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 …
Enron India has tied up all the necessary resources for the 1,444 mw Phase-II of the Dabhol power project. Disclosing this, Enron International President and chief executive officer Joseph Sutton said that both the Indian and foreign banks had given their letters of commitment to financing the second phase of …
The Maharashtra Government is aiming at building a capacity of 100 MW of electricity fromwind power generation this financial year. It claimed to have installed a capacity of 25 MW in the State through wind turbine generators during the financial year ended March 31, 1999. The State Government also said …
Local nuclear critics in Toronto, Canada are furious over a decision to proceed with the restart of the Pickering A nuclear plant without waiting for a planned environmental assessment. 'I think it is hypocritical and a mockery of the nuclear regulatory system,'' said Irene Kock, of the Durham-based Nuclear Awareness …
A global pact phasing out use of chemical products which pollute air and soil and affect human health could be ready by the end of next year, the chief of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) said. Former German environment minister Klaus Toepfer told reporters that a conference on the …
The Tamil Nadu government has refused to sign the tripartite agreement for the Cuddalore mega power project in the state. R K Madan, chairman of the Power Trading Corporation (PTC), said the Cuddalore power project had been stalled, since the state government had refused to sign the tri-partite agreement for …
The insulation portion of the crude distillation unit (CDU) of the IOC refinery has been damaged completely as the result of a fire last evening. The fire in the main insulation line took place due to operational working as the plant is in a stabilisation period. According to the IOC …
The use of unleaded petrol may have caused the atmospheric lead levels in Delhi to drop by as much as 61 per cent, but this petrol brings with it an added threat: cancer. The unleaded petrol being used in the Capital is high on the carcinogen benzene, which is added …
The National Thermal Power Corporation Ltd (NTPC) has taken a leading role in building that energy capacity that India desperately needs for development. But this also means putting the environment increasingly at higher risk. NTPC has responded admirably by forming CENPEEP (Centre for Power Efficiency and Environmental Protection) to combat …
The World Bank, the public financial institution charged with the task of poverty alleviation and sustainable development, is under pressure to reform its lending policy when it comes to energy projects in developing nations. "The bank currently lends 25 times as much money for fossil-fuel energy projects as it does …
Major refineries in the country are going all out to meet a September 1 deadline to bring down sulphur content in diesel (perhaps the most visibly polluting of all fuels ) to 0.25 per cent, from an average of 1 per cent now. High sulphur content in the air causes …
The US Government has unveiled an effort to install solar panels at polluted, unused factory sites to create energy-producing island in cities where the power is needed most. The US Energy Department and the city of Chicago said the first step in the project would be a factory employing 100 …
"Compared to Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh government is more civilised". That was the certificate Booker Prize winner Arundhati Roy gave to Chief Minister Digvijay Singh as she left Indore for Delhi on Wednesday after Narmada Bachao Andolan Rally for the Valley. This was Roy's thanksgiving for living up to the assurances …
Absence of a strong regulatory network has left the promising wind energy sector in India, the fourth largest in the world, in a quandary says an expert from the Tata Energy Research Institute(TERI). "India does not have a strong regulatory mechanism and processes by which the consumer (the State Electricity …
Heralding the success of the Communist Party of India(Marxist) in keeping the multinationals away from the power sector in Kerala, the US-based multinational, Enron Corporation has announced its decision to back out from the 513 MW Kannur power project.The decision came in the wake of refusal by the Communist-led government …
Mumbai-based power utility Bombay Suburban Electric Supply Ltd (BSES) has joined hands with Gas Authority of India (GAIL) for another 500 mw power project at Dahej in Gujarat.
Uncertainity over the construction of 2,051MW Parbati hydel project in Kullu district of Himachal pradesh has ended with signing of an agreement between the National Hydro Power Corporation (NHPC) and the State Government.
California's first attempt to turn rice shubble and tree trimmings into ethanol resembles a scene from "Back to the Future," the 1980s movie in which trash was dumped into one end of a machine and pure energy comes out the other. The proposed "bio-refinery" will convert thousands of tons of …
The Ministry of Non-conventional Energy Sources(MNES) has sanctioned Rs 25 crore for the current financial year for development of non-conventional energy in the North East.
The World Bank is being criticized for not doing enough to promote renewable energy projects, like photovoltaic lights, in developing countries. The World Bank is being criticized for not doing enough to promote renewable energy projects, like photovoltaic lights, in developing countries. The World Bank, the public financial institution charged …
The US based power company Enron has held back plans to set up a consortium comprising Indian and foreign companies and financing agencies, till the financial closure of the Dabhol (II) power project. The consortium was meant to facilitate infrastructure investments in India.
