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 …
A NEW revolutionary energy process could end up powering cities and industries in the next century, says a team of Australian scientists. The scientists, who conducted a feasibility study, suggested that a hybrid solar fossil fuel system has the potential to produce sustainable amount of power, while emitting very little …
A SMALL radio-controlled aircraft could soon be monitoring the air for signs of biological weapons. Fitted with a sensor developed at the US Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) in Washington, the craft will venture into possible danger zones and send back data on any biowar bacteria it detects. The biosensor was …
Scientists at the United States department of agriculture are conducting studies on the biology and the ecology of mushrooms to provide a better understanding to manage resources efficiently. Research is being conducted to ensure that harvests are sustainable and to determine the influences of forest management practices on fruits and …
WINNOWING, the process of separating quality grains from chaff, is a crucial process in the cultivation of paddy. The traditional way of winnowing is making the dried grains fall from a height using shovels and a sieve. The quality grains which are heavy fall vertically while the weightless chaff and …
A Japanese company has developed a system that is capable of generating almost twice as much energy from compressed pellets of pulverised household waste as all other systems currently available. The Electric Power Development (EPD) company of Japan says its experimental power plant in Kitakyushu has a generating efficiency of …
The government is considering a proposal for a Rs 1,000 crore renewable energy development fund as part of the policy being drafted for the sector. At the CII organised Energy Summit, Tata BP Solar managing director A K Vora said the government should create Rs 1000 crore fund for solar …
The government of India is contemplating a sui generis legislation for according privileges and rights to plant breeders who evolve new varieties of crops to be covered under the legislation, while simultaneously safeguarding the interests of farmers as consumers or the rural communities or individual farmers who have conserved traditional …
Though the DPC has been denying it, there are clear indications that the financial closrue of the 1444 MW second phase of the Dabhol Power project in Maharashtra is in some trouble. The closure, which was slated to take place in December , 1998, has been given an extention till …
The Argentinean Senate lifted the veto Menem Administration had imposed on Wind Energy Bill, thus allowing it to become national law as soon as the corresponding regulations are approved. For Greenpeace this is a decisive step forward in the making of a national policy for renewables.
The high-powered Standing Independent Group (SIG) along with the power ministry has initiated the exercise of identifying, the first batch of mega power projects to be offered to the private sector. Highly placed official sources told The finanical Express that a meeting with the potential beneficiary states of the northern, …
People at Rajghat, 70 km telling tales of a gas discovered recently. It all happened when an old woman was lighting incense sticks in front of a small coloured photograph of Shiva on the banks of the Ganges at Rajghat on Novemebr 5, a day after Kartick Purnima. Though a …
The Union power minitry has decided to execute the 3,960 mw Hirma power project in Orissa, the first mega power project in India. The Rs 16,000 crore inter-state project, promoted by the Consolidated Electric Power of Asia, will be developed in two phases and will sell power to the Power …
Work on the 2,500 MW thermal power plant in Cheyyur proposed by the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) will commence once clearance from the Pollution Control Board is obtained, and the foundation stone will be laid on APril 14.
The Rs. 6,400-crore joint venture Bharat Oman Refinery project in Madhya Pradesh has been given environmental clearance, thanks to the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee's intervention.
Greenpeace asked how many oil production incidents in the Atlantic Ocean will it take before the UK Government takes action to avoid a major spill. In the third accident in its first five months of production, a 60-foot wave late last night cracked the superstructure of the 154,000 tonne oil …
The Rs 6,400 crore joint venture Bharat Oman Refinery Project in Madhya pradesh has been given environmental clearance, thanks to Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's intervention. The Oman Oil company and state owned Bharat Petroleum are jointly promoting the six million ton refinery in Bina with 26 per cent stakes …
The much-awaited captive power policy announced by the Gujarat State Government here recently specifies a minimum consumption level of 50 per cent of electricity generated by the company setting up captive power plant, permits wheeling of power to group companies and puts a ban on sale to third parties.
The Government has accorded approval to the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) for setting up a 500 mw power plant with an estimated investment of Rs 1,600 crore in Savli in Gujarat.
In a report released, the International Energy Agency (IEA) praises the Austrian government's progress in recent years, such as improvement of security of supply through diversification of gas supply sources and abolishing import licenses for fossil fuels. Austria also has a very good record of low CO2 emission due to …
The ministers of finance, power, coal and defence will meet at New Delhi within 10 days to resolve the coal mining issue of the fast track $14 billion Bhadravati power project in Maharashtra. Disclosing this, the Power Minister, Mr P R Kumaramangalam, said his ministry was also preparing a reply …
