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 Delhi Cabinet on Wednesday gave a go-ahead to an American company to set up city's first private power generation unit. The US-based KLT company will start the power generation plant in the Bawana area of outer Delhi. Known as the Bawana phase II project, the power generation unit will …
With the Delhi cabinet deciding to let the government stand guarantee and pay for each unit of power generated by a US-based multinational company in Bawana Phase II, the way has been cleared for the city's first privately owned powerhouse.
The Delhi government has formed a committee under the chairmanship of Delhi Power Minister, Dr Narendra Nath, to consider reforms in power sector, including privatisation, for ensuring an uninterrupted electricity supply in Delhi.
The environmental group Greenpeace criticised the European Commission yesterday for accepting Slovakia's decision to begin shutting potentially unsafe nuclear reactors no earlier than 2006. It warned that the Commission's position could increase the risk that other eastern European countries operating similar reactors could also seek longer phase-out periods for their …
Asia's first modern automatic and environment friendly circulating fluidised bed combustion technology (CFBC), the boiler plant was commenced on December 25 at GIPCL's Surat Lignite Power Plant (SLPP) at Mangrol. Gujarat Industries Power Company Ltd managing director J N Singh said that this is the second lignite-based power plant in …
The Andhra Pradesh government is planning to set up a 2,000-MW nuclear power plant at Srikakulam, the State Electricity Minister, Mr. K. Ramachandra Raju said. He said a report of the Nuclear Expert Committee had found Srikakulam as a suitable location for a nuclear power plant.
Orion Power Holdings Inc. agreed to buy seven power plants from Duquesne Light Co. for $1.7 billion, underscoring its intention to become a major player in the U.S. electricity-generation market.The deal is Orion's fourth- and biggest -purchase in the past year of plants being sold by utilities exiting power generation …
The Supreme Court directed the Centre to file, within four weeks, its reply to an application filed by the Centre of Indian Trade Union (CITU) seeking review of the controversial Enron power project in Maharashtra. The application also sought the permission of the court to enable CITU to pursue the …
The Reserve Bank of India has refused to provide guarantee to the Pipavav mega power project in Gujarat saying it was not in favour of entering into a tripartite pact with the Power Trading Corporation (PTC).
Karnataka government would be signing an agreement with Tamil Nadu regarding power generation from Cauvery Basin, which would have the capacity to produce 1,100 mw within a month, special representative of Karnataka in New Delhi said.
The Dakshin Bharat Energy Consortium, which comprises Siemens, Woodside Petroleum, CMS Energy, Grasim Industries and Unocal, has bagged the LNG import terminal and power plant project at Ennore (Tamil Nadu).
Congress, which won the Vidhan Sabha elections with a telling majority exposing the failure of the BJP govenrment on power front, has decided to honour all such power projects for which the letter of intent were issued during the BJP reign. Energy minister Chandrabhan said the government would not rely …
The Bhabha Atomic Research centre(BARC) in Mumbai plans to store the spent nuclear waste from power plants in a special facility on its premises at Trombay, the BARC Director, Dr. Anil Kakodkar, said.
Fire broke out near the oil installations of the Bharat Petroleum Corporation at Thondiarpet in the city on Monday evening. No damage was caused to the installtion as fire tenders immediately put out the fire.
This month, after years of planning and many delays, the Offshore Kazakhstan International Operating Company (OKIOC) finally began drilling its first well in the Kazakh sector of the Caspian Sea in the hope of discovering what may be one of the largest undeveloped oilfields in the world. It has also …
A major gas discovery in the basin of Wyonming's Powder River has led to a gas rush. The pipeline that will pass through Clearmont (U.S.) will not carry the usual cocktail of raw hydrocarbons found in natural-gas streams. It will carry 98% pure methane that can go straight into the …
An armed British ship carrying recycled nuclear fuel docked on Japan's northeast coast after a two-month voyage from Europe that sparked protests by environmentalists and raised security fears.
Fifty seven villages in the State have been identified by the West Bengal Renewable Energy Developnent Agency (WBREDA). --a state government organisation -- for electrification by installing power plants based on non-conventional energy sources.
West Bengal, which is currently a power-surplus state, is likely to face an alarming shortfall in both, peak supply and total energy, at the end of the 10th Plan period, unless immediate remedial measures are taken. This is the most important finding of the report on the power perspective of …
Environmental clearance granted to the first phase of a mega thermal power project in Madhya Pradesh is withheld following concerns over the environmental and human costs of the project.
