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 power minister, Mr P R Kumaramangalam, announced massive bonanza for the state's power sector. Central assistance worth Rs 15,000 crore was doled out for either setting up new power projects or starting work on pending ones.
Government scientists have substantially increased their estimates of the amount of petroleum beneath Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, a finding that could fuel demands for oil drilling in one of the largest and wildest U.S. preserves.
The privatisation of the power sector in Rajasthan which was a buzzword in the official circles during the last three years or so, has been given a quiet burial. The government has now shifted focus to the state sector for making investments in power projects.
The Andhra Pradesh State Cabinet, while according in principle clearance for the GVK Industries' 240 MW phase-II combined cycle power project, proposed to be set up adjacent to the existing 240 MW plant at Jegurupadu near Kakinada, has permitted Gauthami Power Corporation to increase the capacity of its plant from …
The Governemnt is planning to float bonds to a tune of Rs 200 to Rs 300 crores to fund water supply and sanitation schemes and slum development. The Cabinet, which met in Hyderabad on Friday, is understood to have cleared the proposal to raise bonds on the lines of irrigation …
Negotiations are taking place on the introduction of ethical codes of conduct into global corporations in the energy sector. The Brussels based International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Worker's Unions (ICEM) is near an agreement with a number of oil companies which would establish joint management-union councils and …
Plans by the Swedish government to abandon nuclear power were thrown into disarray after the country's Supreme Administrative Court ruled that the decommissioning of Sweden's oldest nuclear reactor could be unlawful.
Enron Corp, one of the largest US investors in India, said on Thursday it was assessing the impact of the US economic sanctions slapped on India for its nuclear tests this week. "We are monitoring the situation and it is premature for us to predict any potential impact on our …
A day after the US and Japan clamped sanctions against India for conducting nuclear tests, state bureaucrats are uncertain about the extent of damage to pending projects. One project likely to be hit is the first phase of the Cauvery fourth stage - funded by the Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund …
The Union government has given an in-principle clearance for counter-guarantee to three out of the four fast track power projects, and significantly includes the project promoted by the US based CMS Energy.
each year, between March and June, the Grim Reaper celebrates. It is around this time every year that the nation witnesses a sharp rise in the number of suicides among the school-going children. The capital's police, for instance, refer to this period as the "suicide season'
scientists in the us have developed a hydro-electric generating system. The device can either convert the energy potential of a river or canal as it flows downhill, or extract energy from in and out movements of tides. The system does not require a dam for generating energy because it operates …
People who drink coffee only for its caffeine content will soon have a new alternative: a novel narcolepsy drug called provigil which can keep non-narcoleptics awake as well. Narcolepsy is a disorder that strikes about one in every 5000 people, causing sudden sleep attacks lasting from few seconds to more …
Aspirin helps protect our hearts. True. Small, regular doses of aspirin can actually reduce risks of heart attacks. This is usually attributed to the pill's effect on the blood cells called platelets, which are involved in blood clotting (heart attacks are commonly caused by blood clots). However, aspirin may also …
Last October, Chrysler Corporation, usa, unveiled its first Composite Concept Vehicle (CCV), the first automobile with a body made from injection moulded plastic derived from recycled plastic bottles. The colour of the automobile is added directly to the plastic before it is moulded, eliminating the use of harmful paint and …
A chemical compound responsible for creating nicotine addiction among smokers has recently been identified. Like many other drugs, the addictive elements of nicotine are linked with its capacity to release the neurotransmitter dopamine in the brain. Some of the brain's receptors have a high affinity for nicotine, resulting in an …
Hinduja National Power Corporation Limited (HNPCL), a joint venture between Hindujas and National Power of UK, developing the 1,040 MW Visakhapatnam power project in Andhra Pradesh is unfazed about the proposed sanctions by the Japanese government against the nuclear tests.
Nearly 1,200 to 1,500 villages in Gujarat are facing acute drinking water shortage this summer. The Chief Minister, Mr Seshubhai Patel, who openly acknowledged this said his government was making provisions for sending water in tankers to these villages.
The race between scientific and commercial interests to unravel the entire human genetic code took another twist when the US-based Wellcome Trust, the world's largest charity announced that it would spend an extra $184m on the project over the next seven years.
