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 …
Greenpeace has called on countries of the European Union to seize the opportunity presented by the closure of Ignalian unit 1, and permaently close one of the world's most dangerous nuclear power plants. The second reactor has been closed since April for maintenance which means that Lithuania is now relying …
Bangladesh on Thursday ruled out export of natural gas to India saying it could be considered only after evaluation of its domestic demand. "We want to evaluate our gas reserves and work out how much our domestic requirements are. Only after our domestic requirements are met, we would go for …
The Tamil Nadu Electricity Board(TNEB) has taken a formal decision not to buy power from the units put up under the board's Captive Power Policy, any more, accordign to TNEB's Member(Generation), Mr. Justin Paul.
National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC), the country's largest generating company, faces an uphill task tying up future project loans from the World Bank and Asian Development Bank (ADB). Both multilateral agencies have expressed grave concern over NTPC's mounting outstanding, thanks to huge payment defaults by several SEBs.
The Gujarat High Court has handed out significant directions to Reliance Petroleum Ltd and the state government outlining steps they have to take for ensuring that crude oil and spillage system did not have any adverse effect an ecology.
The Ministry of environment and forests is considering setting up a consultative advisory council to address the burning problem of vehicular emission and other related issues.
The Japan Nuclear Cycle Development Institute and the Russia Atomic Reactors Scientific Research Institute signed a contract in Tokyo on Tuesday for joint research into the conversion of plutonium, recovered from scrapped Russian nuclear weapons, into fuel for nonmilitary use. The project is the world's first example of international cooperation …
The volume of oil spilled by Royal Dutch/Shell's Nigerian unit fell more than 30 percent to 50,200 barrels in 1998 from 76,000 barrels the year before, the company said. In its annual report on the environment, Shell said the number of spills decreased slightly to 242 from 254 in 1997. …
Sindh Governor Moinuddin Haider has formed a high-level committee to look into the issue of grant of licence for petroleum exploration to a multinational company in the Kirthar National Park. The committee, headed by the chief secretary, and consisting of representatives of Premier Exploration Pakistan Ltd (PEPL), various government departments …
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission said it will hold a July 8 public meeting to discuss the environmental impact from U.S. utilities forming regional transmission organisations (RTOs). Earlier this week, FERC approved a plan for utilities to voluntarily form RTOs by the end of 2001 to streamline management of the …
A division bench of the Gujarat High Court dismissed two petitions challenging the validity of the permission, granted to Reliance group company, Reliance Petroleum Ltd(RPL), Jamnagar, to construct a pipeline from a single buoy mooring (SBM) to the refinery site. According to a company statement yesterday, there are no more …
Ford Motor Co. Chairman William ClayFord Jr. late last week defended the automaker's environmental record, including its decision to make the gas-guzzling Excursion, the largest sport utility ever built. Ford, an avid environmentalist presiding over his first annual shareholder meeting as chairman, said the world's No. 2 automaker does more …
The start of work on a new oil terminal at a greenfield site on the Black Sea coast earlier this week has led to renewed concerns over environmental safety in one of Russia's most beautiful regions. At a ceremony at Yuzhnaya Ozereika, near Russia's main Black Sea oil port, Novorossiisk, …
Study: Fossil fuels like coal, natural gas and petroleum will continue to be a primary source of energy in the future even as new technologies are at hand to ensure they are environmentally safe, a US study has pointed out. "In less developed nations such as China and india, oil …
BHP Santos is considering digging a trench through the Port Campbell National Park to lay a pipeline from its proposed offshore Minerva gas field development. The company has nominated drilling from outside the park as its preferred option, but says it has 'serious doubts'' about the technical feasibility of drilling …
The National Bank for Agriculturre and Rural Development (Nabard) plans to support watershed development efforts in West Bengal on the lines of a similar project in Maharashtra.
Canada's kind and helping hand in the Third World, the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), has been enlisted to help sell Candu nuclear reactors in Thailand. The revelation is seen as a scandal by those who monitor foreign aid. As Ottawa's primary agency for dispensing assistance abroad, CIDA's goal is …
Oil and natural gas were struck at two wells in the Krishna-Godavari basin by the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh recently.
Feedstock of rice straw with nickel as a catalyst can be a good source to generate methane to produce bio-gas and then power. The gas output is almost double of what comes out in the case of conventional bio-gas plants, research by the Tata Energy Research Institute (TERI) have shown.
In a major relief to the automobile industry, the Supreme Court today lifted the ceiling on registration of cars in the National Capital Region from June 1 if they conform to Euro-I emission norms and exempted compressed natural gas(CNG) vehicles from the restriction.
