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 Public sector Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA) is considering new initiatives for development of biomass power, including baling of biomass and promotion of biomass fuel depots in rural areas.
The Supreme Court on Thursday isued notices to the Union power minister, National Thermal Power Corporation, Delhi Vidyut Board, Delhi's chief secretary and six others on a petition drawing its attention to the precarious power situation in the Capital. Petitioner Ranjit Kumar has also sought a direction to the authorities …
After maintaining a low profile for days over the agitation by the oustees in the Narmada valley, the Gujarat government on Thursday challenged the Narmada Bachao Andolan's claim that several villages would be submerged during this monsoon due to the backwater effect of the Sardar Sarover dam. Meanwhile, the second …
Prospects of deep-water oil exploration in India have brightened with the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) striking oil in a well in the KrishnaGodavari offshore area. "This is the first deep-water find in the country. the initial results are very positive," said B C Bora, chairman of ONGC, which …
The Power Development Board (PDB) in Bangladesh is planning to commission gas operated power plant with a capacity to generate 300 megawatts of electricity at Bheramara in Kushtia to meet the growing demands for electricity.
An Egyptian natural gas pipeline is snaking its way east across the Sinai desert, laying the groundwork for a regional power network that could bind Israel closer to its Aran neighbors and radically change its energy and security strategy. By directly fueling electric power plants, as its builders intend, the …
With the assistance of Alliance to Save Energy, a non-profit organisation based in the United States, and CONSERVE, an Indian NGO, 235 companies have come together, under the umbrella of the Council of Energy Efficiency Companies of India (CEECI) to promote the Energy Efficiency Industry of India.
A $400m pipeline project to supply Nigerian gas along the West African coast was signed by the four African countries which stand to benefit. The main operators of the project, Chevron and Royal Dutch Shell, said they also expected to conclude arrangements for the signing of their part of agreement.
The Nagaland government will take up with the Planning Commission for necessary funding of the proposed 24-mw Dimapur thermal power project which has received the approval of the Central Electricity Authority(CEA), state power minister K Therie said on Wednesday.
The moon briefly blocked the rays of the setting sun over central India on Wednesday evening, casting a momentary spell of darkness that marked this millennium's last total solar eclipse. A ribbon of darkness girdled the country, from Gujarat across Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh to Orissa, where sunlight was …
After 10 years of wrangling, four African nations along with Chevron Corp. and Royal Dutch/Shell Group signed a pact to develop the West African Gas Pipeline, a $400 million project that could spur an additional $1.2 billion in industrial development.
The 60 megawatt steam turbine power plant, which was out of operation for the last nine years, has begun functioning again after a massive overhauling at a cost of nearly Tk 100 crore by Bangladesh Power Development Board (PDB). The overhauling activities had begun in May 1997 and ended in …
Bloody clashes between police and demonstrators protesting against the construction of three new power plants left at least 70 people injured along Thailand's main north-south motorway. The clashes are worrying sign for the government, which is facing mounting rural discontent over falling commodity prices, a perceived lack of attention from …
Enron Crop., the largest US natural gas and electricity wholesaler, will pay $300 millions to form a gas import and distribution joint venture with SK Corp, the South Korean company said. SK, Korea's biggest oil refiner, said it would give up its stake in six gas distributions affiliates SK1 Gas …
Three refineries of the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) have bagged all the National Energy Conservation awards for the refinery sector this year. The awards have been instituted by the ministry of power. Indian Oil's Mathura refinery walked away with the first prize.
The Nagaland government will take up with the Planning Commission for necessary funding of the proposed 24-MW Dimapur Thermal Power Project which has received the approval of central Electricity Authority(CEA), power minister K Therie said today.
The Maharashtra state has targeted a generating capacity of 100 mw of wind power this year. The government has invited corporate bodies to contribute towards power genration in the state with this non polluting renewable sources of energy. The state had implemented a modified wind power policy in March, 1998, …
A new, low-cost system for energy monitoring and conservation in industries, comprising computers and micro controllers, has been designed and developed by the Chennai Centre of Central Scientific Instruments Organisation, a laboratory under the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research.
