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 …
Scientists analyzing pictures from the unmanned Galileo spacecraft announced Tuesday that Jupiter's faint rings are made of dust kicked up when cosmic debris smashed into the giant planet's four small inner moons. The astronomers said the images had solved one of the recent mysteries surrounding Jupiter, the solar system's largest …
The city of Houston is hosting the World Energy Council Congress which is to be attended by more than 30 oil ministers and 8,000 other officials this week. The World Energy Council, represents the interests of energy producers across several countries.
Marubeni Corp. has decided to participate in a massive energy business in Alaska. The major trading house signed a contract for a joint feasibility study for the North Slope liquefied-natural gas development project. The project, one of the largest of its kind, is expected to begin commerical production in 2007.
The government has given environmental clearance to Essar Oil to put up captive POL jetties at Kandla Port in Gujarat for its Rs 1,500 cr. 9 million tonnes per annum (MMPTA) oil refinery project Vadinar. Essar will also build storage tanks and oil pipelines hooked to its refinery.
The Rs 2,275 cr. Kaiga nuclear power plant in Karnataka is expected to reach 'reactor cricicaliy' its first milestone- by June 1999. The construction of the second unit was almost over and, after reaching reactor criticality, several experiments would be conducted before power generation was started.
Three dykes have burst along the raging Nen in North-east China, threatening the country's largest oilfield of Daqing nearby, an anti-food official and state media said. About 200,000 soldiers and civilians have been reinforcing flood defences near Daqing in Heilongjiang province, where waterlogging has closed 355 oil wells and reduced …
The Chief Minister Mr. M. Karunanidhi, has ruled out any uncertainty in the implementation of the mega drinking water project from Hogenekkal costing Rs 636 crores.
The power grid corporation of India Ltd. is considering a proposal to raise $100 million from the overseas market through Asian Development Bank's (ADB's) credit enhancement mechanism.
Hopewell Holdings, the Hong Kong based infrastructure group, issued a force majeure notice to safeguard its US$620m investment in its Indonesia power project, Tanjung Jati B. Work will cease on the project, which is now unlikely to meet its 2000 completion date. The move was triggered by an inability to …
An ambitious European Union agreement calling for action from carmakers and oil companies to improve air qulity cleared its final hurdle as it was approved by the European Parliament. The vote clears the way for the so-called Auto Oil programme to be adopted into EU law before the end of …
study : An epidemiological study has found nuclear installations at Tarapur in Maharashtra to be benign. Similar studies are now on at the other atomic power stations and research centres in the country. The study conducted by the Tata Memorial Centre (TMC) on effects of low-dose ionizing radiation among the …
India will be represented by a 27-member high-level delegation comprising of Government, industry and academia at the 17th Congress of the World Energy Council scheduled from 13-18 September, '98 at Houston, Texas, USA.
The International Energy Agency has commended the United States on the great progress it has made over the last two decades in deregulating its gas industry, and more recently its electricity market. The commendation appears in a report released at the World Energy Council Conference in Houston, Energy Policies of …
Jupiter's intricate, swirling ring system is formed by dust kicked up as interplanetary meteroids smash into the giant planet's four small inner moons, according to scientists studying data from NASA's Galileo spacecraft. Images sent by Galileo also reveal that the outermost ring is actually two rings, one embedded within the …
Even as the 650-mw Bawana Phase I project remains mired in controversy, Phase II of the project is all set to take off. The Ballarpur Industries Limited, in collaboration with a US-based company, KLT, has quoted the lowest rates ever for a power project for Delhi.A formal decision regarding handing …
The latest struck of huge natural gas reserves by an American oil company in Indonesia's Irian Jaya region will enable the country to become a leading producer of liquedied natural gas (LNG) in the Southeast Asian region, according to a governemnt official.The survey conducted by the oil company Arco shows …
The Centre signed the counter-guarantee agreement for the 250 MW St-CMS promoted Neyveli-based lignite fired fast track project. To operationalise the counter-guarantee, the Centre also signed a tripartite agreement with the Reserve Bank of India and the Tamil Nadu Government.
when a population is exposed to the same infectious agent, not all individuals show susceptibility to the infection. To find out the reason, M J Stear and colleagues of the Glasgow University Veterinary School, uk , investigated the basis of resistance to nematode infection in sheep. Nematode worms are major …
