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 …
National Thermal Power Corporation(NTPC) is awaiting Central Electricity Authority's (CEA) techno-economic clearance for its proposed 500-mw seventh unit at Ramagundam, Andhra Pradesh.
An experts committee to assess and evaluate awarding environmental clearance to certain categories of thermal projects has been constituted by the Tamil Nadu State Government. The committee has been formed on the lines stipulated by the Ministry of Environment and Forests(MoEF) in amendments made to the Environment Impact Assessment Notification …
THE Tokushima City Assembly in Japan turned down a request from local residents for a referendum on whether to replace a 250-year-old dam on the Yoshino River. Twenty-two of the 40 assembly members voted against the request. Earlier, about 100,000 residents of the city signed a petition opposing the plan …
congress president Sonia Gandhi has lauded the Madhya Pradesh ( mp) government's efforts in converting the once barren landscape of Jhabua district into a green belt. Addressing a mammoth crowd in the district recently Gandhi said: "When I visited the area with Rajiv Gandhi in 1985, the whole area was …
US-based researchers have discovered how a swarm of honeybees functions as a single collective brain while choosing a new home. US biologists say scouting bees, after returning from their individual search operations, dance to indicate the location of the prospective site as well as its quality. Gradually, only a single …
in recent years, restructuring of the electric industry in Brazil has been occurring at a rapid pace. Installed electric capacity in Brazil now stands at about 60 gegawatts (gw), of which 94 per cent is generated by hydropower stations. The consumption is growing at the rate of 4 to 5 …
Global experts lauded India's leadership and efforts in operationalising the technology of neoinformatics and hoped the country would continue to play the lead role in judiciously tappin natural resources of its own as well as that of friendly nations in the coming century.Summing up the deliberations of the three-day International …
The Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board has decided to prosecute the Kothagudem Thermal Power Station(KTPS) and Navabharath Ferro Alloys, in Khammam district for not complying with the emission standards.
The Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board has decided to prosecute the Kothagudem Thermal Power Station(KTPS) and Navabharath Ferro Alloys, in Khammam district for not complying with the emission standards.
A Gas leak at one of ONGC;s offshore wells in Bombay High since yesterday morning developed into a fire by noon today, officials said.All the 85 crew mwmbers on the rig Sagar Ratna,which was in the vicinity of the the well,were evacuated to safety.
Construction work on the Rs 1600 crore 500 MW Kannur power project, in which Enron is the co-promoter, will commence in April this year, according to Enron international vice-president, Mr Gregory R Blair.
The Delhi Government has decided to release Rs. 50 crores to the Himachal Pradesh Government as its initial contribution to the Renuka dam in Sirmour district.
The Nepal government has sent back the application of Enron Corp, the American multinational energy company interested in the Karnali-Chispani project, last month because the company had applied for both the survey and power generation licenses, said Minister of Water Resources Pradip Nepal.
The Uttar Pradesh Electricity Reforms Bill, 1999, aimed at restructuring the state electricity board (UPSEB) was passed by the assembly. The Bill will be tabled in the Upper House on March 17.
Almost 24 hours after nearly half of Ahmedabad turned into a gas chamber on Monday night, the authorities are still groping in the dark. No one is sure what the gas was and where it cam from. Nor is there any assurance from any one that Ahmedabad would not be …
Ottawa-based Punjat Enterprises Inc has offered the department in collaboration with other companies a study on the economic and industrial feasibility of producing and utilising liquid fuels for automobiles from renewable biomass. Punjat, run by NRI Tarsem Singh Purewal considers Punjab a good production base for ethanol from grain, sugarcane, …
Bakreswar power project, one of the most politically sensitive ventures, will become a reality in a month. West Bengal Power Development Corporation Ltd (WBPDCL) has intimated Coal India and other concerned circles that the first 210 MW unit of the 630 MW venture will be lighted by May 21.
Over 50 per cent of the petrol pumps in the Capital sell adulterated fuel and short-change motorists, a recently-formed organisation of former and serving petrol pump employees alleged. Being in the trade of dispensing fuel for long, they are well aware of the tricks their masters supposedly employ. The employees …
Ukraine said it would keep its promise to closethe troubled Chernobyl nuclear power plant by 2000 but only if it received enough financial assistance from the West. "To date Ukraine's position is unchanged. Ukraine is ready to fulfil its obligation to close the Chernobyl station by 2000," presidential spokesman Olexander …
