Energy Policy

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding large scale felling of toddy yielding palm trees in Bihar, 05/06/2025

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 …

Tariff concessions on energy conservation products' import likely

The government is likely to offer tariff concessions on the import of energy conservation products like geysers/burners for effectively dealing with the crises. This was decided at a high level meeting held to review National Energy Conservation under the chairmanship of Federal Minister for Environment, Hameed ullah Jan Afridi here …

Brazil encouraging flex fuel vehicles

As crude oil prices soar to new highs, Brazil's state-owned petroleum company Petrobras is looking beyond the windfall to place bets in the growing alternative energy market. The company does not plan to raise petrol and diesel prices, frozen since 2005, even as world oil prices have surpassed US $110 …

Russia gambles on gas prices

A landmark deal reached between Russia's state-controlled gas monopoly Gazprom and three energy-rich Central Asian nations is likely to affect European consumers. On March 11, Gazprom agreed with heads of the gas companies from Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan that starting in 2009, it will pay "European market prices' for Central …

South Africa looks to solar power

South Africa has launched a pilot project to introduce solar water heaters. With an objective to exploit one of its abundant resources, sunshine, the project aims to create awareness and introduce solar water heaters in households in the Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal and Western Cape provinces. South Africa receives about 2,500 hours …

Plan to form another committee to review coal policy dropped

Plan to form another committee to review coal policy dropped Energy Division to review draft, give it the

New government will unveil energy policy soon: Dar

The coalition government will strive for growth in agriculture and manufacturing sectors for sustainable economic progress, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar said on Saturday evening, while also pledging to facilitate foreign investment and use all available resources to meet fast-expanding energy requirements. He told a gathering of Pakistani Americans and US …

Haiti's PM forced out by food price riots

HAITI'S prime minister has been ousted in a no-confidence vote after more than a week of violent protests at rocketing food and fuel prices. Just as President Rene Preval unveiled a plan to cut the price of rice by 15%, 16 senators in the upper house of Parliament voted unanimously …

Suez Calls For EU Energy Policy, Single Regulator

Suez Calls For EU Energy Policy, Single Regulator FRANCE: April 14, 2008 PARIS - Suez Chief Executive Gerard Mestrallet called on Friday for a common energy policy and a single regulator in Europe, but said this would probably take time. Mestrallet also reiterated his opposition to plans by the European …

Poland Sees Power Prices Surging On EU Carbon Plan

Poland Sees Power Prices Surging On EU Carbon Plan NORWAY: April 10, 2008 OSLO - Polish electricity prices could surge 50-70 percent if the European Union goes ahead with plans to force power producers to buy their carbon emission permits from 2013, Environment Minister Maciej Nowicki said on Wednesday. Nowicki …

Minister asks Ogra to frame new LPG safety laws

Petroleum Minister Muhammad Asif on Tuesday asked the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) to frame new laws to ensure safety in handling and use of liquid petroleum gas (LPG). He was addressing an LPG exhibition organised here by the Ministry of Petroleum and LPG sector stakeholders to identify factors …

Argentina, Brazil May See Change In Paraguay Dam Deal

Argentina, Brazil May See Change In Paraguay Dam Deal PARAGUAY: April 9, 2008 ASUNCION - South American giants Argentina and Brazil are grappling with energy shortfalls as their economies roar, and could soon face calls to pay more for key power supplies from their poor neighbour Paraguay. Both regional powerhouses …

Time to stop playing fast and loose with renewables targets

The good news about a recent report for the government about UK costs of complying with EU targets for renewables is that it should put no more than an extra 5% on our national energy bill. The bad news is that the government want to cut this cost by subsidising …

Sustainable energy programme: government to prepare short-term policy recommendations

Federal government has agreed to continue to prepare short-term policy recommendations and awareness-building under ongoing new ADB financing project "Sustainable Energy Efficiency Development Programme". Under this programme, new government will further develop recommendations for removing the institutional bottlenecks to government-sponsored energy efficiency and conservation programmes and support mechanisms playing a …

Sustainable energy programme: government to prepare short-term policy recommendations

Federal government has agreed to continue to prepare short-term policy recommendations and awareness-building under ongoing new ADB financing project "Sustainable Energy Efficiency Development Programme". Under this programme, new government will further develop recommendations for removing the institutional bottlenecks to government-sponsored energy efficiency and conservation programmes and support mechanisms playing a …

LPG conference starts on April 8

The second international LPG conference coupled with an exhibition will start here on Tuesday. Spokesperson of LPG said that the aim of conference would be to highlight the true growth potential of the LPG industry and focus issues related to its pricing regulation and safety standards. He said that the …

Reuters Summit - US Seen Importing Ethanol, But Tariff Uncertain

Reuters Summit - US Seen Importing Ethanol, But Tariff Uncertain US: April 7, 2008 WASHINGTON - The United States will need to import more sugarcane-based ethanol to meet renewable energy mandates, a top US official said, but he stopped short of recommending that a controversial ethanol tariff be lifted. "If …

Nation to aim for complete shift to fluorescent bulbs by '12

By 2012, all of Japan should be using energy-saving fluorescent bulbs rather than incandescent bulbs as part of the effort to cut greenhouse gas emissions, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Akira Amari said Saturday. "I think this is a prime example of a campaign that is accessible and can …

'Reduce energy usage, control global warming by providing for natural ventilation in buildings'

SURVEYS show that air conditioning units, which emit greenhouse gases and contribute to global warming, consume over 50 per cent electricity in buildings in India. Brian Ford, professor of Bio-climatic architecture in University of Nottingham, says this percentage can be brought down by designing buildings that promote natural ventilation. Ford …

Saran uses N-stick to tackle rich polluters

Former Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran knows more than a thing or two about tough negotiations. Considered a key player in hammering out the Indo-US nuclear deal, he knows there's a long road ahead in his new assignment as the Government's point man on climate change. It's most natural, therefore, that …

N-E to generate 4261 MW additional power: Shinde

Over 4,261 MW of power would be generated in the Northeastern region during the 11th Plan period in order to meet the increasing power requirements of the eight states, Union Power Minister SushilKumar Shinde announced here on Friday. Four major power projects that are likely to be completed during the …

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