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 …
ABB, the Swiss electrical engineering and automation group, set out its stall as a provider of "green" energy solutions with a plan to triple its revenues from alternative energy technologies in the next five years. The company aims to increase sales from "renewable" and small scale electricity generation projects from …
The World Bank defied warnings from environmental and human rights groups and approved nearly 200 million dollars for an oil pipeline in Chad and Cameroon that critics say threatens the local population.
The Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction (BIFR), while deciding not to pass any orders on the status of sickness of Renewable Energy Systems Ltd (RESL), has made it clear that delays on the part of any involved agencies will not be tolerated.
Gerhard Schroder, German chancellor, has struck a deal with RWE, the country's biggest power utility, which could clear the way for a wider agreement on shutting the country's 20 nuclear power stations.
209 tons of LP gas imported by the Union LP Gas Limited of Mongla (Bangladesh) have been unloaded after a tug of war between the importer and the Customs authority. The environmentalists groups of Khulna and Bagerhat protested the import of gas saying that it was harmful to mankind and …
The Birla-Powergen-sponsored 578 MW Bina project in Madhya Pradesh may become the first casualty of the delays caused by repeated court cases over award of escrow account cover in the state.
the 4,000 mw Hirma project in Orissa, the country's first mega power project, has hit a roadblock with most of the beneficiary states not being able to support the project due to dunds crunch. Confirming this, a top official said , "Given the cash flow position through the central devolution, …
Study : The mythological river Saraswati existed in the Thar Desert before completely drying up around 1,000 years ago, according to an ongoing study. The river, which finds mention in Rig Veda, originated in the Himalayas and passed through desert areas of northern and western Rajasthan, Central Ground Water Authority …
Two lignite-based power projects of 600 MW each in Barmer district of Rajasthan, are hanging fire. Letters of intent for both these projects were issue to Raj West Power, owned by the scion of the former royal family of Jaipur, about three years ago.
Power trading between deficit and surplus regions, restricted to Power Trading Corporation until now, is likely to be opened up to the private sector as well. The Electricity Bill 2000, which was circulated by the power ministry, allows setting up of private power trading and energy service companies. This is …
The third power disruption in a week which plunged the city into darkness for hours on Sunday night as a result of tripping in the Sabarmati plant is now being attributed to, among other thins, " usage of poor quality water" in the power plant. Western areas of the city …
The work on the Diesel Power plant at Mylatti near Kasargod, which was stalled following an agitation launched by the local people and environmentalists resumed this morning with the officials of the Kasargod Power Corporation and the workers entering te site of the plant with police protection on the strength …
General Manager, Wapda Dr Izharul Haque, who is also Chief of Tarbela Power House, urging immediate start of construction of Kalabagh Dam, has predicted that Ethiopia like situation would develop in Pakistan if any new dam is not built in the country till 2008.He was briefing a delegation of journalists …
Japan's second-biggest utility, Kansai Electric Power Co Inc, on Friday said that it had started to manually shut down a 500,000 kilowatt nuclear reactor after discovering a small leak of primary cooling water. The leak was discovered at around 6.30 am(IST) on Friday, and the company started steps t manually …
Celera Genomics Group completed a mjor step toward deciphering the entire human genetic blueprint, adding fuel to a rally in genomics stocks. The biotechnology company said it sequenced 99 percent of all the human genetic material in seven months. It will now use supercomputers to figure out how the DNA …
The concern about nuclear waste contaminating the sea and beaches has led the Danish and Irish governments to call for the closure of Sellafield's spent-fuel reprocessing plant, which opened only in 1993. The two governments' demands were just part of a recent cascade of bad news for the plant.
The battle to contain the fire raging at the refinery in Laem Chabang industrial estate (Thailand) was continuing through the night, and experts said it could take another day to die down. There was no way the flames could be put out, fire-fighters said. All they could do was try …
Using Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT), Indian astronomers in Pune have come up with some exciting results that would help understand better a mysterious black hole located at the centre of our galaxy - the Milky Way.
Project developers and investors met in Nepal this week to discuss potential investment in over 30 projects in oil and gas, mining, power generation, refining, liquefied natural gas and petrochemicals in South Asia. Government officials and business representatives attending the Energy South Asia conference organised by the US Trade and …
