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 …
Nepal's national exchequer will earn a cool 29 million US dollars in royalties and taxes the first year once the 750 megawatt West Seti hydroelectric project comes on line and begins exporting power to neighbouring Indian states. As the years go by and royalty and tax rates keep piling up, …
Investors interested in developing Tanzania's vast renewable energy resources will benefit from financial incentives from the government. The country has also simplified procedures for investing in solar, wind and micro-hydropower projects, government officials announced in Arusha last week the incentives include a 100 per cent depreciation allowance in the first …
People living in Kalkaji, Nehru Place, Mayfair garden, Vasant Kunj and many other places in the Capital and its adjoining districts, including Noida, Gurgaon and Ghaziabad, are giving up on tap water. With firms eager to supply mineral water at the doorstep, more and more households are finding it convenient …
Bangladesh's gas based industries, power plants and domestic consumers are likely to face severe problems in the year 2000 as the construction of Rashidpur Ashuganj Gas Pipeline Project has become uncertain. The 82-milometer Rashidpur Ashuganj Transmission Project was approved by ECNEC in March 1998. The estimated cost of the project …
Chinese inspectors have criticised shoddy construction associated with the Three Gorges Dam, likening several bridges built to assist in the resettlement of local people to "the dregs of bean curd (tofu)". "Tofu scum" construction related to Three Gorges resettlement will be resolutely demolished and rebuilt," the Beijing Daily quoted provincial …
The stage is being set for another showdown of sorts between the promoters of 'development' on the one hand and the victims of 'progress' on the other with Karnataka Power Corporation Ltd (KPCL) have decided to start work on what is commonly known in this region as the 'Sarapady project' …
The Dadri-based plant of the National Thermal Power Corporation(NTPC) recently launched the ISO 14001 programme to implement the Environment Management System effectively. The programme was launched to mark the World Environment Day.
Twenty eight biomass power projects, mostly bagasse-based, with aggregate capacity of 141 mw have been commissioned in the country till December 31, 1998, according to official estimates.
Twenty-eight biomass power projects, mostly bagasse-based, with an aggregate capacity of 141 mw were commissioned in the country till December 31, 1998, according to official estimates.
In an exercise lasting 86 days,a fire raging at an offshore platform about 160 km off Mumbai due to uncontrolled flow of gas from a well, was put out early yesterday. "An 86-day well control activity comes to an end", Oil and Natural Gas Corporation(ONGC) said yesterday in a release …
Ever since Dolly the sheep was famously cloned more than two years ago, scientists have been troubled by a nagging question : Will an infant animal that is a genetic photocopy of an adult live a full life, or will the advanced years of its "parent" make it older too? …
The pollution from Mathura Refinery has been much lower than that from refineries in developed countries. The dream of making Mathura Refinery an eco-friendly living monument could be translated into reality if the sustained efforts made since its designing state continue. The latest effort to further reduce the pollution level …
Greenpeace activists set up a solar-powered personal computer on Saturday outside Sydney's aquarium to urge tourists to e-mail the Australian government demanding greater protection demanding greater protection for the Great Barrier Reef.
Ten schools from Kerala have been selected for the international solidarity for solar energy conservation project. The 10 selected schools were recommended by the Energy Management Centre.
The Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) will take up the proposals of PowerGen Indian Pvt Ltd and Cogentrix Energy Inc of the US at its meeting scheduled for Monday.
The Mir space station has endured near-disaster to become a symbol of international co-operation, but lack of funds may bring it down to earth : a report.
The Union Power Ministry has called a meeting of senior officials of the Kerala Power Department and Kerala State Electricity Board at New Delhi on Friday to review the progress of the private power projects, in which the performance of the State had been dismal. The projects that would come …
The prospect of significant oil and gas discoveries on Canada's west coast has increased after the government of British Columbia hired a consultant to undertake a two-month study on offshore exploration in the region. The announcement was the first sign the provincial government was willing to seriously consider lifting a …
