive coastal region. Three ministers told parliament that uncertainities over the environmental impact of drilling in Waddenzee, an area of wetlands in the north of the country, meant they …
The number of rural families demanding the installation of Solar Home System has increased drastically after the Nepal Government announced to provide the system at a subsidized rate last year.
The government of Thailand yesterday ordered a one-month shutdown of Thai Oil Co's refinery and a run of safety checks at 100 other petroleum and petrochemical plants nationwide. Under an order issued by the Industrial Works Department, the Thaioil refinery and its tank farms in Si Racha district, Chon Buri, …
An elaborate plan, by which the Maharashtra Government would secure import duty concessions to the Dabhol Power company and which in turn could lead to a lower project cost is being contemplated. Dabhol has put up a power utlity on the Konkan coast as a subsidiary of the U.S. based …
