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 high-level committee set up by the Delhi Governemnt to consider reforms in the power sector held its first meeting here today under the chairmanship of the Delhi Power Minister, Dr. Narendra Nath.
Pending enactment of a Biodiversity Conservation Act, the Centre is promoting a code of conduct for users of biological resources to ensure their sustainable extraction and equitable benefit sharing.This would be in keeping with the spirit of the Convention of Biological Diversity (CBD), to which India is a party, the …
PM's Office Minister Savit Bhodivihok yesterday urged opponents of power plant construction projects in Prachuap Khiri Khan to act rationally in the wake of a report they plan to close the highway to traffic again as part of their protest. "Any expression of ideas or action should remain within the …
An international consortium has won the bid for setting up of a power plant and a liquefied natural gas terminal project in Ennore, Tamil Nadu. According to an official of the Michigan-base CMS Energy Corporation, the consortium won a $1.6 billion contract to develop, finance , build, own and operate …
Gerhard Schroder, German chancellor, fases escalating difficulties within his coalition government after the environment ministry controlled by the Green Party backed controversial plans to tax nuclear fuel rods. The proposals from Jurgen Trittin, environment minister, were rejected by the economics ministry, headed by Werner Muller, who advised Mr Schroder on …
Consider the facts. The hotel industry, which is termed as a huge manufacturing unit of solid waste, churns out of composite mixture of paper, plastics, textiles, metal, glass, fruit and vegetable resideu, horticultural waste and leftover food every day. Astonishingly, the huge amount of paper wastage is from sources such …
Tanega Power initialled a power purchase agreement with the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board (TNEB) for its 102 MW Thuvakudi project on new year's eve.With this milestone reached, officials of Tanega hope to work for the financial closure of both their projects together - the other one is a similar sized …
Anandpur Sahib, the brithplace of Khalsa panth, will become the first town to operate on solar power in Punjab. The project, slated before the start of the tricentenary celebrations of the panth in April this year, will be implemented by the state's nodal department, the Punjab Energy Development Agency.
The Delhi government announced the setting up of new grid stations in the Capital to prevent power crisis during the summer even as the Centre pulled up the state government for its failure to initiate reforms in the power sector. The Delhi Power Minister, Dr Narendra Nath, said the DVB …
The Union power minister, Mr P R Kumaramangalam, has warned the Delhi government of an impending 'severe power crisis' next summer and has suggested steps to mitigate the problems. In a letter to the Delhi chief minister, Ms Sheila Dikshit, Mr KUmaramangalam has expresses his concern about the quality and …
Amid apprehensions that the World Bank is refusing to provide grant assistance to set up Nepal Trust Fund for Bio-diversity (NTFB), Bank source said that the multilateral lending agency is "ready to reconsider" if the government assures of "proper administration of the multi-million dollar loan". "The Bank has not withdrawn …
The ONGC has begun work on the Bangladesh contract. Bangladesh Gas Field Compnay Limited (BGFCL) had awarded a contract to ONGC against a global tender for providing one drilling rig and one drilling-cum-work-over rig for drilling six wells and work over six wells. The project is funded by Asian Development …
Bangladesh is unlikely to get its due share of the Ganges water during the lean period in 1999 as stipulated in the long-term treaty. The 30-year Indo-Bangladesh water sharing treaty enters its third year. Experts said the flow of water may reduce considerably in the months of February and March …
It is the sixth power policy in the last four years which the one-month old Congress Government has now planned for Goa while rejecting its own policy being adopted till July this year. The tourist state, however, continues struggling for more power while industrial development has totally come to a …
A total of 18 power projects in public and private sector for a combined capacity of over 9,000 MW of capacity would achieve financial closure during current fiscal, the Power Minister, Mr P R Kumaramangalam has said. Out of these, public utilities would contribute about 5000 MW while the rest …
India hopes to tie up funds to start construction on 18 power projects with a total generation capacity of 9,319 MW by March 31, 1999, power minister P.R. Kumaramangalam said on Wednesday.
Enron India has announced its decision to back out of the 513 mw Rs 1,400 crore Kannur Power Projects Ltd (KPPL) owing to alleged delay in getting approvals from government. The decision was announced by Enron India CEO Sanjay Bhatnagar and KPPL Chairman KPP Nambiar, at Thiruvananthapuram on Monday.
The board of directors of Indian Oil Corporation(IOC) has approved doubling of capacity at the Panipat refinery from six million tonne to 12 million tonner per annum. The company board, which met here yesterday, also gave its nod to prepare a feasibility report for a Rs 500-crore project for upgradation …
France's green party, emboldened by a good showing in the recent elections for the European Parliament, has threatened to pull out of the government coalition if Prime Minister Lionel Jospin approves a new generation of nuclear power stations to replace all ones.
