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 special group on 'India Hydrocarbon Vision 2025' is scheduled to submit its report by mid May, or six weeks from the date on which the formation of the group was officially notified on March 31. The Union petroleum ministry made a presentation on what the future holds for the …
Improved oven second phase extenstion project has been approved by the Bangladesh government recently in order to maintain pollution free environment and protect forest resources. Work of the project will continue till June 2001.
Environmentalists expressed scepticism over the recent Nepal government's decision that aims to completely phase out polluting vehicles from Kathmandu city by mid-july 2000. Experts say, if properly implemented, the programme would go a long way in improving the deteriorating quality of air in the capital. Air pollution level at the …
Kathmandu Valley is in the grip of an acute shortage of safe drinking water. A population explosion and the subsequent increase in demand is certainly one factor. Other factors aggravating the water crisis are absence of sources to meet the demand and inability of successive governments to resolve this problem …
The Union Minister of Industries, Sikander Bakht, today said that all efforts are on to restore the statutory powers of the Public Sector Divestment Commission and a step in that direction will be taken soon.
The West Bengal Power Development Corporation(WBPDCL) is in talks with several states to sell energy from its Bakreswar power station, which will be surplus for the state for the next three years. The corporation has already had preliminary talks with Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.
Residents on the remote island of Hachijojima, about 290 kilometers south of Tokyo, plan to use geothermal power to make their unlikely locale a model for clean energy in the 21st century. Geothermal power utilizes the energy of super-heated magma and is considered "clean energy" because it does not produce …
The Narmada Bachao Andolan, on a protest sit-in at Bhopal from Wednesday, while strongly condenming the arrest of its activists in Delhi, has reiterated it allegation that no land was available for the rehabilitation of the project-affected families (PAFs) in Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh. The State Government on Wednesday had …
The National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) plant at Dadri has embarked upon a unique experiment by adopting a cyclic system of development called Chakriya Vikas Pranali (CVP)to generate green power and meet its social commitments.
The Rajasthan State Power Corporation Ltd (RSPCL) is setting up a pilot project for the generation of electricity by harnessing wind energy in Jaisalmer with assistance from the ministry of non-conventional energy sources. The corporation is a wholly-owned state government enterprise initially incorporated for the 140 MW integrated solar combined …
Seven of the workers who helped plug the heavy water leak at the second unit of the Madras Atomic Power Station at Kalpakkam on March 26 have been placed in the "removal category"(will not be allowed near radioactive areas in future) by the establishment, following the heavy dosage of radiation …
The Andhra Pradesh State Government has convened an all-party meeting tomorrow to elicit the views of political parties on Karnataka's proposal to the Supreme Court in the case relating to the construction Almatti dam over the Krishna river.Karnataka has urged AP through the SC that it be allowed to raise …
The wonder fuel?:Dr. Maurice Strong, Under Secretary General and Special Advisor to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, revealed an ability to combine business with environment concerns, when he spoke of a rare fuel that one of his companies had developed - burning water.Dr. Strong's company, Quantum Energy Technologies of …
In pursuance of UNESCO's Man and Biosphere (MAB) programme , the projects for conservation of sensitive and bio-diversity rich areas have been launched across the world in the last two decades. The Biosphere reserve programme is aimed at conservationof natural state of plants, animals, micro-organisms etc of representative ecosystem of …
A proposed dam near the Malaysian capital that would threaten the area's environment has drawn surpringly vociferous protest from a wide range of citizens. This display of opposition to the proposed $526 million dam marks a dramatic shift from a decade or two ago when the country's famously subdued citizens …
People in the tribal-dominated Purulia district of West Bengal can now boast of a park with solar gadgets like street lamps, solar pump and improved chullah. The Energy Park, inaugurated on Tuesday, would help in generating awareness among people of the district to bank on solar energy for doing their …
Faced with rising competition under deregulation, U.S. power producers are stepping up efforts to build cheap, clean, and efficient plants, and natural gas, by a wide margin, is the fuel of choice. "Gas has everything going for it. Environmentally, it's very benign and efficient, and most importantly, it's cheap. I …
BP Amoco stepped up investment in its growing solar energy business with an announcement that it is to buy the 50 percent stake it did not already own in Solarex, one of the world's leading solar companies in the US, for $45 million. BP Solarex will have prime positions in …
The two power giants-- Nuclear Power Corporation (NPC) and National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC)-- are joining hands for the first time to set up mega power plants. Initial talks are on for a Rs 5,000-crore , 1,000 MW nuclear plant, expected to be located at Tarapore in Maharashtra.
The Government is putting in place a new energy policy to effect better returns in the infrastructure sector. This was stated by the Union Power Minister, Mr P R Kumaramangalam, on Monday.
