Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Are missing palm trees causing more lighting deaths in Bihar appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 29.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Are missing palm trees causing …
ALL new private power projects, which are at the drawing board stage, may have to kiss goodbye to their plans of developing power plants based on clean fuel like natural gas. The gas utilisation policy, which will soon receive its official stamp of approval, proposes to give the highest priority …
Brazil Biodiesel Sputters On Social, Green Goals BRAZIL: April 3, 2008 IRAQUARA, Brazil - Booming demand for biodiesel has become a lifeline for some poor farmers who plant oil seeds in Brazil's dry northeast but critics say the fuel is not as clean, equitable and bountiful as the government boasts. …
The State Electric Company (STELCO) will change their electricity generators to hybrid systems and provide power to some of the islands using the new systems before the end of this year, the Company said on Wednesday. Director Ahmed Niyaz said that preliminary surveys on establishing a hybrid system (an engine …
A U.S. congressional Select Committee plans to hold a hearing on a clean energy partnership with India and other developing nations. At a press conference on Tuesday, Edward Markey, Chairman of the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, said, "There are no hospitals for sick planets. It …
Alarmed by the growing influence of China in the oil and gas sector in many African countries, India has decided to turn its focus from the OPEC countries to the African nations for acquisition of oil and gas assets to meet surging energy requirements. Not only has India offered to …
Development Minister Raj Kumar Chauhan on Wednesday informed the State Assembly that the Delhi Government has paid Rs. 50 crore to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi for installation of streetlights in 769 unauthorised colonies across the city. Mr. Chauhan said the estimates for installation of streetlights worth Rs. 44.57 crore …
Philippines To Import Ethanol From Brazil, Thailand INDIA: April 3, 2008 MUMBAI - The Philippines plans to import about 170 million litres of ethanol from Brazil and Thailand in 2009, Archie Amarra, executive director of Philippines Sugar Millers Association Inc, said on Wednesday. The Philippine government had passed a biofuel …
Dom estic users of piped natural gas (PNG) would be first on the priority list of customers for supply of natural gas followed by essential services such as hospitals. Users of compressed natural gas (CNG), that are largely automobiles, and other consumers connected through the city gas distribution network, including …
Europe has announced plans to back investment in renewable energy in Africa and other parts of the developing world in an effort to provide reliable electricity in an environmentally sustainable way. The European Commission has launched the Global Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Fund with Euro 80 million to part-fund …
GAIL India has signed a historic contract with the consortia of Reliance Industries, the BG Group of Britain and Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) for buying the entire quantity of gas (17.3 million standard cubic metres a day). According to an official statement here, GAIL will buy the gas …
Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's recent visit to India with a 100-strong industry team should be seen against the need to contextualise south-south cooperation amidst the fait accompli of globalisation. That apart, the visit highlights the good fit between Brazil and India in the matter of economic cooperation. …
GAIL India, the country's largest transporter and marketer of natural gas, today signed contracts with the operators of the field to market the entire volume of gas from the Panna-Mukta and Tapti (PMT) fields. The state-owned gas utility signed the purchase contract with Reliance Industries (RIL), British Gas India and …
Paving the way for projected investments of over $39 billion, the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) today notified the regulations for distribution of gas to households, vehicles and industries in cities. The companies would get contracts to distribute gas in cities through competitive bidding, the board said. The …
China's rapid economic growth over the last two decades has brought numerous environmental problems. Today, China contains seven of the ten most pollluted cities in the world and is now the second largest source of carbon dioxide emissions, behind the United States. China's new renewable energy law recognizes the looming …
I am writing this article by the light of a gas lamp in my home in the forest sanctuary of Binsar in the hills of Kumaon. The sun has set, and the pinpricks of light in the valley below testify to the march of development. Every year, the valley is …
India was probably the first country in the world to have a non-conventional energy ministry. It began as a commission of additional sources of energy in the department of science & technology way back in 1981. Next year, it got incorporated in a new department of non-conventional energy sources in …
The North-east India Energy Summit 2008 was held in Guwahati on March 29. The Summit was organized jointly by the Assam Energy Development Agency of Department of Science & Technology, and Government of India Energy Forum, East India Chapter, Kolkata. The Summit deliberated on all the major issues which need …
The White House is threatening to veto a bill that the us House of Representatives recently cleared to boost renewable energy and energy-efficient projects. The bill, called the Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Tax Act of 2008, would be financed by ending us $17- billion tax incentives for oil and …
The Singapore government has released its national strategy to address climate change. The plan identifies improving energy efficiency for mitigating greenhouse gas emissions. "This will reduce greenhouse gas emissions, while reducing the cost of living and doing business, and enhancing energy security,' says the environment ministry. There will also be …
Could biofuels do more damage to the climate than the fossil fuels they replace? That's the fear casting doubt on the wisdom of a law that from next month will require a certain proportion of vehicle fuel to come from biological sources.
