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 Indian Oil Corporation will drop its Nagapattinam project if the detailed feasibility report indicates that capacity of the 0.5 million tonne Cauvery basin refinery (CBR) in Tamil Nadu cannot be expanded to nine million tonnes.
Academics and local people protesting against the Thai-Malaysian gas pipeline project may petition the Constitutional Court against the government for allowing the project to proceed without prior public hearings.
Funding for wind energy projects by public sector Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (Ireda)more than doubled in 1998-99 with sanctions touching Rs 274.84 crore as compared to Rs 111.39 crore in 1997-98.
Even as Narmada Bachao9 Andolan (NBA) leader MS Medha Patkar's indefinite fast in the Dhule jail on the Narmada dam issue has emtered the fourth day today, a delegation met Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Mr Gopinath Munde in Dhule and invited hime to open a debate on availability of land …
The Central Electricity Authority (CEA) granted techno-economic clearance to the Rs 4,049 crore Rihand Thermal Power Project State-II in Uttar Pradesh.
In a movie plot come to life, a Northern Arizona University geologist is preparing to excavate and clone a woolly mammoth from DNA. The geologist, Dr. Larry D. Agenbroad, is part of an international team of scientists whose first task is to cut the cloning candidate -- the likes of …
Citizens for Alternatives to Nuclear Energy (Cane), an NGO, will hold a protest at the Kaiga nuclear power station in Uttara Kannada district on November1, demanding that the second unit of the Kaiga Nuclear power project should not go in for commercial production until questions on safety and other issues …
A number of forest plants in Western Rajasthan, mainly desert areas, have been found to be potential source of non-edible oil, according to scientists of the Arid Forest Research Institute , Jodhpur. In a paper submitted at recent national symposium on 'Forestry towards 21st century' , Jodhpur, the scientists said …
Hundreds of people inhabiting areas close to oilfields in Assam are being exposed to serious health hazards with the country's two largest oil exploration companies discharging toxic and indiscriminately flaring natural, endangering humans, flora, and fauna.
The Japanese governemnt yesterday ordered a nationwide inspection of all nuclear fuel production facilities in an attempt to ease mounting public fears about the safety of the country's nuclear energy programme.
Maruti will be in a position to make all its vehicles Euro-II emission norms compliant by the year end with the introduction of advanced fuel injection systems by the Indian subsidiary of Japanese auto major Denso Corporation.
Alarmed and embarrassed by the nation's worst ever nuclear power authorities on Monday said that they would launch nationwide safety checks on all nuclear facilities.
Japan's nuclear accident received prominent attention across Europe, having the strongest impact in Germany where the government is committed to closing down its nuclear power plants.
Encouraged by successful fields of trial in using oil extracted from Honge (Pongamia) tree in operating diesel engines, the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) , Bangalore, has put forth a viable strategy to phase out the import of diesel saving vital foreign exchange.
Tough environmental regulations, coming into effect next year, are driving the state electricity boards to test imported coal to fuel their power projects, thereby opening up a hunge market in India for coal imports.
Privatise power generation because there's no other way to raise capital. That't the conventional wisdom. This thinking is flawed, says Arun Ghosh in a paper for the Asian Transport Journal. He argues that State Electricity Boards (SEBs) should be allowed to raise resources themselves.
After a gap of nearly 15 years, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd struck oil at its mother project in Cambay basin. Although intially oil has been discovered in just one well in the Akoljuni area, the mood in the ONGC camp in Cambay basin is upbeat.
Gentlemen might prefer them but brunettes can finally relax-- blondes are dying out. A new book out in Britain says natural blondes rely on a recessive gene for their cachet and are steadily being overrun by mobile, darker-haired gene carriers. "There's no question that the natural blonde is an endangered …
The Power Ministry on Friday drew up an action plan to step up India's installed power generation capacity to 2,4,000 MW by 2012. These projections have been worked out keeping in mind the peaking demand of 1,76,647 MW by the end of the Eleventh five year plan, Power Ministry P …
