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 regional transport offices(RTOs) in the National Capital Territory(NCT) will begin registering from Monday cars which have certificates of Euro-I fitness.
The State-owned National Thermal Power Corporation(NTPC) has approached National Hydro Power Corporation(NHPC) for setting up a separate joint venture company to undertake hydro power projects in the country.
The European Union ( eu ) has banned fish imports from Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda. The decision was taken after reports that Uganda had restricted the sale of fresh fish products from Lake Victoria, the world's second largest freshwater lake that borders the three East African countries. Fisherfolk in the …
Intense light from the Petawatt laser, the world's most powerful laser at Livermore, USA, has been directed onto a thin gold film where it creates a plasma plume that acts as an accelerator. In particular, the laser electric fields rip electrons from the gold atoms and send the electrons shooting …
this was the message received by hundreds of thousands of e-mail users across the world on Friday, March 26. It had come with the subject "Important message from...' followed by the name of a familiar person, and contained a Microsoft Word document named "list.doc'. As soon as the document was …
one of the most prominent measures proposed by the European Union ( eu ) countries to meet climate commitments has been introducing carbon/energy taxes. However, the 15-member eu is yet to agree on a carbon policy unanimously. Denmark, the Netherlands, Finland and Sweden have taken the lead in implementing some …
The Czech government's decision to complete the construction of a disputed nuclear power plant was criticized harshlay in Austria, with politicians accusing Prague of disregarding the interests of a neighboring country. Prime Minister Milos Zeman of the Czech Republic, announced that the government had voted 11 to 8, to complete …
Jordan said Syria would begin pumping water to the parched kingdom in a gesture of goodwill to cement a recent improvement in ties. Kamel Mahadeen, Jordan's minister of water, said Syrian officials notified him they would start pumping water into the Yarmouk River on their joint border.
Size matters in the murky depths of thepolar oceans and oxygen, not low water temperatures, is the reason why, scientists saidearly this week. Sea spiders in the Antarctic measure in excess of 30 centimetres (12 inches) across and are up to 1,000 times heavier than their cousins living in seas …
Taiwan's state-run Chinese Petroleum Corpsaid yesterday it would gradually phase out its premium gasoline and replace it with 98-octane unleaded gasoline in 2000 to help reduce pollution. All production and selling of the leaded premium gasoline would be stopped beginning 2000, a spokesman for the state oil corporation said by …
A major breach occurred in the Bhakra main line canal at Patiala lastnight, inundating 70 farm houses and 3000 acres after trees uprooted by a storm blocked the R D 430 head.
Energy major Enron India is in the race along with water companies Bovis India, Anglian International and four others for a project to upgrade Bangalore's water and sanitation systems.
The looming closure of one ofCalifornia's last offshore fields may mark the last chapter of a troubled era of costly oil andenvironmental concerns. Citing high costs, Chevron Corp. said last week it had begun halting production at the Point Arguello field where it is sole operator and one of several …
Pakistan can save $ 286 to 355 million annually by importing 1,500 million cubic feet per day (mmcfd) natural gas from one option out of three on-card pipeline projects from Turkmenistan, Iran and Qatar. Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources has estimated that the economic benefits of 1,500 mmcfd gas …
The Association of Indian Automobile Manufacturers(AIAM) yesterday filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court seeking clarifications on its order banning registration of cars not complying with Euro emission norms in the National Capital Region from May 1.
The Minister of Power, Parliamentary Affairs, Law, Justice and Company Affairs, Mr. P.R. Kumaramangalam, is to inaugurate a two-day international workshop on 'Data requirement for energy policy: Statistics modeling and indicators of energy use,' here on Thursday.
The Delhi government on Monday said it would move the court against the National Thermal Power Corporation for threatening to discontinue power supply if the city government failed to clear the pending dues.
The Australian embassy in Bangkok has been plunged into an environmental row because it promoted Australian coal for two planned multi-billion-dollar electricity plants in Thailand. Critics maintain that Australian taxpayers' funds should not be used in a partisan way to support projects that are the subject of bitter local debate.
Elephants were ocean dwellers until they moved on to land several million years ago, research suggests. Previous studies indicating that modern elephants evolved from an aquatic mammal have concentrated on fossil records or the molecular and biochemical make-up of elephants. But a PhD student at Melbourne University, Ms Ann Gaeth, …
