Punjab Green Hydrogen Policy
<p>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
Energy
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India, Japan close to nuclear accord
The former Japanese Prime Minister, Yukio Hatoyama, on Monday said India and Japan were close to finalising a civil nuclear cooperation agreement.
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Each village to be electrified by 2012: Naveen
Balasore: Chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday said that no village will be in dark and every village of the state will be electrified by the end of 2012 as various schemes have been taken up. Stating this while inaugurating a 132/33 KV grid sub-station at Basta in the district, he listed out several welfare measures undertaken by the state government for uplift of the poor, distress and und
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Fuel prices may put brakes on car sales
Rising Rates, High Input Costs & Runaway Inflation Add To Auto Cos
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India, Japan to seal N-deal soon
In what is being considered a triumph for Indian diplomacy, Japan appears to have given up most of its reservations with regard to civil nuclear cooperation with India and hopes to conclude an accord with New Delhi in this critical area very soon. Japanese Ambassador to India Hideaki Domichi also stated today that the two countries were all set to sign a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agree
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Himachal power projects: FinMin inks $208 m loan pact with ADB
The Finance Ministry today signed a loan agreement with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for $208 million for the third tranche of the Himachal Pradesh Clean Energy Development Investment Program. According to a Finance Ministry statement, this facility is for a series of loans to provide funding for four hydropower projects totalling 856 MW in Himachal Pradesh, for an amount of $800 million fr
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Rs 2500 crore spent on enhancing power supply and strengthening network
Rs 2500 crore has been spent on increasing power supply and strengthening network under ADB Project in the state during the last five years. Under the project, 220 KV and 132 KV sub stations and lines have been constructed after strengthening transmission network. As a result of this, power generation capacity has increased by 3 thousand 162 megawatts.
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Maharashtra govt says all is well at Jaitapur
Amid boycott by dissenting voices, the open house on Jaitapur power project organised by the state government managed to project a happy picture of the nuclear plant. Almost all the participants supported the project. Most of the participants, including the project affected people, welcomed the project and asserted that people with vested interest were spreading misconceptions.
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Surrendering power projects not easy now
Companies to lose earnest money Unlike past, it will not be easy for independent power producers (IPPs) to surrender projects after allotment as the government has finally incorporated a provision for forfeiting the earnest money in such an eventuality. The provision will be enforced for the 18 hydroelectric projects with the aggregate generation capacity of 1385.5 MW for which global bids hav
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Indian Oil fire: 40,000 litres of fuel goes down the drain
A major fire broke out at the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) oil storage depot in Taloja at Navi Mumbai on Monday night. It took the fire officials over six hours to douse the fire.
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Nuclear reactor connected to power grid
The fourth unit of the 220 MW Kaiga Generating Station (KGS-4), located in Uttar Kannada district of Karnataka, was connected to the southern power grid in the early hours of Wednesday, after the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) granted clearance to it. KGS-4, which achieved first criticality on November 27 last, was