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 sharing of Yamuna river water by the riparian states and the control of key headworks across the river has kicked up an inter-state row. While the Punjab Government has reiterated its pleas to be treated as Yamuna's riparian state, Haryana is agitated over the unlawful poaching of the inflows …
The tabling of the crucial biodiversity bill in Parliament, which seeks to give local communities sovereign rights over their forests, is unlikely to happen soon as the process of drafting is not complete. "The government is in the process of finalising the biodiversity bill and it has invited suggestions from …
The power purchase agreement (PPA) for the entire capacity of 2,000 mw proposed to be generated from the Talchar stage II (Orissa) has been tied up with the signing of PPA for supply of power to Pondicherry.
A study conducted by the Tata Energy Research insitute (TERI) has called upon dairy, food processing, textiles, hotel, edible oil , chemicals, marine chemicals and bulk drug industries alongwith breweries and distilleries to switch over to medium temperature range of solar thermal systems. The study conducted by Mahesh Vipradas and …
The Indian energy sector will be hit hard by the sanctions imposed on the country after the nuclear tests as the international funding agencies would stop aid with other financial agencies following suit, according to an expert.
The Mymensingh Gas Turbine Power Plant having a capacity of generating 60 MW electricity is likely to be commissioned by December next, four months ahead of the schedule time.
Installation of a vital electric transmission line to throw the surplus power from Chittagong into the national grid is in progress, but unlikely to be complete on time.
India has signed a deal for supply of two light water reactors with Russia signalling a new beginning in the long awaited 2000 MW Kundankulam nuclear power project in Tamil Nadu.
The UK government's energy review was announced on June 25th. The purpose of the six month review was, in effect, to shore up what remains of Britain's dying coal industry. The government has bought time for coal by delaying approvals for further gas fired plant; it also wants coal producers …
The environmental effects of the explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine began to dissipate long ago. But the political effects are still causing diplomats and development bankers to lose hair in large clumps. The sarcophagus built to surrond the burn-out reactor has begun to crumble, and western …
In a report released in Bonn, Energy Policies of IEA Countries - Germany - 1998 Review, the International Energy Agency praises measures Germany has taken to liberalise electricity and gas markets and reduce hard coal subsidies, as well as its ambitious target for CO2 emissions cuts.
Work on the Rs 453-crore Bina-Jhansi-Kanpur pipeline, a joint venture of Oman Chemicals and Petronet India will start this year and will be completed by the year 2001.The pipeline will have two terminals in Uttar Pradesh - at Kanpur and at Meerut - with a capacity of 230 mt and …
The Goa Government is seriously planning to hand over transmission and distribution of power to one private firm in order to centralise it, , though power would be generated by different private companies.
The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) will defer purchases of electricity from several multi-billion-dollar projects in Laos, citing the slowdown in Thailand's power demand. The commissioning dates will be postponed by two years to 2006 at four hydroelectric projects; Nam Thuen 2, Xe Pien-Xe Nam Noi, Nam Ngum 2 …
Greenpeace activists have intercepted the Israeli ship "Aribel" while it was pumping toxic sludge in international waters off Haifa. The dumped material is very acidic and contains heavy metals such as zinc, cadmium and mercury.
GMAC Mortgage Corp., one of the nation's largest financial services companies and a subsidiary of General Motors Corp., will begin offering special loans for homeowners who want to add solar power equipment to their houses. The project is part of Pres. Clinton's Million Solar Roofs Initiative that offers a 15% …
The scheme making registration of airconditioners mandatory for consumers is reportedly heading for a withdrawal due to dissuasive opinions voiced against it and some "unanswerable questions" staring in the face of the Delhi Vidyut Board . Some of the questions are :How to determine, from the look of an airconditioners, …
The Haryana Government has received 18 proposals, involving an investment of Rs 200 crore, for setting up projects to generate power from non-conventional sources of energy like biomass cogeneration, micro hydel and municipal solid waste. This was disclosed by the Haryana Minister of State for Non-Conventional Energy Sources, Mr Attar …
A quality control department of the Delhi Jal Board will be set up within two months. Addressing a press conference in the Capital today, the Delhi Chief minister, Mr. Sahib singh, said that the next meeting of the Jal Board will constitute this department which will look into the quality …
Economic sanctions against India may slow down the renewable energy revolution with various lines of credit from World Bank, KFW and Overseas Economic Co-operation Fund (OECF) now hanging fire.
