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 West Bengal government has drawn an ambitious scheme to solve the potable water crisis in Darjeeling and provide permanent relief to residents and tourists. State minister for housing, and public health engineering Gautam Deb said on Tuesday that according to the plan, entailing a cost of Rs 35 crore, …
The Tamil Nadu governemnt has formed a committee to monitor the progress made by the liquid fuel-based short gestation power projects in the state.The committee, which consists of Tamil Nadu Electricity Board (TNEB) chairman, Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation officials and the state energy secretary, will take stock of the …
Potential exists for production of power from biomass, especially, biomass waste treatment which has an advantage of pollution control. With the changes in government policy and available incentives, many private promoters were now coming up with new proposals. Mr. S. R. Chaudhari, manager, Maharashtra Energy Development Agency (MEDA), said. He …
Aditya Birla group company Indo-Gulf Fertilizers and PowerGen of UK have joined hands to set up a 567-mw power plant at Shahjahanpur in Uttar Pradesh. The new plant christened as Rosa Thermal Power Plant for which power purchase agreement was signed between Uttar Pradesh State Electricity Board (UPSEB) here on …
An experimental project to study the potential of harnessing wave power to generate electricity holds out promise, but questions of feasibility and viabiligy remain.
Power minister P R Kumaramangalam on Thursday said his ministry had constituted a monitoring cell on fast track power projects to help iron out all problems and remove bottlenecks facing private sector participation in power generation.
The Uttar Pradesh State Electricity Board (UPSEB) on Thursday signed two power purchase agreements (PPAs) with the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) and A V Birla's Roza Thermal Power Plant to buy 1,067 mw of additional power to ensure uninterrupted supply to industries in State.
The Central Electricity Authority (CEA) has sought clarifications from US multinational AES Transpower regarding coal and water linkages for the Rs 2,000 crore fast-track Ib-valley project promoted in Orissa.
The Greenpeace ship "Sirius" joined local activists at the Dardanelles to protest against the Turkish Government's plans to build a 300 megawatt coal power plant in a forest area.
Royal Dutch/Shell, the biggest oil producer in Nigeria, has for the first time declared force majeure on shipments from both its Bonny and Forcados crude export terminals in the Niger Delta. Force majeure at Bonny was declared after a main pipeline linking inland processing plants with the coastal export terminal …
The government is contemplating joint ventures with the private sector in the wind energy sector through 'wind power estates'. It proposes to hold substantial stake in these estates. In a note being prepared for the cabinet, which would give final approval to such joint ventures, the industry ministry has supported …
The Uttar Pradesh government plans to privatise power distribution in Lucknow, Moradabad, Kanpur and Agra on the lines of what has been done in Noida. This was indicated by chief minister Kalyan Singh.
The government has raised its investment target in the power sector for the remaining period of the Ninth plan by 5,380 crore. This represents an 11.7 per cent increase over the Plan target of Rs 46,143 crore.
Union Minister of State for Petroleum Santosh Gangwar has said LPG and petrol would be supplied to Jammu and Kashmir through pipelines in a phased manner.
Over 50 lakh tonnes of coal is consumed by the plantation industry to process tea. The burning of fossil fuels, which involves heavy transportation cost and large-scale atmospheric pollution, can be cut by 25 per cent by tapping solar energy.
Italian engineering contractor Ansaldo Energia plans to bid for serveral thermo-electric power projects in the country in an attempt to increase its market share to around 20 per cent. Ansaldo has decided to bid for the erection, procurement, construction (EPC) contract for the 500 X 2 mw Vijayanagara thermal power …
The Centre has conceded Andhra Pradesh Govenment's request to amend the Insecticides Act providing for stringent punishement to those involved in manufacture and sale of spurious pesticides, the State Government's Special Representative in New Delhi, Mr. V. Sobhanadreshwar Rao, said on Tuesday. Following a spate of suicides by debt-burdened cotton …
Pakistan's Hub Power Company (Hubco) said on Monday it had temporarily shut down all four of its electricity generating units because the state-utility Wapda did not need power. "Three generators were shut down on Sunday," said a spokesman for the foreign-sponsored Hubco, which is locked in a bitter tariff row …
