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 …
At least three power projects including Enron phase-II, Cogentrix-sponsored Mangalore power project and AES Trnaspower's IB Valley plant are expected to seek alternative sources of funding following imposition of US sanctions.
The government will not encourage captive power projects as they were uneconomical and short sighted in nature, the Power Minister, Mr R Kumaramangalam said.
The Pakistan government has hired "forensic auditors" from the UK to help in investigations into the financial affairs of the country's private power projects.
The Tamil Nadu Electricity Board (TNEB) signed a purchase agreement (PPA) with the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) to avail itself of power from the proposed Talcher Thermal Power Station (Stage-II).
The first liquid-based power project in Haryana will become operational by the month-end at Gurgaon, according to state power minister Attar Singh Saini. The 25mw power project has been set up by Magnum, a Delhi-based company at a cost of Rs 55 crore.
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation's deepwater exploration programme has sprung a leak with the locally upgraded deepwater drilling vessel, Sagar Vijay, not being able to be anchored even in the Cauvery offshore region.
Australia's Energy Equity Corporation Ltd (EEC) has said it would invest about $51 millions as equity towards the $570 million poower project in Kochi."The 1200 MW Vypeen power project is the largest venture for EEC, now involved in projects of 9 MW, 37 MW in Australia and 135 MW in …
The Energy Council failed to give a strong endorsement to the European Commission's proposal to increase renewable energy consumption, a key part of the European Union's strategy to meet its international commitments under the Kyoto protocol to combat climate change.
Greenpeace released a computer modelling study showing that a major accident at the proposed Turkish nuclear reactor at Akkuyu Bay would be catastrophic for Turkey, Cyprus and the entire Middle East. Turkey plans to build 10 nuclear reactors by the year 2020.
The Kerala Electricity Minister, Mr. Pinarayi Vijayan, has said that four Chinese model small hydro-electric projects with a total installed capacity of 17.5 MW would be implemented in the Chaliyar basin in the next two years on a pilot basis.
The Kerala Government, which has rejected the tie-up between Enron and K.P.P. Nambiar Associates for setting up the 513-MW Kannur power project, is firm in its decision, according to Mr. Pinarayi Vijayan, the State Electricity Minister. It was now left to Mr. Nambiar to think of other ways to go …
The nine members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and member-in-waiting Cambodia have agreed to implement United Nations automobile environmental and safety standards, auto industry sources said.
The UK government is heading for a serious clash with business over plans to extend a moratorium on new gas-fired power stations for up to five years to protect the coal industry.
The Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has revised its agenda for deepwater exploration and will now begin work in the Cauvery basin in Tamil Nadu instead of Krishna-Godavari as planned earlier.
For Geetanjali Solar Enterprise (GSE), specialising in non-conventional energy devices, West Bengal's non-electrified villages represent its target market, offering a vast potential for products such as domestic street lighting systems and portable televisions.
In a remarkable development, World Bank has evaluated that power generation by the Haryana State Electricity Board (HSEB) will reach surplus stage by 2002. The World Bank has recently sanctioned a $ 600 million loan to Haryana for its power sector reforms.
Bangladesh Environmental Lawyer's Association (BELA) and Gulshan, Banani and Baridhara Welfare Society expressed their concern at the attempt to encroach the Gulshan, Banani and Baridhara lake with earth by certain quarters for commerical purpose.
Out of 24,503 inhabited villages in Assam, 19,019 villages have been electrified till March 31, 1998 with loan assistance from the Rural Electrification Corporation (REC). The remaining 5,574 villages will be electrified with additional assistance from the REC in a phased manner.
EU renewable energy funding is set to get a surprise boost on Monday, it has emerged, when EU energy ministers are expected to agree a budget of up to Ecu30m for the Altener II renewable energy support scheme in 1998/99. This would reinstate an Ecu8m cut from the European Commission's …
