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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CEA set to monitor development of UMPPs
The power ministry has asked Central Electricity Authority (CEA) to regularly monitor the implementation of ultra mega power projects (UMPPs), with generation capacity of about 4,000 Mw each.
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Petroleum lobby blocking biofuel, says Gadkari
Urging the Centre to ''stop giving in to the petroleum lobby'', Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National President Nitin Gadkari on Monday demanded that farmers producing ethanol should be given support in their projects.
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Kerala to be first totally electrified State: Balan
PATHANAMTHITTA: Making Kerala the first totally electrified State in India is the mission of the Left Democratic Front government, A.K. Balan, Minister for Electricity, has said. He was inaugurating the work on the 33-kV electrical substation at Poozhikkad near Pandalam on Monday.
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UK energy giant BP and Reliance in $9-billion deal to explore for oil, gas
In what is being tipped as the largest FDI into India, UK
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Power priority for Khandu - Memorandum to PM stresses development agenda
Arunachal Pradesh has asserted that it would become one of the leading states of the country both economically as well as socially by commissioning its various hydropower projects. Sources told The Telegraph that in a memorandum submitted to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh recently, Arunachal Pradesh chief minister Dorjee Khandu stated that his government has prioritised hydropower as the main go
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Good on paper, but lacking quite a bit on ground
The Rajiv Gandhi Gramin Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY) is one flagship programme of the UPA government where the entire budgeted allocation of Rs 33,000 crore has been committed, but the desired result is still elusive. RGGVY, a component of Bharat Nirman, was launched in April 2005 with a mandate to electrify 100,000 villages and release electricity connections to 2.3 crore rural BPL households i
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Rs 1.75 crore to be spent on facility expansion in academy of administration
With a view to ensuring adequate electricity in Academy of Administration, a solar energy plant of Rs 52 lakh is being set up. The plant of 25 kw will save 100 unit electricity every day. Besides, works for official facilities and hostel facilities will also be done.
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Railways-NTPC Adra JV caught in Mamata-Nitish Tussle
A proposed joint venture between the Indian Railways and NTPC for setting up a 1,320 MW thermal power plant in West Bengal has been caught in a tussle between the railway ministry and Bihar government over issues relating to a similar joint venture. The power plant, proposed to be set up at Adra in Purulia district of West Bengal, has been made a part of Bhartiya Rail Bijlee Co, a 26:74 joint v
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Bihar budget to focus on power, education
PATNA: With the Bihar legislature's budget session beginning on Tuesday, checking corruption and procuring power, along with increased spending on education, agriculture and health care are the prime focus of the State budget to be presented by Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi on February 25. In his inaugural address to both Houses of the legislature, Governor Debanand Konwar said 394 ca
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Jindal plant: Notices to Centre, State
BHUBANESWAR: Acting on a writ petition filed by one Suresh Pradhan and others, the Orissa High Court today issued notices to the Centre and State Government along with Jindal India Thermal Power Ltd over establishment of its power plant at Deranga in Angul district. A Division Bench of Chief Justice V Gopalagowda and Justice BN Mohapatra has also directed status quo on the public roads within