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 Heart Care Foundation of India (HCFI) hs welcomed the Supreme Court order for providing cleaner air in the Capital saying it comes at a time when the incidence of asthma has already gone up to 20 per cent and that of heart attack to ten per cent among the …
Hyundai Motor India Ltd (HMIL), the wholly owned subsidiary of Hyundai Motor Co of Korea, has announced plans to commence production of a Santro model complying with Euro-Ii emission norms later this month.According to a company release, HMIL has decided to start taking customer orders for the Euro-II complaint Santro …
Indian success story in Antarctica: The XVIIth Indian Antarctica winter team has acheived the rare feat of generation 500 watts of power using a Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell(PEMFC). This was achieved by the Research and Development Establishment (Engineers) (R& D)who are with the winter team of Indian scientists.
When the mind forgets, it may not mean the brain has forgotten - at least that's the case with barn owls. For the wise birds, learning new skills then reverting back to old methods requires nothing more than pulling up the correct neurological map, according to Stanford researchers, who have …
Plans to build a $1.6bn coal-fired power station on Teesside in north-east England, which could provide electricity to Britisih Steel, are being considered by a large US energy group.
The German finance ministry said that plans to tax reserves set aside by utilities for closing nuclear plants would cost power companies around DM13.5bn over 10 years. A spokesman said DM13.5bn was the figure the government would use in the next round of "consensus" talks with utilities on the controversial …
Plans to build a $1.6bn coal-fired power station on Teesside in north-east England, which could provide electricity to Britisih Steel, are being considered by a large US energy group.
The German finance ministry said that plans to tax reserves set aside by utilities for closing nuclear plants would cost power companies around DM13.5bn over 10 years. A spokesman said DM13.5bn was the figure the government would use in the next round of "consensus" talks with utilities on the controversial …
The agency responsible for screening environmental impactassessments (EIAs) has admitted overlooking a coral reef off the proposed site of a power plant in Ban Krut, Prachuap Khiri Khan, Thailand. The Office of Environmental Policy and Planning (OEPP) said the project developer, Union Power Development Co, must resubmit a coral reef …
The International Finance Corporation(IFC) will fund a solar photovoltaic (SPV) market development project in India which is estimated to increase annual sale of solar photovoltaic devices and systems in the country by 60 per cent in 10 years.
France, is to build two gas-fuelled power stations in Egypt, in a $760m deal signed by Electicite de France and the Egyptian government. Construction of the two power stations will begin next year on opposite ends of the Suez Canal in the Gulf of Suez and Port Said.
Increasing water crisis in the state has thrown normal life out of gear in the city. If the monsoon does not arrive within a month, there will be no drinking water left in Imphal. Almost all the water reservoirs and natural sources have dried up and most public health engineering …
Govt told to check land acquisition: Private sector entrepreneurs setting up wind farms for generating power are acquiring prime land far in excess of requirement. Pointing out this disturbing trend, a Parliamentary Committee called for immediate steps to check this problem.The Standing Committee on Energy, reviewing the Ministry of Non-Conventional …
Pakistan, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan agreed on Thursday to speed up work on a stalled gas pipeline project and asked the Centgas consortium to find a project leader to replace US oil firm Unocal. The three countries have agreed to overcome "expeditiously" all problems related to building the $1.9 billion 1,400-km …
American Honda Motor Co. Has stopped producing battery-powered electric cars, becoming the first major automaker to acknowledge that it sees no future in marketing the costly vehicles, the Los Angeles Times reported yesterday. Torrance, California-based American Honda said its EV Plus has outlived its usefulness as a research platform and …
China has ruled out starting any new nuclear power projects in the next three years in response to the weak electricity demand of a slowing economy. The ban on fresh construction of nuclear plants illustrates how the rapid build-up of conventional power stations in the 1990s has transformed China from …
Britain's primary aluminium smelting industry, with sales of $483m a year, faces closure if the the government goes ahead with its planned tax on energy use in industry, company executives warned. Tom Campbell, managing director of Anglesey Aluminium Metal, one of only primary aluminium smelting businesses in the country, said …
China has ruled out starting any newnuclear power projects in the next three years due to decreasing power demand, Xinhua news agencyquoted a senior nuclear industry official as said yesterday. The official agency quoted Shen Wenquan, director of the Nuclear Power Department under the China Nuclear Industry Corp, as saying …
LPG-run automobiles seem to be the craze now. Nearly 40,000 motor vehicles in the state have already been fitted with LPG cylinders. But a major drawback is that there is no governing authority to check or regulate the installation of gas kits for using the fuel.
the first telescope images of the dust rings around distant stars reveal startling new evidence of planets formed beyond the Solar System. This was stated by astronomers at the national meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Austin, usa. Pictures of two distant stars from the Hubble Space Telescope show …
