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 European food industry has decided voluntarily to label foods containing genetically modified soyabeans or maize, after member states failed to agree on common EU labelling rules.
The Czech government is to make radical changes in the management of CEZ, the state electricity company, because of concern over fresh delays in the construction of a nuclear reactor which seeks to combine US and Soviet style technology.
In a bid to get rid of its existing rigid structure, the national sector exploration major, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has embarked upon a new 'asset management' concept of functioning based on the recommendation of McKinsey.
Rajasthan's latest scheme of captive power generation has breathed fresh hope into the other wise gloomy power scenario. Energen International Ltd has shown keen interest in reframing its proposal for its solar chimney power project at Jaisalmer.
The Petroleum Authority of Thailand (PTT) denied the National Environment Board had ordered their re-routing of its Thai-Burmese gas pipeline. But the Minister of Environment had said that the board had decided to re-route the pipeline to avoid communities and forests.
Melbourne scientists have developed a revolutionary system that could reduce Australia's greenhouse gas emissions by up to 10 per cent by converting tree waste into electricity.
The National Poison Centre has warned parents against buying certain toys which may contain lead. The toys found to contain lead could cause poisoning and even death among children.
Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) has signed fuel supply agreements (FSAs) with 16 IPPs independent power producers including projects being promoted by the RPG Group, Harrison Malayalam etc for plants being put up in Rajasthan, Haryana and UP.
Having failed to persuade petrol pump owners to sell fuel only to vehicles with pollution under control certificates, the Delhi government has issued a notification making it mandatory for petrol pump owners to do so. Though the notification was issued last month , the government is yet to begin enforcing …
The UP Minister for Excise and Prohibition, Mr S P Shahi, said today that the state government had banned the export of molasses from the state in a bid to make full use of the product within the state and augment the earnings from it by exporting only liquor made …
To stop the ongoing construction of the Rs 1500-crore Maheshwar hydel project in Khargone district in Western Madhya Pradesh , the Narmada Bachao Andolan would launch an indefinite agitation at the dam site from 11 January..
The Narmada Bachao Andolan has decided to stop construction work on the Maheshwar dam project at Mandleshwar in Kahargone district of Madhya Pradesh on January 11.
UK-based power major, Eastern Generation, has pulled out of the 500-MW Barsingsar power project in Rajasthan, being developed in joint venture with Calcutta-based Hindustan Development Corporation.
The Foreign Investment Prohibition Board (FIPB) yesterday deferred decision on the Kedias proposal to sell off their 520-MW Korba project to a US-Korean consortium, citing scanty details of the coal-linkages agreements.
India and the US would collaborate in a research and development project to study vast reserves of methane hidden under the deep sea floor ,which may form a potential source of energy in the future.
The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has recommended a 10 per cent duty on equipment imports by refineries which presently enjoy zero imports duty status. This levy can go hand in hand with the existing 10 per cent countervailing duty on these items, the CII adds.
The Planning Commission has okayed the construction of Mewat Canal, meant to provide perennial irrigation to about 2,50,000 acres of arid land in about 300 villages of the Mewat areas of Gurgaon and Faridabad districts of Haryana.
Controversial Israeli tycoon 'Carl' Eisenberg has finally decided to quit as promoter of the Rs 3000 crore, 700 mw Yamunagar power project in Haryana . Eisenberg has dumped the power purchase agreement (PPA) that it had signed with the Haryana State Electricity Board(HSEB) .
Over 900 fishermen's families from Ghivali village will stage a rasta-roko and dharna outside the Tarapur Atomic Power Station (TAPS) in Tarapur, nearly 200 km from Mumbai on Monday. The fishermen are demanding better compensation and relocation package after they are uprooted from their village to make way for the …
The Uttar Pradesh government has set the target to generate an additional 5000 mw electricity by 2002 by involving the private sector in a big way, state energy minister Naresh Agrawal has said.
