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 …
Independent power producers (IPPs) are in for more trouble and further delays, The latest notification of the ministry of power on tariff calculations has forced IPPs and state electricity boards to renegotiate power purchase agreements all over again. All the projects which have not achieved financial closure may be covered …
Russia will cater to 85 per cent of the debt requirement for the 2000 mw (2 x 1000 mw) nuclear power plant being commissioned in Kudandulam, Tamil Nadu. The project, which costs around $3 billion, will be jointly executed by the Nuclear Power Corporation (NPC) and experts from Russia.
The Haryana Government has received 18 proposals, involving an investment of Rs. 200 crores, for setting up projects to generate power from non-conventional sources of energy like biomass cogeneration, micro hydel and municipal solid waste. This was stated by the Haryana Minister of State for Non-Conventional Energy Sources, Mr. Attar …
Russian Nuclear Energy Minister Yevgeny Adamov, during his brief visit to India on Sunday, discussed steps to expedite the setting up of an Asian Thermonuclear Research Fund (ATRF) with the Indian Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) chief R Chidambaram.
Swamy's charge against CM : The Janata party president, Dr. Subramanian Swamy, has accused the Chief Minister, Mr. Karunanidhi, of betraying and deliberately sacrificing the interests of the farmers of south Tamil Nadu on the issue of Mullai Periyar dam water level.
The power deficit Union Territory of Pondicherry will have its first power plant commissioned before the end of March next year. This will considerably ease the power situation.
National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) has decided to award Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) the engineering contract for the Rs 3,600 crore Simhadri power project on turnkey basis. A decision on the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract was taken at NTPC' board meeting on June 19, highly paced corporation …
It has been described as "the eigth continent": the thin, rich layer of life better known as the rainforest canopy. Astonishingly, most of the world species can be found in this tropical treetop environment. That is because the majority of species are insects, and the majority of insects are found …
The Central Government will not clear the Cogentrix power project in Karnataka until the Supreme Court disposes off a case pending before it, Union Power Minister P R Kumaramangalam said on Saturday.
The Euroepean Bank for Reconstruction and Development is set to agree the biggest single loan in its history to secure closure of Chenobyl, site of the world's worst nuclear accident. Officials said the bank had given preliminary approval to lending Ukraine $190m to help fund completion of two reactors started …
The World Meterological Organization (WMO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) have jointly released the Executive Summary of the "Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion - 1998". It has been prepared by more than 200 scientists from around the world and was reviewed from 1 to 6 June by 77 …
A Committee of Ministers are processing proposals for setting up 15 mega power projects in the country, according to the Union Minister for Power, Mr. P.R. Kumaramangalam.
More than 60 companies have suffered collective losses to the tune of Rs 221 crore in their wind farm projects due to the cyclone, which ruined Kandla port in Suarashtra region. Nearly 130 wind mills have been destroyed in cyclonic storm on June 8 and 9. All the companies, who …
US energy major Enron would tap international markets to achieve financial closure for the second phase of its Dabhol power project in Maharashtra by the end of the year, Enron Corporation vice-president Rebecca Mark said on Thursday.
The Karnataka High Court has directed the State of Karnataka and the Union of India to file its objections to a petition filed by Pulakeshi Power Company Pvt. Ltd. challenging the decision of the State Government in informing the petitioner company to set up its 400-MW coal-fired power project outside …
Electricity rates for the domestic and industrial consumers in Haryana have substantially been raised by 15 per cent with effect from June 15, 1998. This is expected to bring in additional revenue to the Haryana State Electricity Board (HSEB) to the tune of nearly Rs 225 crore annually. This will …
Minister : Power minister Rangarajan Kumara Mangalam said today sanctions imposed by G-8 countries would not have any impact on the power sector during the current financial year, but did not rule out that it may have impact in the long term if the stand-off countinues.
: A host of problems including funding threaten the viability of four large power-generation projects in Laos. Thai energy officials are now sceptical that the projects, which would export a total of 1,956 megawatts, can proceed as planned.
During the first half of this year, the Shell oil company has been holding a series of Expert Dialogues on the proposed Shell Sustainable Energy Initiative (SEI). Shell describes the purpose of SEI as to "advance the development and implementation of practical measures that enable society to acheive sustainable and …
The Union government's decision to make it mandatory for all thermal power plants to use only "washed " coal from June 2001 has drawn flak from Delhi-based Tata Energy Research Insititute (TERI). This decision is economically and environmentally unwise for existing power plants, says Mahanadi Coalfields former chairman-cum-managing director C …
