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 …
The first wind power project has been commissioned in Rajasthan at Amarsagar, in Jaisalmer district. The 2 MW wind electric project has been set up by the Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited on a turnkey basis.
Indian Oil Corporation is likely to withdraw from its earlier planned move to pick up 24 per cent equity stake in the 300-mw Surat thermal power project, jointly promoted by the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC)and the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC).
An ambitious project of the Department of Atomic Energy costing over Rs 16,000 crore to generate about 8000 megawatts of nuclear power by 2000, has completely gone haywire. The CAG report, tabled in Parliament on Friday, blames faulty planning and resource crunch of the DAE for the money being squandered.
Reacting sharply to the Bihar government's claim to electrify 5,000 villages during the next five months, Opposition leader Sushil Kumar Modi said the Bihar State Electricity Board (BSEB) should first ensure power supply to the 10,000 villages which are already electrified.
Enron has completed 30 per cent construction of its 1,444-mw power station and the associated liquefied natural gas(LNG) terminal of its 2,450 mw power project, set up by its subsidiary, Dabhol Power Company(DPC) at Guhagar in Maharashtra.
A straight fight between ancient beliefs and business is unfolding in Colombia where the U'wa tribesmen are threatening to commit mass suicide after a us oil firm, Occidental Petroleum Corporation (opc) , won drilling rights in their ancestral lands, reports Reuters . "We are looking at the information to see …
Residents of Tannery Road, Bangalore are facing a severe problem of potable water supply due to various defaulting tanneries which are contaminating the local borewell and the BWSSB sewers with untreated hazardous sludge. Borewell water in the area has become progressively saltier and citizens have to buy their drinking water …
American Energy Group to go ahead with exploration plans : The American Energy Group Ltd (AMEL) has announced that it plans to drill an exploratory well early next year in its Jacobabad oil and gas concession remain unchanged despite the October 12 change in government.
The Government is considering legislation to regulate use of Liquefied Petroleum Gas(LPG) as automotive fuel in view of its environmental benefits. The report of an expert committee to examine the feasibility of LPG as auto fuel is being examined in this context.This was disclosed here today by the Petroleum and …
The Hyderabad-based Shri Shakti LPG Ltd, has developed two innovative conversion kits to run 3-wheelers and portable gensets on LPG. The kits have been developed in association with Automotive Research Association of India(ARAI).
Rajasthan is expected to receive the first instalment of the proposed $60 crore World Bank (WB) loan for power sector reforms in February next year, an official statement said at Jaipur on Wednesday.
The UK government is expected to soften the blow of the $2.90bn climate change levy by offering larger rebates for energy intensive industries when it announces the details next month.
Faced with sharp financial constraints on account of the Narmada project, Chief Minister Keshubhai Patel has asked the Centre to provide a sum of more than Rs 2,200 crore for the project's early implementation.
Oil India Ltd (OIL) has suspended operations in its Khagorigan Oil fields in Assam following an agitation by the local villagers against alleged pollutin caused in the river Brahmaputra.Oil was expected to extract crude oil from the field from August 15, but the operations had to be suspended after the …
Indian Oil Corporation(IOC) is seeking mega power project status for all residue-based power plants. This assumes significance as Hindustan Petroleum Corpn and the Reliance group are also setting up residue-based power projects in Visakhaptanam and Jamnagar respectively.
India's progress in agricultural production has largely been helped by the availability of irrigation. The main objective of the national perspective plan for water resources is to gainfully utilise the surplus water availabile in some rivers by transferring it to river systems in the water -scare tracts. It is disappointing …
Ontario Power Generation, the Canadian electricity utility, has bought credits to cover the emission of 2.5m tonnes of carbon dioxide from Zahren Alternative Power Corporation, a Connecticut-based operator of landfill gas collection and energy projects. Zahren generates the credits by collecting and burning methane gas at landfill sites to generate …
People of Garturang village in Khairang VDC of makawanpur district, who drink milk, curd and whey instead of water, have still been deprived of drinking water facility.
