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 second World Conference on Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conversion (WCPEC), attended by 2425 participants from 75 countries, just concluded in Vienna last week, gave outspoken future for solar energy, expected now to capture about 10 per cent of world energy market in the 21st century.
The Bangladesh Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources and the US Embassy on behalf of the Trade and Development Agency of the United States, signed $400,000 grant agreement in Dhaka. The grant agreemennt will finance a study to identify the uses of Bangladesh's natural gas which will have the most …
The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand has deferred a decision on the fate of villagers affected by its lignite-fire power plant and lignite mines in Lampang to the committee chaired by the provincial governor. According to Mae Moh Power Plant manager Premchai Musikapumma, the committee has formed a working group …
The Housatonic River is the site of the US's ugliest environmental battles, putting the Environmental Protection Agency against giant General Electric Co. Citing what is says is dangerous contamination with PCBs, the EPA has moved to designate an old GE plant and at least 30 miles of the Housatonic as …
The Bangladesh government has apparently given the go ahead to foreign oil companies developing this country's natural gas reserves to export the commodity to neighbouring countries.
The federal government has approved five new small hydel power projects in the northern areas of Pakistan to bridge the gap between electricity generation and consumption there. Talking to newsmen Chief Engineering Adviser (Power) to the Government of Pakistan, Saifullah said the projects will be installed in the districts of …
A preliminary survey has shown promising sings of huge oil reserves in the Gulf of Kutch off the western coast of the Saurashtra region in Gujarat, according to an official spokesman of the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation here today.The oil reserves have been located about 50 to 100 nautical …
Despite being embroiled in a blaming game, the three agencies responsible for ensuring a clean city of Dhaka have offered plans to fight pollution caused by nearly 2,50,000 black smoke-emitting vehicles to save lives of the capital's eight million people. The Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) said it will set …
Six energy-intensive sectors--cement, textile, sugar, fertiliser (urea), glass & ceramics and paper--which consume energy amounting to about Rs 14,500 crore per annum, can save up Rs 1,750 crore by implementing low-cost and capital intensive measures through information and experiencing sharing, according to a study funded by Asian Development Bank.
The Supreme Court today fixed 18 August for the final hearing of appeals of the Karnataka Government and others challenging the judgement of the High Court issuing direction to the state government to register a first information report in the alleged kickbacks in the multinational Cogentrix Thermal Power Project in …
The Asian Development Bank is likely to extend a $400 million loan to the Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India for undertaking various energy efficiency improving programmes, a senior ADB official said.
Final hearing on August 18: The Supreme Court has posted the appeals filed by the Karnataka Government and others with regard to the controversial Cogentrix power project for final hearing on August 18.
After two years and $250m in exploration costs, a Shell/Mobil consortium has told Peru that it will not go ahead with developing Peru's huge Camisea gas field. The big trouble was the role the consortium wanted in transmission and distribution, contrary to Peruvian law.
India would make use of spent nuclear fuel from the proposed Russian nuclear power stations (2x1000 mwe) at Kudankulum in Tamil Nadu to enhance the Indian fast breeder programme under the safeguards of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). This was stated by Dr Anil Kakodkar, Director of Bhabha Atomic …
The NTPC's 1,000-mw Talcher super thermal power plant is all set to emerge as the largest power generating until in the country with another 2,000-MW unit slated for installation at this World Bank funded Central power project. This is the only power project, which is wheeling large blocks of power …
The fate of the Rs 4,000 crore Mangalore Power project in Karnataka will be decided today when the Supreme Court takes up for consideration the Karnataka High Court order seeking a CBI probe into allegations of kickbacks against the promoters, Cogentrix of the US and China Light and Power of …
Even as the political turmoil over the Cauvery issue continues, the dispute between Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka over sharing of Krishna waters is threatening to acquire alarming proportions. The dispute and alleged violation of the krishna water Tribunal's award by Karnataka figured in the Rajya Sabha today.
The Greenpeace Mediterranean Office charged that a representative of the German company Siemens has mislead Turkish officials and public opinion by claiming that nuclear power is cheap and safe. Ulrich Fischer from Siemens claimed during a press conference that hydroelectric power is more dangerous than nuclear power. A consortium of …
The Government has given the go-ahead to Mangalore Power Company (MPC) in Karnataka without assessing the environmental impact of the project, according to a report by the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute(NEERI).
