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 …
Plans to sell off part of British Nuclear Fuels received another setback yesterday when Germany joined Japan in banning shipments of the company's mixed oxide fuel. Jurgen Trittin, Germany's environment minister, said safety doubts meant that resumption of German nuclear waste shipments to the company's Sellafield plant in north-west England …
In what appears to be the beginning of an outcry against the delays in the power sector in Karnataka and a direct fallout of the Deepak Parekh committee report, the Tannir Bhavi Power Corporation on March 2 filed a petition against the state government and the Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation. …
The World Bank has warned Pakistan that any further delay in government approval to Wapda's proposed financial restructuring plan could jeopardize the implementation of donors' priority investments, including that of the Ghazi Barotha project. The WB mission, which visited Pakistan last month, had discussed the energy agenda with the economic …
Ukraine's nuclear power authorities said yesterday a minor malfunction had shut the last working reactor at Ukraine's Chernobyl nuclear power plant just days after it was restarted following lengthy repair work. A spokeswoman for the state-run nuclear energy company Energoatom said radiation levels remained normal after Wednesday's cooling system leak …
Mr. C.R. Prasad, Chairman and Managing Director of Gas Authority of India was awarded the 'Best Energy Man of the Year' by the National Foundation of Engineers (NAFEN).
Britain has offered an apology to Japan for the falsification of data on British-supplied nuclear fuel, Japanese officials said. However, despite the apology, there were no signs that Tokyo was ready to lift a suspension on the fuel.
Union minister for environment and forests T R Baalu has outlined a five-point action programme for power sector organisations and National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) for protection of environment. He was speaking at an international conference on 'Power plant operation, efficiency and environmental protection' in New Delhi.
All the 1,467 families in the two coastal villages of Akkarpatti and Pofran, barely 80 km from Mumbai, will soon have to make way for the upcoming units III and IV of the Tarapur Atomic Power Plant (TAPP). By now the villagers ought to have been relocated by the state …
Gujarat forest and environment minister Kanjibhai Patel said that the state government's decision on the Bharat-Oman Oil Refinery (BORL) pipeline through the Saurashtra coast was in accordance with the ruling of the Gujarat High Court that the work should be carried out with minimum adverse effect on marine life.
Water Conservation Committee vice-president Hargovind Tanna told newspersons that the depth of Jamnagar city's Lakhota lake would be increased by another one-and-a-half to two feet at a cost of Rs four crore. The lake has been a major source of water for Rajkot.
The people of Navagam in Kalavad taluka, Jamnagar district of Gujarat have decided to construct 106 check dams around the village within the next four months to conserve water and ensure self-reliance in their requirements for water. The villagers, working together would construct nine such dams in a week's time.
The Rajkot Municipal Corporation had launched a project for drilling over 73 bores in and around the city of Rajkot for water in addition to the Wankaner pipeline project. The project was completed at a cost of Rs 8 crores recently and of the 73 bores drilled only 62 were …
The Congress(I) Legislature party(CLP) Secretary, Dr. M.V. Mysoora Reddy, demanded an inquiry by the Central Bureau of Investigation(CBI) into the award of the Rayalaseema Thermal Power Station Stage II Expansion Project(RTPP-II) to the Chinese firm, M/s. ZMEC.
National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) will create a special purpose vehicle (SPV) worth up to Rs 100 crore for environment protection and water management, Power Minister P R Kumaramangalam said here today.
The Bangalore State Transport Department, in association with the traffic police, launched joint-checking of vehicles in Bangalore city from today, to check violations of pollution norms, and plying of vehicles of other states without paying tax in Karnataka.
Two months after a serious nuclear accident in Tokaimura, Ibaraki Prefecture (Japan), a government panel studying plans to develop the nation's power sources remains unsure about when it will be able to hold its annual meeting.
The Oman Refinery Company (ORC) is to invest some $5.5 million to upgrade its refinery to produce unleaded gasoline by the year 2003, according to an official.
More than 24 hours after the wax hydrofinishing plant of the Digboi Refinery went ablaze nobody is sure as to how the mishap occurred. At around quarter past eleven yesterday morning, the entire Digboi township was jolted by a large explosion . Before the terror struck population of the town …
Coal-bed methane (CBM), once considered a dreadful mining hazard, has of late become a source of eco-friendly fuel for power generation. This is set to be discussed at an international seminar to be held in Calcutta on December 3.
Trade and Development Agency (TDA) of United States plans to hold a conference in Kathmandu from March 6 to 8 that will seek to expand trade opportunities for companies involved in energy and energy projects. The conference will cover opportunities in Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
