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 …
Belgian park exported to the UK could contain traces of banned drugs used to tranquillise pigs on their way to the battoir. The chemicals could be placing UK consumers at risk claims a division of the British Veterinary Association. The Pig Veterinary Society said it was 'deeply canceracd' that consumer …
The Invention Promotion Company of Amsterdam, the Netherlands, has patented a flower garden that func- tions as a clock -a modem version of an idea cooked up by Linnaeus, the 18th-century Swedish botanist and father of taxonomy. The flowers of catnip open between 6 am and 7 am, orange hawkweed …
In a fight that revolves around when drivers should see a dashboard warning light, California clean-air regulators told Toyota Motor Corp. they will ask a judge to order the recall of some 330,000 vehicles and levy fines that could total more than $1.5 billion.
Tomen Crop. will proceed with its power plant plans in Thailand, despite reports last week of a battle between 5,000 local protesters and police over government approval for the building of three coal-fired power plants, including Tomen's, a company spokesman said.
Turkey has decided to complete a natural gas pipeline from Iran, defying the Conton adminstration, according to US and Turkish officials. Although the US government has vigorously promoted pipeline routes in energy-rich Central Asia that bypass Iran, Turkey's pressing need for gas means that Ankara is willing to ignore Wahsington's …
The Madhya Pradesh electricity board's grandiose scheme of using solar power to electrify far-flung villages in the state has come a cropper. The Rs 4.50crore spent on electrifying around 1,000 villages in teh state have gone down the drain with more than 90 per cent of the solar photo-voltaic panels …
Chautala to go on with reforms : Uncertainty about the fate of Haryana's Rs 7,900 crore World Bank -aided seven-year power reforms programme embarked upon by the former Bansi Lal ministry is giving way to optimism.
Solar nergy could become competitive in the short-term with conventional electricity, according to a report bybusiness consultants and accountancy firm KPMG, commissioned by Greenpeace. The KPMG report, "Solar Energy: from Perennial Promise to Competitive Alternative", calculates that one large-scale solar PV (1) factory which produces five million solar panels a …
Angry South Gippsland farmers and residents have warned the State Government that it faces a prolonged campaign of protests and blockades if it allows a proposed high-voltage overhead power line to pass through the region. A spokesman for the community group opposing the power line, which is part of the …
Biomass is being considered as a fifth fuel to supplement Malaysia's present four-fuel policy. Energy, Communications and Multimedia Minister Datuk Leo Moggie said the Government was encouraging use of renewable biomass for power generation. The wood processing industry and agro-industries, primarily the palm oil sector, would be instrumental in realising …
The Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) has requested the Pakistan Ministry of Water and Power to ban generation of electricity by the local industries. Wapda has estimated that currently in the country local industries have been generating over 350 mw (captive generation) power through their own resources.
Andhra Pradesh government proposes to set up projects for conversion of municipal soldi waste into electricity in all municipalities in order to maintain clean and garbage-free environment, according to cheif minister N. Chandrababu Naidu.
BHEL-Bhopal has recently commissioned Optimum Control System at the 2x28MW lower scheme of Sungai Piah project in Malaysia. This unique system aims at optimum utilisation of intake water which is necessay in hydro power plants having small water reservoirs and those employing run of river schemes. This inhouse development ensures …
Arctic activists announced the filing of a shareholder resolution calling on Chavron to "unconditionally cancel any future plans for oil drilling in coastal plain, 1002 area, of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, and immediately stop the expenditure of any corporate funds targeted to achieve this objective.
The spectre of diesel pollution is threatening to take the auto industry by its jaws, with the proposal to ban registration of new diesel cars in Delhi being mooted by the Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority (EPA).With almost 5-6 new diesel models entering the market, the industry is obviously …
India is poised to become one of the world's "wind superpower" in the next millennium, with a target production of 20,000 MW of power from the unconventional energy source. Secretary, Department of Non-conventional Energy Sources, Mr. C.R. Kamalanathan, said India, currently producing 992 MW of wind power, ranks fourth in …
A big natural gas discovery in the Atlantic Ocean off Ireland's west coast is expected to influence how the country's fast-growing energy markets are developed. The discovery was confirmed after a consortium of international petroleum companies led by Enterprise Oil of the UK said a second well drilled on the …
Despite concern that North Korea may be preparing to test-fire a missile, South Korean lawmakers voted unanimously to approve $3.22 billion in funding for two nuclear reactors in the North.
Japan is pulling out of loss-making oil exploration projects in Australia and Ecuador, in a sign that the government is taking reform of its petrol policies more seriously.
