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 long-drawn issues of independent power projects and Hubco seem to be heading for a logical end as evident from the presence of the World Bank energy mission here who arrived in Karachi ahead of the earlier schedule, it is learnt. Sources said the bank team had undertaken a day-long …
The Rashtriya Loktantrik Morcha on Tuesday demanded cancellation of phase-II Enron Power Project, saying the tariff fixed for the power generation was cost "prohibitive".
Germany's energy industry pulled out of talks with the government on setting a timetable for the closure of the country's nuclear power stations. Chairmen of the main energy utilities withdrew from so-called "consensus" talks with the government, pending resolution of a seprate dispute over the tax burden they face as …
An energy tax on business, as part of "the largest and most radical package of environmental tax reforms ever announced in this country (UK)", was announced among the budget measures by Gordon Brown, chancellor of the exchequer. The tax is expected to raise at least $2.8bn in its first full …
If she could out her window, Mary Fish Basquez would see the ground that was given to her family long ago, land now being hollowed for oil that was supposed to mean a better life for Muscogee Indians. The oil is pumped just steps from the house where Mrs. Basquez …
The United Nations said it has launched afive-year $25.83 million project in China to promote the use of renewable energy technologies. The UNDP has a $8.8 million stake in the project with China investing $11.5 million. Australia and the Netherlands have provided the rest of the funds, the U.N. said …
The Maharashtra government today came one step closer to Shiv Sena leader Bal Thackeray's desire of providing fee electricity to farmers by announcing drastic cuts in the electricity tariff for the over 22 lakh farmers in the state. The decisions, which will be come into effect from April 1 will …
The prestigious on-going projects of the Shiv Sena-BJP Government under the Maharashtra Krishna Valley Development Corporation(MKVDC) are thretened over the issue of rehabilitation of dam affected villagers. If the issue is not resolved quickly, the remaining of the Rs 11,660 crore projects are less likely to be completed by the …
Britain has offered six thousand eco-friendly buses for Delhi roads, Chief Minister Sheila Dixit announced on Tuesday. "Delhi needs a good public transport system which is both efficient and clean," Dixit told a meeting organised by Tata Energy Research Institute(TERI) with visiting British Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott and Union …
Hindustan Motors has decided to take environment pollution by its horns and has launched a massive campaign to promote its CNG-driven Ambassadors. To begin with, HM is offering two CNG models - the Ambassador 1500(runs only on CNG) with a price tag of Rs 3,15,558 and the Ambassador 1800 ISZ …
Traditional American luxury automaker Cadillac, best known for soft rides, posh interiors and gray-haired buyers, on Tuesday said it will compete in the grueling 24-hour Le Mans auto race in June 2000. Cadillac officials, who disclosed their plans at the Geneva International Motor Show, said they will use a 4.0 …
An Indian government delegation led by Commerce Minister Ramakrishna Hegde on Tuesday requested the Bangladeshi government to consider supplying natural gas to India to help bridge the widening trade gap between the two countries, domestic news agencies reported. The Indian minister made the request to his Bangladeshi counterpart Tofail Ahmed …
Turkmenistan and Pakistan signed a memorandum of intention last week to build a line to transmit surplus Turkmen electricity through Afghanistan, an energy and industry ministry spokesman told Reuters on Tuesday. The cost of the project to build a 1,150-kilometre (719-mile) line with an annual capacity of 1,000 megawatt-hours is …
The city administration of Bangkok, Thailand revved up its anti-exhaust campaign yesterday by launching 20 motorcycle patrol teams to nab smoke-belching vehicles which may have eluded stationary checkpoints. Each team of one city policeman and one traffic policeman will prowl city streets twice a day. Their initial focus will be …
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation's Mehsana project has won an award under the 'oil and production units' category of the Oil Industry Sfety Directorate(OISD) awards for 1995-96 and 1996-97.
Study: The feasibility studies of six industry sectors in India reveal that energy worth Rs 14,500 crore per year is consumed by the industrial sector, of which the saving potentil is to the tune of about Rs 1,800 crore.
A workshop on "Energy options for rural communities " being organised by he Maulana Azad College of Technology, Bhopal, in collaboration with Britain's Department for International Development today underscored the crucial importance of non-conventional energy sources for rural electrification in order to give a thrust to development in rural areas …
Indian Oil Corporation , the oil major in the downstream sector , is likely to buy up the government stake in Bongaigaon Refineries and Petrochemicals Ltd (BRPL) once the recommendations of the Nitish Sengupta Committee are accepted by the government.
The Karnataka electricity Board (KEB) is taking up an ambitious project to upgrading the power transmission and distribution network at an estimated cost of Rs 3,000 crore over the next three years. KEB has tied up adequate funding for this programme through power Finance Corporation, Rural Electrification Corporation and Hudco, …
Mathar, a small village in Budhni tehsil of Sehore district (Bhopal), has been selected for assessing possibilities of electrification through biomass gasifier-based power plant. The project report, being discussed at the three-day workshop on energy optins for rural communities, estimates that the vilalge of 541 inhabitans can be electrified through …
