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 …
About sixty people representing diverse interests in the Indus Basin gathered at Tarbela Dam to participate in the first phase of the study that focuses on the development effectiveness of the Tarbela Project. The World Commission on Dams (WCD) study, one of the ten being conducted worldwide, is an important …
The Oil and Natural Gas Corporation finds itself in a piquant situation with some State Electricity Boards(SEBs) lifting gas well below the committed levels. Against the potential to supply more than 10 lakh cubic metres of gas daily from the Cauvery basin, the offtake is only around two lakh curbic …
The Government on Thursday rejected expert advice and blocked any move to clone human embryos for the production of tissue for transplants and a range of other medical treatments. Scientists, who had been expecting therapeutic cloning to be approved, said the decision would mean Britain lagging behind in an area …
The Coastal Action Network (CAN), a coalition of non-governmental organisations(NGOs), plans to legally contest the National Thermal Power Corporation's (NTPC) move to get the sire for the Cheyyur plant decalssified from Coastal Regulation Zone-I. A CAN press release said that NTPC's request for reclassification was legally unsustainable, since the issue …
The Chairman of the Rangamati Hill District Council, Ching Kew Roaza has underscored the need for setting up biogass plants in Chittagong Hill Tracts to check depletion of forests, biodiversity and development of environment. Terming them as vehicles of technology transfer and motivation, her urged the participants of the seminar …
A Parliamentary committee on energy has asked the Government to prepare a 'comprehensive plan' to accelerate the national programme on energy recovery from urban, municipal and industrial wastes. Expressing concern over the slow progress in utilising funds and realising targets under the programme, the standing committee on energy of the …
NTPC's 1,000 MW thermal power project to come up at Cheyyur, 90 km south of Chennai, is not likely to invite the provisions of the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) notification. The proposed boundary of the NTPC plant will be about 1.5 km from the CRZ limit.
Bangladesh is now facing a shortall of 190 million cubic feet gas per day as productions in two gas fields, Sangu and Jalabad, have remained suspened due to mismanagement by the gas field operators.
The government of Orissa has decided to set up a five million tonnes per annum liquefied natural gas(LNG) terminal at Gopalpur, in association with the Al Manhal International Group of UAE.
BSES Ltd is negotiating with Delhi government for a greenfield project for the capital in view of the Delhi's spiralling power requirement in the coming years. The proposal states that the main partners in the project be BSES and Gas Authority of India Ltd (GAIL). The proposal suggests that 45 …
The Construction Ministry and the Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry in Japan are to form a joint research committee to examine the use of rice paddies and forests to deal with flooding and droughts, it was learned Tuesday. The ministries have conducted separate research on the use of paddies and …
Pakistan natural gas reserves will be depleted by year 2010-2015 before new discoveries are developed if consumption does not ease, Petroleum Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan informed the National Assembly on Wednesday. The official APP news agency quoted him as saying that "if consumption of existing resources continues at a …
The Nuclear Safety Commission's subcommittee on nuclear reactor safety Wednesday approved the use of plutonium in the No. 3 reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station in Okumamachi, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. Following the subcommittee's decision, the commission is expected to give official approval for the use of plutonium at …
Amidst controversy over the violation norms, a study done by a reputed private agency has cleared the National Thermal Power Corporation's 1,000 MW South Chennai Thermal Power Project site in Cheyur, 95 km from Chennai, has allayed all fears. Following the standards maintained at the Super Thermal Power plant in …
A Centre for Wind Energy Technology(C-WET) has been set up by the Government in Tamil Nadu to undertake research and development, technology upgradation, testing, certification, standardisation and training for the wind power industry.
The Minister of State for Power and Energy, Mr. Shyam Rajak, has said 6,000 villages in Bihar wold get power by the end of this financial year under the rural electrification scheme.
Commercial vehicles manufacturer Ashok Leyland on Wednesday delivered the first eco-friendly bus run on compressed natural gas to the Delhi Transport Corporation(DTC).
Work on the Detailed Project Report(DPR) of the 2x1000 MW nuclear power project at Koodankulam has begun, the Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission and Secretary, Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), Dr. R. Chidambaram, said on Tuesday.
The air quality of Guiyang, the capital of southwest China's Guizhou Province, has been improved thanks to a Sino-British energy saving project, which is aimed at encouraging more industrial enterprises to enhance energy using efficiency and reducing pollution. Since the "Guizhou Energy Efficiency" project was initiated two years ago, the …
Delhi Government's Bawana phase II power project is apparently going the Bawana phase I way: nowhere. In a controversial move, which will certainly jeopardise the prospect of early commissioning of the 650 mw power project, Delhi government has offered the Rs 1600 crore project to US power ginat KLT Power …
