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 …
Indian Wind Turbine Manufacturers Association(IWTMA) yesterday asked the centre to announce a national policy to encourage greater wind energy generation.
The Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) has sought early Government clearance for a Rs. 9,000 crore oil refinery in Tamil Nadu to help it meet the petroleum products demand in the southern region. It proposes to enter into a joint venture with Madras Refineries Limited (MRL) initially and subsequently with one …
NBA:The Narmada Bachao Andolan(NBA) today claimed there was no adequate land available either in Madhya Pradesh or Gujarat for rehabilitation of those who were going to be uprooed by the Sardar Sarovar dam, and that government officials could not show the project affected people any. These people from various places …
The Arunchal Pradesh government and Northeastern Electric Power corporation (Neepco) have signed a memorandum of understanding(MoU) for execution of the 600 mw Kameng hydel project, the biggest in the region, to harness water of rivers Tenga and Bichom in Kameng district.
The state government has raised the irrigation duty after a gap of 17 years despite pressure from the far lobby.It has proposed to increase duty by 100 per cent, which will fetch Rs 15 crore in the current financial year. Despite this increase, the cost of recovery will be much …
The Sendai High Court today dismissed an appeal filed by residents in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan who demanded Tohoku Electric Power Co. to halt the construction of a nuclear reactor and end operations of an existing one. Presiding Judge Toshimi Muto upheld a 1994 district court ruling that acknowledged the …
The 19-day-old fire at the offshore gas wells near Bombay High continued unabated even as the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has started mobilising rigs for drilling two relief wells at the fire site.The drilling of relief wells has been suggested by experts of the US firm Cudd Pressure …
The "inventor" of herbal fuel, Mr. Ramar Pillai, today sought a five-year sales tax waiver on the fuel manufactured by him. He made this appeal to the State Government today at a function organised in Chennai to announce the comemrcial launch of the herbal fuel.
The National Themal Power Corporation(NTPC) plant in Dadri(Uttar Pradesh) has embarked on a unique experiment by adopting a cyclic system of development called "chakriya vikas pranali(CVP)" to generate green power and meet its social commitments.
Oil and Natural Gas Commission (ONGC) has selected Madhya pradesh Urja Vikas Nigam for implementation, maintenance and operation of its pioneering Geo-Thermal Power Project of 20 Mega Watt capacity. All the Formalities regarding the project to be set up at Tatapani in Sarguja district have been completed and a Memerandum …
Men, women and children from hundreds of villages on the banks of the Narmada are determined to take their battle to the streets once again. People from Satpuda and Vindhya ranges - tribal villages in Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh - and the farm labourers from Nimad, Madhya Pradesh, will march …
The Australian government said there were no environmental reasons to prevent the building of a new A$286 million nuclear reactor in Sydney's south-west. "All of the evidence before me confirms the proposed research reactor will be safe with no significant risk to the environment or the community," Environment Minister Robert …
british scientists have discovered a natural anti-freeze made of carrots to protect plants against damage by frost. It can be moved into other crops to protect them. Maggie Smallwood of the biology department of York University in northern England led the team that discovered the carrot anti-freeze. " They work …
Wind Energy Group (WEG), a UK- based company has developed a new wind turbine to cater to the demand for medium-scale three-blade wind turbines. The turbine, MS4-600 has a 41-metre diameter rotor that operates downwind of the tower and can self-align with the wind. The blades are very flexible to …
A microchip with drug-administering capabilities could soon make the common household television (TV) a delight for the olfactory senses. The chip can store a large number of drugs and releases them by remote control. It was initially designed to be implanted in the human body, where it would administer drugs …
Minister's call to experts: The Electricity Minister, Mr. Arcot N. Veerasamy, has appealed to experts all over the world to provide the techology for solar power generation to Tamil Nadu as the State had virtually exhausted the available thermal and hydro energy sources.Laying the foundation stone for a 106 MW …
The German Government will provide a 250-million-Deutsche-mark ($140 millions) assistance for the proposed $240-million solar thermal power plant at Mathania, near Jodhpur, Rajasthan.
The first power plant in the private sector in Tamil Nadu was dedicated to the nation by the State Chief Minister, Mr. M. Karunanidhi. Put up by GMR Vasavi Power Corporation Ltd, a business house of Andhra Pradesh, the 200 MW power plant, costing over Rs 800 crores, will use …
