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 …
PR : Delivering the inaugural address at the second conference of the Power Ministers of the north-eastern States and Sikkim at the secretariat of the government of Meghalaya at Shillong today, Mr Kumarmangalam stressed the need for development of power sector in the north-eastern region and Sikkim which would go …
Scientists at Guwahati have quite often reiterated that the most effective strategy for mitigation of the extensive flood damage lies in the planned development of flood plains and innumerable number of wetlands in the State by introducing regulations to restrict haphazard growth of habitation and development in those areas . …
China and the European Union are to cooperate in building a 10 million yuan, tidal energy power station off the coast of Zhejiang Province, east China. According to informed sources, it will differ from other tidal power plants because it will not have a dam.
Withdrawal of octroi duty on nine commidities, minor slash on about 100 consumer items and 100 per cent increase in water charges were proposed in the budget of Rajkot municipal corporation for 1999-2000. Presenting the Rs 6.72 crore surplus budget to the standing committee, municipal commissioner Raj Gopal said that …
Federally financed researchers will soon be able to work on human embryonic stem cells, the source cells from which the embryo develops as a result of a ruling by the Department of Health and Human Services that a Congressional ban on human embryo does not apply to those cells. The …
The Belgian multinational in power sector, Tractabel, has picked up majority stake in two ongoing short gestation power projects in Tamil Nadu. Both the projects belong to the Hyderabad based Sujana Group, and are to be implemented as Naptha based combined cycle power projects, at Tuticorin and Gangaikondan in Tamil …
The Supreme Court has reserved its judgment on four special leave petitions (SLPs), challenging orders of the Karnataka High Court in the controversial two 250 MW thermal power projects to be set up by the multinational Cogentrix at Bangalore and Mangalore.
The white paper released on Friday by the Delhi government analysing the grim power situation in the Capital and spelling out a strategy for reforms may generate more heat than solutions, feel experts. Susceptible to political pressures and protests from DVB employees, the state governments itself has failed to clarify …
Dogged by controversies for more than three years, following stiff opposition from environmental groups, the 400MW Rs-1,600 crore Maheshwar Hydro-Electric Project (MHEP) is at last wriggling out of trouble.
The Centre has approved four major power projects in Bihar, to be executed during the Tenth Five-Year Plan, which would generate 6,500 mega watt electricity.
A bitter dispute erupted between France and Germany over the Bonn government's decision to phase out nuclear power without spelling out compensation terms for foreign waste processing companies. The move - largely driven by the Green party in the Bonn coalition government has also angered Britain, which is worried about …
National Power, Britain's largest fossil-fuel generator announced plans to spend $89m on building a 110MW gas fired combined heat and power plant in Thailand. Work on the plant, will start immediately. The plant, which is National Power's first project in Thailand, will be 100 per cent owned by the company, …
US research shows different environments cause genes to switch on and off. In an account published last month in the journal Cell, scientists from the Whitehead Institute at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology showed how genes in baker's yeast are regualated by specific environments, and also (intriguingly) by the activity …
For the first time since unleaded petrol was introduced in Delhi, reports have shown that Delhi's ambient air quality has improved. Minister for Environment and Forests Suresh Prabhu said. "Concerted efforts by both the enviornment as well as Petroleum Ministry have resulted in this breakthrough as shown by independent reports," …
The Supreme Court on Friday reserved its verdict on whether a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe should be ordered on the Rs 4,500 crore Cogentrix power project awarded by the Karnataka government. The Karnataka High Court had directed a CBI probe into the award of power projects in Karnataka …
An increase in electricity charges in Japan may be required to cover the enormous costs of disposing of high-level radioactive waste produced during the reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel, according to a report released Thursday by an advisory group to the international trade and industry minister. The entire process of …
In an ambitious reforms package to be executed over five years, the Delhi Government's strategy paper today recommended restructuring the Delhi Vidyut Board into smaller companies and establishing the statutory regulatory commission to "depoliticise" the process of power tariff adjustment. Describing the transmission and distribution losses "on account of theft …
In a major step towards the privatisation of the power sector in the Capital, the white paper prepared by the Delhi Government has suggested setting up companies for distribution and transmission of power in Delhi . The white paper prepared by a seven-member committee headed by the Delhi Power Minister, …
Once again a number of environmental groups and concerned individuals have come out with data on the alarming level of lead in Dhaka's air. At a news conference the group presented a report based on congested, heavily polluted spots like bus and truck terminals and busy crossings, as well as …
