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 …
Stateowned Bharat Heavy Electric Limited (Bhel) has bagged a RS 75 crore order from Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) for setting up a 20 MW gas turbine-based cogeneration power plant at IOC's Barauni refinery in Bihar. The order comes close on the heels of a Rs 100 crore turnkey contract for …
The pioneer in quality movement in India, Indian Oil's Mathura Refinery has been awarded the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi National Quality Award in the "best of all category", instituted by the Bureau of Indian Standards.
Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) President Nobuya Minami on Friday told Fukushima Prefecture Gov. Eisaku Sato that a plan to use plutonium-uranium mixed oxide fuel at the power firm's Fukushima No. 1 nuclear reactor from February will be shelved until a review proves the Belgian-processed fuel is safe.
Sweden's controversial policy to abandon nuclear power - the source of half its electricity - took a significant step forward, when the first of 12 nuclear reactors was closed.
By 2010, electricity suppliers will be obliged to get an extra 2per cent of their energy from renewable sources such as wind and solar power. Green groups and electricity suppliers yesterday applauded Australian Government's decision to increase the role of "green energy" in the supply of electricity.
Omar calls for integrity of Kirthar park : Pakistan's Federal Minister for Environment and Local Government Omar Asghar Khan has emphasized that the integrity of the Kirthar National Park should be preserved while conducting an assessment of the gas potential in the area. "Any such effort in this concession area …
The Ganga has been rated as one of the most polluted rivers in the world. A World Commission on Water states that only three per cent of the Ganga water is safe to drink. The water levels in the river are so depleted and polluted that the Sunderbans wetlands and …
A reassessment of gross potential of non-conventional energy sources being currently undertaken by the Ministry of Non-conventional Energy Sources (MNES) has upgraded India's potential realisation in the wind power sector from 20,000 MW to 45,000 MW.
Over the years residents of this capital city may have had reason to boast of a pollution-free environment. Of late, however, air pollution created by the Gujarat Electrcity Board (GEB) thermal power station in the north of the city has become a cause of concern.
By refusing to join a group of 14 States who have formulated their own policies for tapping non-conventional energy sources based on the guidelines to this effect prescribed by the Ministry of Non-Conventional Energy Sources (MNES), a naturally-endowed but power-scarce Kerala has neglected a potentially good source of power.
