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 water in rivers, canals, beels and ponds has dried up abnormally in the region affecting irrigation of the crop fields. The under ground water level also recorded a sharp fall in the Netrakona district.
There is such a lot of sulphur in the oil and gas reserves of the vast former Soviet republic that oilmen fear finding a solution would be very difficult. The environmental issues surrounding development of the northern Caspian have assumed a greater importance following the signing of production sharing contracts …
The subsidy scheme to encourage the use of photovoltaic systems for household lighting is being liberalised. Instead of routing the subsidy through the state government agencies who buy the devices and distribute them to the users, it is now proposed to release it directly to the accredited manufacturers who would …
A New York based energy company, armed with rights to a patent on a gasoline substitute made mostly out of trash, is now laying the groundwork to launch the fuel commercially in the United States. The top brass of Pure Energy Corp say that the fuel, made from as much …
TVS Suzuki Ltd will launch its first four-stroke scooter by August '98. Thus, the company will be the first Indian auto manufacturer to introduce a four stroke two wheeler. Meanwhile, the company on Friday unveiled two prototupes of India 's first four-stroke scooter at Auto Expo '98
India is rapidly learing to absorb the benefits of energy from the sun as the country producers solar roses and even uses the energy to power incubators for premature babies. In a unique project, a greenhouse farming unit is using solar energy to power equipment for moisture content and temperature …
The World Bank has announced a $60 million loan to support the first phase of power sector restructuring and development programme in Haryana, which aims at meeting power requirement for the state's economic growth and population by the year 2007.
The International Energy Agency (IEA) on Thursday said that Asian financial turmoil would cause a stronger than expected slowdown in growth in world oil demand in 1998.
The World Bank is set to launch a new financial instrument with a $600 million adaptable loan to restructre Haryana's power sector. The loan is designed to lengthen the Bank's lending periods and cut the red tape involved in the approval process.
The Gujarat Power Corporation Ltd (GPC) either relaxed norms or waived conditions to facilitate clearances for land-based small power stations, the former chief minister and the leader of the opposition in the dissolved state assembly, Mr Suresh Mehta, said today.
German environmentalists hailed a Berlin court ruling which threw out an attempt to reopen a DM7bn nuclear power station near Koblenz on the Rhine that has stood silent for almost 10 years.
North American power industry executives believe increased competition from more open markets is bringing financial benefits to larger companies, but more than half of today's companies are expected to close over the next 10 years. This was stated in a report by the Washington International Energy Group.
More than 50 per cent of the liquid fuel based units of independent power producers (IPPs) have signed fuel supply agreements (FSA) with public sector oil companies.
Narora Atomic Power Station became the first ever nuclear plant in the country to achieve a high targeted power in a year by generating 1754.91 million units during the last calendar year.
Patients suffering from rheumatoid arthritis have shown a positive response to some experimental drugs. They experienced decrease in the pain and swelling in joints after taking these genetically engineered drugs. The drugs inhibit the action of a substance called tumour necrosis factor (TNF) that is responsible for the severe pain …
damage to the brain or spinal cord due to severe injuries has become more frequent nowadays. So, researchers are constantly trying to develop therapies to deal with trauma of this nature. Much interest has been directed at the possibility that neuronal pathways, which do not serve a particular function might …
Genetically engineered livestock are producing human proteins in Scotland. A Schnieke and his colleagues at PPL Therapeutics, Roslin, Midlothian, Scotland, have developed the sheep following their success of cloning Dolly, the world first clone of an adult mammal. The cloned animals have a gene that produces a human blood coagulant …
Banana leaves can now be converted into an energy-rich fuel. Researchers at the Centre of Biochemical Technology (CBT), New Delhi, have devised two methods to generate fuel from banana leaves. V C Kalia, a scientist at CBT's biotechnology division, says that one method called pellitisation or briquetting involves crushing banana …
India and Russia have finalised a key agreement paving the way for the construciton of Russia aided 2000 MW Kudankulam Atomic Power Plant in Tamil Nadu.
