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 …
Advances in photovoltaics or PV, the technology that turns sunlight into electricity have made it an attrative alternative to conventional power sources in China. Renewable energies like solar power will help China diversify away from the polluting fossil fuels such as coal and oil.
The recent claim by scientists, of the Karnal-based National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI), that they had successfully cloned buffaloes was both "false and misleading" according to Principal Scientist of the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) Biotechnology wing, Dr D K Singh.
Greenpeace welcomes a European Commission (EC) move to take forward a project on comprehensive removal of offshore oil installations. The announcement was made one week before the anticipated final decision by Shell on how to dispose of the Brent Spar oil installation.
The Brent Spar campaign has resulted in far-reaching and significant consequences which many in energy industry and Government have been determined to deny ever since, according to a book released by Greenpeace. The book, "Consequences of the Brent Spar Victory," has been writen by Chris Rose, Greenpeace UK's Deputy Executive …
National Thermal Power Corporation Ltd (NTPC) has firmed up plan to diversify into hydel and non-conventional power generation . The public sector power major is targeting projects with a capacity ranging between 300 and 500 MW to be set up in eastern and north-eastern states.
Greenpeace has received confirmation from the Japanese Government that the last shipment of spent nuclear fuel to France under existing reprocessing contracts took place in December. If no new reprocessing contracts between Japanese utilities and France are signed, as promised by the French government, then such dangerous shipments from Japan …
The biomass assessment study made by the Salem-Dharmapuri Chamber of Commerce at the instance of the Tamil Nadu Energy Development Agency (TEDA) and submitted to the Ministry of Non-conventional Energy Sources, Government of India, says it is possible to put up a 25 MW power plant with the surplus biomass …
Greenpeace welcomes a European Commission move to take forward a project on comprehensive removal of offshore oil installations. The announcement was made one week before the anticipated final decision by Shell on how to dispose of the Brent Spar oil installation. The decision is scheduled for January 29th.
Around 10 independent power producers (IPPs) representing an estimated 7,000 mw, for which memorandum of understandings were signed by the Tamil Nadu government between 1992 and 1995 , have pulled out of their projects in the state due to one reason or the other. The reasons include changes in government …
The French president, Mr Jacques Chirac today announced the setting up of a strategic group to consider questions relating to cooperation in the field of energy, especially nuclear energy. Another consultative committee will be formed, he added to look into defence cooperation, including the field armaments purchases.
Hitachi Ltd and Toshiba Corp. have agreed to standardize designs of nuclear power plants to help win orders. The move is in response to efforts by power utilities to trim the cost of nuclear plant construction, following a government demand for lower electricity rates.
The National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) has been awarded the work of construction management at a cost of Rs 2 crore by the West Bengal Power Development Corporation Ltd for execution of dam and reservoir required for 1,050 mw Bakreswar thermal power project stage II and III.
The National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) recorded its highest generation at 322.51 million units on Thrusday since it began generating power in 1982. Power generation was affected between April-December because of poor demand by state electricity boards on account of unseasonal rains lowering the demand from the agricultural sector.
The Central Electricity Authority has returned the detailed project report submitted by multinational Consolidated Power Asia and has sought further clarification over the CEPA's 4,000 MW coal-based power project.
Dr A P J Abdul Kalam, the Prime Minister's scientific advisor has been asked to decide on the fate of the Ispat group's multi crore 1082 mw power project at Bhadrawati in Chandrapur district after the Defence Ministry objected to the project citing security reasons.
For the residents of 22 villages on the bank of Karjan river, the proposed Naniborsan dam at Chaudgam stirs up bad memories. Displaced once before under the Ukai dam project, they refuse to go through the ordeal of seeing their villages submerged again.
Haryana's ailing power sector will get a World Bank loan of $600 million over a period of eight to ten years in a bid to remove critical bottlenecks in transmission, revamp and development.
A new report threatens to stir up a new , the hornet's nest that is the giant Tehri dam. After 20 meetings, a five-day field visit and a nine-month delay, an expert committee now concludes that background information for constructing the dam was inadequate and that these gaps in knowledge …
The Central Electricity Authority Board has given Techno-economic clearance to four more power projects with a capacity of 449.36 MW in the private sector taking the total capacity of projects cleared this year to 18,449.36 MW.
The Ministry of Non-Conventional Energy has approved the setting up of "National Institute of Renewable Energy" (NIRE) at Jallandhar. The Institute will be an apex body responsible for conducting the latest research and developmental activities in all the areas relating to non-conventional renewable energy sources.
