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 …
Is the kismet of Karachi going to take a dramatic turn on becoming an oil or gas field in the near future? The answer will lies in the results of a seismic survey that is to be carried out shortly by a consortium comprising three international oil, gas exploration and …
Automobiles emit 250 times more dioxin than previously thought : Automobiles annually discharge 17 grams of highly toxic dioxin in the country--a rate 250 times higher than that previously estimated by the government, according to a recent survey conducted by Japan's National Institute for Environmental Studies. Direct exposure to that …
Japan Atomic Power Co. (Genden) has decided to decommission its Tsuruga No. 1 reactor in Fukui Prefecture around 2010, officials of the firm said Friday. The Tsuruga No.1 reactor began operating 30 years ago as the first domestic light-water reactor. The reactor, a boiled-water type light-water reactor, has a power …
The major electricity agency holds Thailand's government to blame for its problems. The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) said yesterday that its surplus generating capacity, which has sharply increased costs, stemmed from state planning. PriceWaterhouse Coopers, a consultancy, said in a report this week power charges could be 7% …
In this "solar capital" of Germany lives the solar king, Mr. Georg Salvamoser, also an "ecological saint" to may. Head of three private enterprises - Solar Fabrik(SF) producing and distributing photo-voltaic (PV) units tht generate electricity; Solar Energie System (SES) installing PV plants and Solarstorm AG (SAG) renting roofs and …
The large potential of Uttar Pradesh has remained vastly underused and a number of porjects have been languishing for want of funds for the past many years.The exact status of these projects is not known, their development is slow, and it needs to be speeded up, says the PHD Chamber …
Earthlings can now heave a sigh of relief, as contrary to popular belief, the earth is not heading towards doomsday and that the universe is younger than perceived, if the conclusions of US astronomers are to be believed.Top astronomers of the Hubble space telescope key project team have announced their …
Scientists who created Dolly the sheep, the world's first cloned mammal, have said she has slight DNA damage that could have an impact on how cloning technology is used in the future.Dolly and two other cloned sheep have shorter telomeres - the tiny strands of DNA at the end of …
The Union Ministry for Non-Conventional Energy Sources (MNES) is in the process of preparing a medium-term renewable energy programme to boost the share of power from renewable sources from the present 1.5 per cent of the national total to 10 per cent by 2012.The programme will be a part of …
Chairman of Assam Pollution Control Board(APCB) Lakshminandan Bora visited different drilling and production installations of the ONGC fields in Sivasagar district to get himself personally acquainted with the anti-pollution measures undertaken there.
Conscious of opposition from a section of the local people, Enron officials went out of their way to pander to local sentiments at the Dabhol power plant's inaugural programme on Tuesday. However about 500 people, including former high court judge B G Kolse Patil, staged a dharna near Anjanvel Phata …
Members of three major trade union organisations with the Maharashtra State Electricity Board,Nagpur observed 'protest day' against the dedication of Phase I of Enron power project, on Tuesday.
US power utility Enron Power Corporation has pulled out its joint venture with KPP Nambiar Associates for the 513 mw Rs 1,407 crore combined cycle power project at Kannur in Kerala.
A total of 2200-MW electricity will be added to the National Grid of Power Development Board (PDB) by the year 2002, said Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, while inaugurating the construction work of the country's largest ever power plant in the private sector under Narayanganj District.
The state government has linked speical financial benefit to efficiency in generation of power for any independent power developers in the nonconventional power sector to preempt any attempt by them to take advantage of the 100 depreciation in the first year of production and then dispose of the plant. The …
Over 18 per cent of the Capital's potable water is being supplied to non-domestic consumers for purposes other than drinking and cooking, even as Delhi is in the grip of an acute water shortage. The Delhi Jal Board supplies close to 110 million gallons a day of drinking water to …
The Delhi government has permitted eight more automobile manufacturers including Ford, Honda, TELCO and Mercedes Benz to register their Euro-I complaint vehicles in the national capital region(NCR).
The Tamil Nadu Electricity Bord(TNEB) has approved the proposed expansion of the Pillai-perumalnallur combined cycle power project. The approval has been given to Apollo Infrastructure Projects Finance Co Ltd, the main promoter of the first phase.The expansion will be carried out by a separate company that will be named PPN …
The West Bengal State Electrification Board (WBSEB) has prepared a Rs 360-crore project for electrification of the new township being set up by the State Housing department at Rajarhat in the north eastern fringes of the city.
Dangerously high levels of radioactive contamination have again been found, by Greenpeace, on the sea bed off France's giant La Hague nuclear reprocessing complex, highlighting the continued failure of the French Government and its regulatory agencies to protect the marine environment and public health. Sediment collected by divers operating from …
