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 …
GMR Vasavi Power Corporation Ltd, which has set up a sewage treatment plant to recycle water for process use at its 220 MW diesel generator power plant, was awarded the 1999 Dr. M.S.Swaminathan Award for Environment Protection by the Rotary Club of Madras East.
Greenpeace activists protested today in front of the Siemen's headquarters in Munich against the company's plans to build a nuclear power plant in Turkey in an active earthquake zone. A group of 20 activists unfurled a banner outside the Sieman's building saying: "No nuclear power plant in Turkey" in both …
Lithuania plans to decommission the first two reactors at the controversial Ignalina nuclear power plant by 2005, the government of the Baltic country said. This was the first time the government has set a firm deadline for the closure of the Chernobyl-type reactor and the move could bolster Lithuania's chances …
In a significant achievement before the end of this millennium, India will have its first-ever computer operated nuclear power reactor- which will supply electricity to the southern grid comprising Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Goa. "The Kaiga-II reactor in Karwar is expected to attain criticality by September 14," …
Mr. J.N. Sinha, Executive Director of the National Thermal Power Corporation(NTPC), released the Environment Management Policy for strict implementation of ISO-14001 at NTPC Dadri earlier this week.With the implementation of Environment Management Policy at NTPC Dadri, the station will be able to standardise all environment protection activities in line with …
Enron Corp, responding to a threat by the main Opposition party to halt the huge Dabhol power project, said it was confident it could work with any political party to implement the project.The US energy company was responding to a statement in which the Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) said …
The Planning Commission is set to chalk out a blueprint for electrifying those villages in the country where it would not be possible to provide conventional forms of electricity, either because of remoteness of the village or the size of its population.
The denizens of this picturesque headquarters town and the district have been stocially bearing with power cuts for most part of the day with the supply available only in the evening and that too on alternate days. The acute crisis started in this Spring when the 4 mw Stakna hydel …
Belgium's defence minister announced that his country is withdrawing from plutonium reprocessing contracts signed with the French state controlled company COGEMA. Greenpeace, saying the decision is a potentially fatal blow to the plutonium industry, has hailed the announcement as good for the environment, public health and the cause of nuclear …
A committee set up by the Union petroleum ministry to examine the feasibility of merging stand-alone refineries and the stand-alone oil marketing company, IBP company, is poised to miss its December 31 deadline, as it plods through a widely difvergent industry viewpoints.
Power situation in the far flung Kadmat island of Lakshadweep will get a boost with the setting up of a state-of-the-art , eco-friendly solar photovoltaic (SPV) power plant by Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL), says a press release. Devoid of any known sources of power supply, the Union Teritory (UT) …
Maharashtra has put on hold all new power projects until the new Government takes charge at the centre. The move follows directives issued from NEw Delhi, sources say.
Salt Lake has reverted to the high-iron content ground water after the state government's assurance of providing 50 lakh gallons of sweet water from Tallah-Palta turned out to be virtually a hoax. The daily supply of sweet water to Salt Lake has dropped to a low of about 20 kah …
According to sources, the State Power Department, Assam State Electricity Board(ASEB) and the Pollution Control Board,Assam(PCBA) have already approved a 10 MW gas turbine power generating unit proposed by a Calcutta-based company M/s, Sarbanand Impex Pvt Ltd. at the cost of Rs 50 crore, in the city.
In what officials say is next step in their "fight against black smoke", the Ministry of Population and Environment (MOPE) is planning to "impound" all the black-smoke-belching vehicles plying the streets of the capital of Nepal, secretary at MOPE Dr Govinda Prasad Bhatta said.
The Delhi Vidyut Board (DVB) has prepared an action plan to meet the power requirement of Delhi for the year 2000. The plan was presented to Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit by DVB chariman Jagdish Sagar in a high level meeting on Tuesday.
The daily intake of dioxin from food fell by 20 percent to two picograms per kilogram of body weight in fiscal 1998 in Japan, according to the findings of a survey released Tuesday by the Health and Welfare Ministry. The previous year, the figure stood at 2.41 picograms. One picogram …
It is literally a battle for power in Andhra Pradesh. Whether free power should be given to farmers or not has become a major issue in the ongoing polls in the state. In a highly populist move, the Congress party has promised that if it is voted to power, power …
The power sector continues to languish as the 29 projects costing above Ra 100 crore are yet to achieve three-fourths of the milestones and cost escalation is about 80 per cent.
More than 150 cities and towns in France and Italy will take part in a "car-free" day on Sep. 22 in which urban centers will be closed to all vehicles except public transport, the environment ministers of those countries said.
