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 …
greenpeace , an international environmental group, has condemned Japan for its attempt to "expel' Greenpeace from International Whaling Commission ( iwc ) meetings. Greenpeace feels that this is due to its continued campaign against Japan's whaling operations. In a press statement John Frizell of Greenpeace said: "Greenpeace has played an …
A gene that controls drought tolerance in plants has been identified. Scientists say that they may soon produce genetically engineered plants capable of surviving droughts. The gene was identified by scientists working at the University of Toronto, Canada. The gene controls a plant hormone that triggers closure of pores on …
A verstile digital scarecrow promises to put a virtual cat among the pigeons. Birds soon get used to conventional scarecrows, and though simulated gunshots are effective, they are too loud. Now Bramley and Wellesley, a company based in Gloucester, UK, and Phoenix Agritech of Canada are all set to patent …
the Trojan horse myth is all about deceit, stealth and camouflaging. If only the Trojan soldiers knew who was inside, the ancient tale would have ended differently. Centuries have passed, but the problem of the Trojan horse still endures. Soldiers hidden inside the wooden structure, over time, have given way …
The Government on Thursday denied in Parliament reports that an adulteration racket in petrol, diesel or mobile oil was flourishing in the Capital. No cases of adulteration of petrol, diesel or mobile oil have been detected by oil companies which are in regular touch with the State Government to check …
Gas has been struck at Yenugupalli, near Pasarlapudi, and Devarapalli in the Mandapeta area of the KG basin, and the availability of gas is two lakh cubic metres and 80,00 cubic metres a day respectively.Also for the first time in the KG basin, a new layer - its geographical name …
US power major CMS Energy is setting up a wholly-owned subsidieary in India with an Investment of Rs 200 crore. According to sources, the subsidiary will utilise the amount for identifying and developing projects in the energy sector, including electric power generation, transmission and distribution , oil and gas exploration, …
Chairman of Andhra Pradesh non-conventional energy development corporation (Nedcap) Somisetty Venkateshwarlu on Wednesday said that a sum of Rs 5 lakh were earmarked for giving wide publicity to various non-conventional energy sources being marketed by Nedcap during the current year.
An integrated national policy on use of land and water resources was suggested by director general of MANAGE, AK Goel here on Wednesday.Inaugurating a three-dy national seminar on 'Pumpset energisation and groundwater resource management' organised by the Central institute for rural electrification (CIRE), Goel said depleting groundwater resources in the …
The Bihar Government has cleared three ambitious power projects with a cumulative generation capacity of 5000 MW in its endeavour to improve power scenario and promote industrial activity, the Governor Mr. Sunder Singh Bhandari, said. Mr. Bhandari told journalists that the projects involving an estimated Rs.20,000 crores include 2000 MW …
The Cabinet Committee on Purchase in Bangladesh has awarded the site development project of the Meghnaghat Power Plant to China National Water Resources and Hydropower Engineering Corporation. The cost of the project is Taka 141 crore.
Germany's Green environment minister, Jurgen Trittin, has shelved plans for legislation preparing the way for the shutting of the country's atomic power stations, a day after Bonn had dropped clauses from the law on banning nuclear reprocessing. The Bonn environment ministry confirmed that Mr Trittin had agreed to await the …
The unavailability of financial resources is hampering the task of promoting renewable energy technology (RET) in Nepal, member of the National Planning Commission (NPC) Ramesh Ananda Vaidya said. Inaugurating the workshop on 'Renewable Energy Subsidy Policy', jointly organised by Alternative Energy Promotion Centre (APEC) and DANIDA, in Kathmandu, Pandey stressed …
Even as the BJP-led government at the Centre finds itself cornered over the dismisal of the Rabri DEvi government in Bihar, it is set to gift two mega power projects to the state. Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee is likely to lay the foundation stone of the mega projects of …
German Environment Minister Juergen Trittin has dropped a proposed ban on nuclear-waste recycling from draft legislation. The proposed ban drew protests from Paris and London, which warned they would seek compensation if Bonn decided to abandon existing contracts to reprocess spent nuclear fuel in France and Britain.
The detailed project report (DPR) on the Koodankulam Atomic Power Project being authored by Atomstroy Export (ASE), the Russian agency commissioned for the purpose, is proceeding on course and is expected to be ready by 2000-end.
The residents of Vasant Kunj should now have a reason to be happy. A non-governmental organisation, Partners in Prosperity, has taken up their cause-- imporving the water situation in the area. As a part of the National Environment Awareness Campaign of the Ministry of Environment and forest, it plans to …
An energy-saving battle is heating up in the electric-appliance industry of Japan ahead of April revisions to legislation governing power conservation and the tougher targets these changes will impose. Refrigerators are among the products that must meet tougher energy-saving criteria. As a result, the rush to bring out new refrigerators …
India will run out of crude oil reserves by the year 2011-12 even if only 30 per cent demand is met through domestic production, warns the ninth five year Plan document while emphasising on the need for new discoveries. India's dependence on import of crude will rise to 70 per …
