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 Chashma Nuclear Power Project, a joint venture of China and Pakistan, will start power generation on commercial basis in June, 1999. Sources said that this project was being completed with an expenditure of Rs 31 billion and 90 percent work has already been completed upto December 31, '98. They …
India and Pakistan are likely to make a headway on the power purchase project with the arrival of a high level delegation from Pakistan for the second round of talks scheduled to begin here from January 29. The first round of technical discussions on export of power to India was …
A leading official of Chancellor Gerhard Schoroeder's Social Democrats said he thought legislation setting out the planned retreat from nuclear energy would be delayed. "I cannot see Parliament being in a position to debate the bill this week," said Peter Struck, the party's chief whip. Leading utility companies have been …
Increased electricity generation from geothermal plants saved the Philippines nearly 15 million barrels in fuel-oil imports in 1998, a Department of Energy official said. This is in line with the government's policy " to intensify exploration of geothermal (energy), " and " to pursue utilization of natural gas and large-scale …
The Delhi High Court today dismissed two similar public interest petitions seeking an independent probe into the alleged irregularities in the award of contract of Mukta Panna oilfields to a joint venture of Reliance and Enron in 1994.
Human Rights Watch has accused U.S. energy giant Enron Corp. of failing to stop alleged human-rights abuses by Indian police against opponents of the company's $2.4 billion power plant, India's largest foreign investment. The New York based rights organization is to release a 166-page report which it says documents "systematic …
The Union Power Minister, P.R. Kumaramangalam's, prediction that there would be "power riots in Delhi" in the coming summer, has galvanised the state government into action. It has finalised a deal for buying 100 MW of power from Himachal Pradesh.
The Mathura and Gujarat Refineries are felicitated by the Instutute of Directors for maintaining world-class environmental and safety standards at their plants.
The Ministry of Power would propose a draft legislation on conservation of energy and throw it open for discussion in the forthcoming Budget Session of the Parliament. This was announced here on Friday by Union Power Minsiter P R Kumaramanglam at a round table on 'corporate approach for energy conservation' …
Key issue on sharing of river waters will come up for deliberations at the fourth meeting of the National Water Resources Council (NWRC) here on February 3. The meeting is expected to discuss the draft national water policy and national policy guidelines for water allocation amongst States.
The New Congress Government in Rajasthan has sanctioned Rs 100 crore to purchase more electricity from the neighbouring states to be utilised for cultivation of rabi crop till March 99. The state government will strike a balance between the private sector and the State Electricity Board (SEB), in planning future …
The Balaji group promoted fuel oil base 106 mw power plant in Samayanallur, Tamil Nadu, has become the first short-gestation power project in the state to have signed an escrow agreement with the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board (TNEB). The agreement, which was signed by the utility and the independent power …
A four day seminar on hydropower development which concluded in Mahendranagar (Nepal) has stressed immediate formulation of the Detailed Project Report (DPR) for implementation of the Mahakali Intergrated Development Treaty. The participants in the seminar have lauded the Mahakali Intergrated Development Treaty as a positive step towards Nepal-India cooperation in …
German tensions with France and Britain over Bonn's ban on nuclear-waste treatment continued to escalate. Clinging to a position that has already sharply irritated London and Paris, the German Environment Minister, Juergen Trittin, told Parliament he would refuse to compensate nuclear waste reprocessing plants in France and Britain. They stand …
Smuggling of diesel between Hong Kong, and mainland China is stamping out the demand which recently prompted a rally in Asian diesel prices, traders, said on Wednesday. This week, Hong Kong oil storage terminal operators were reporting dwendling free-on-board (fob) diesel sales, in contrast to the December and early January …
India may not be able to meet the European car emission norm, Euro 1, which will become applicable in 2000 because of the non-availability of high quality diesel. To meet the Euro 1 norm, highquality diesel with sulphur content of 0.05 per cent will be required. However, this may not …
The Cabinet cleared all roadblocks in the Hindujas' 1,040 MW coal-based power project at Vizag. The cabinet ratified the controversial coal supply agreement which had been hammered out last month, following detailed consultations between the power, railways, coal and finance ministries.
A California environmental group on Tuesday filed suit against more than a dozen major oil companies, charging them with allowing dangerous chemicals to contaminate the state's water supply. "Our action today will force the big oil companies to pay for their failure to prevent massive amounts of pollution," Leslie Fields, …
The state of Maharashtra will become a self-sufficient state in terms of power on the commissioning of the Dabhol Power project. It will further be in a position to sell 100 mw of power to the states of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, according to Maharashtra's deputy chief minister, Gopinath Munde.
Governor of Andhra Pradesh, Dr C Rangarajan, has called upon the pesticide indutry to evolve a code of ethics, as sub standard pesticides had led to the failure of the cotton crops last year. If they lose the confidence of the faremrs, the future of the industry itself may be …
