The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has released the draft guidelines for PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana which is aimed at installing rooftop solar (RTS) plants in one crore (10 million) households
A Planning Commission study has said prices of natural gas sold by the public sector companies Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) and Oil India Ltd (OIL) should be aligned to the price of $4.2 per million British thermal units (mBtu) decided by the empowered group of ministers (EGoM) for Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL).
State-run GAIL India Ltd has signed contracts for sourcing of natural gas from the PY-1 fields in the Cauvery basin. GAIL signed a long term Gas Sales Contract (GSC) with Hindustan Oil Exploration Company (HOEC) for the PY-1 gas, a company press statement said here today.
The U.S. government on Tuesday awarded $550 million in grants to develop renewable energy projects to help double U.S. renewable energy production over the next few years, an Obama administration goal. The grants will pay cash to companies in lieu of tax credits to support solar, wind, biomass and other renewable energy production facilities.
Energy: Could new techniques for producing ethanol make old-fashioned trees the biofuel of the future?
The German army has identified a series of wind park projects as a threat to national security and blocked investments worth 1.5 billion euros because it fears spinning wind turbines will interfere with its radar systems.
Transition from fossil fuel dominated energy to clean, carbon compliant sources demand its generation from alternative sources that could provide flexible and scalable solutions. This is the big challenge in view that the gas and coal fired installations continue to increase unabated notwithstanding the harsh realities of global warming and climate change consequences.
Lucknow: In a bid to meet shortfall of power in the state, the Uttar Pradesh Government has decided to build five thermal power plants with a total generation capacity of 9,940 MW.
Mumbai Cowdung and kitchen wastes will turn into cooking gas everyday at the Bombay Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) Hospital, which has installed a biogas plant on its Lower Parel premises. The organic conversion will involve no extra energy or electricity. What
U.S. biofuel company Solazyme Inc said on Thursday it will be providing its algae-derived jet fuel to the U.S. Navy for testing and certification. Privately held Solazyme will sell 1,500 gallons of the green fuel to the U.S. Navy, which is buying fuel from the San Francisco-based company for the second time.
The ubiquitous but highly inefficient 60-watt light bulb badly needs a makeover. And it could be worth millions in government prize money
