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 …
US-based Enron Corporation's 15-member board would visit Dabhol Power Company's project at Guhagar in Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra on Wednesday in the run up to the commissioning of the phase-I 740 MW gas-based power plant by the end of March. The commissioning would be ahead of the contractual commitment date …
The Union Minister for Power and Non-Conventional Energy Sources, Mr R Kumaramangalam, today emphasised that renewable sources would be the chief source of power in the next century. He was speaking at the inaugural session of the two-day meeting of the secretaries of state nodal departments and chief executives of …
and still a menance : No matter where you live or when you where born, you almost surely have at least a small amount of DDT stored in the fatty tissues of your body. This notoriously toxic pesticide, which almost led to the extinction of the American bald eagle in …
Even though a high-level meeting of the officials of the Ministry of Petroleum and Chemicals , the Government of Assam, the OIL and the Reliance Industries Limited held in New Delhi on January 5 had imposed the deadline of January 31 for the OIL and The Reliance Induries Limited to …
Thailand's Science, Technology and Environment Ministry suspended the 3.3-billion-baht nuclear research reactor project in Ongkharak district, Nakhon Nayok, yesterday. Pornthep Techapaiboon, the deputy minister, said the lack of a required safety analysis from an accredited institution, worst-case risk assessment analysis and safety measures had prompted him to issue the suspension …
The Agricultural Land Reform Office yesterday agreed to allow the Petroleum Authority of Thailand to lay gas pipelines through reformed land in Ratchaburi and Ayutthaya. The office based its decision on the fact the National Environment Board had already approved the project's environmental impact assessment study, reasoning that the project …
Rice husk, a cheap by-product of paddy milling, has the potential to galvanise the electricity-starved rural India, according to Mr. N. Kalidas, Director of the Visakhapatnam-based Institute of Solid Waste Research and Ecological Balance (INSWAREB).
Three years ago, the government of India's wealthiest state jolted the international business world by cancelling a huge U.S. power plant being built on a red volcanic bluff in Guhagar, Maharashtra. Environmentalists had been saying it would destroy fish and famed mango groves. Today, the power plant towers over the …
What was in El Al plane ? : Following revealation that the 92 Amsterdam crash has led to health problems among rescue workers and residents, the Dutch Parliament opened its first formal inquiry into the crash, which had occured shortly after the Boeing 747 took off from Asterdam's airport en …
Royal Dutch/Shell has proposed an $8.5bn plan to revitalise the Nigerian petroleum industry with one of the most ambitious integrated oil and natural gas development projects in the world. The scheme would be the biggest industrial investment made in sub-Saharan Africa.
The Foreign Investment Promotion Board(FIPB) on Saturday cleared US multinational Enron's proposal to bring in $452.7 million foreign direct investment (FDI) in the Dabhol (Phase-II) power project in Maharashtra. According to the proposal cleared by the Board, Enron would hold a 100 per cent stake in the 1,444 MW second …
The sweet, smiling faces of some popular toys could contain a hidden chemical hazard, the environmental activist group greenpeace have warned. "Many manufacturers continue to use a common vinylk aditive despite fears that it could seep into children's mouths when they chew or suck on toys," according to Greenpeace.
The Delhi Power Minister, Dr Narendra Nath, today said the Delhi Vidyut Board would purchase power from the Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board to augment its power supply this summer. Addressing a press conference, the minister further announced that the Delhi Electricity Control Order,1959, had been relaxed to enable consumers …
Even though India faces the immense danger from poisonous pesticides imported from western world, there is no data bank on the nearly 70,000 compounds which could cause human death. The issue was discussed in the recently held meeting of International Congress of Medical Toxicology and Legal Medicine Experts . After …
Russian Mission Control abandoned any more attempts on Friday to project the sun's rays on to darkened areas of the earth with a giant mirror following a snag at the Mir space station that thwarted the scheme a day earlier.
The Energy Efficiency Regulation, which is aimed at maximising the use of electricity for export competitiveness and environment protection, will be implemented in June. Malaysia's Energy, Communications and MultiMedia Minister Datuk Leo Moggie said the regulation was in the final stages of being drafted. "We aim to cut cost, boost …
expert: There was an urgent need for India to carry out further reforms in the power sector in order to increase efficienty, improve quality of service and reduce tax burden, Prof. Stephen C. Littlechild, former Director-General of Electricity Supply, the United Kingdom, said here today. "While other countries are benefiting …
Enron-Reliance-ONGC combine will pump in about $900 milions more in the next two to three years to expand operations at its Tapti and Mukta-Panna oil-fields.
Japan's new energy and industrial technology development organisation (NEDO) has said it would like to increase cooperation with India in solar photovoltaic (SPV) technology.
