The Delhi division of the Northern Railway on Wednesday rolled out a non-AC coach lit by solar panels installed on its roof. Officials said this is the first time across railways that a solar photovoltaic
Developing countries have the opportunity to leapfrog the west in economic development, if they go straight to clean technology while rich countries struggle to wean themselves off fossil fuels, president
Residents of Coimbatore, who suffered long hours of power cut a few years ago, have started tapping solar energy to meet the power requirements. According to information available with Tamil Nadu Generation
Mr Bibek Bandyopadhyay, Advisor on the Solar Thermal Programme of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, has said that the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission aims at setting up 20,000 MW grid solar power and 2,000 MW of off-grid solar power by 2022.
To rope in PE, institutional investors to fund Rs 1,100-cr expansion Chennai-based Rajalakshmi Group, which runs engineering and technology colleges, has acquired a majority stake in Ashok Leyland Wind
The Government of the Republic of Maldives has been planning to transform the electricity sector in Maldives through private sector investments based on programmes on developing renewable energy on a large
Sudheer Pal Singh / New Delhi September 13, 2010, 1:10 IST A parliamentary panel finds
Multinational company GE announced the launch of its new Digital Wind Farm on Tuesday, “a dynamic, connected, and adaptable wind energy ecosystem” intended to boost a wind farm’s energy production by 20%.
NARAYAN BARETH Lighting at the shrine of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti will soon be run on solar energy. The Union minister for renewable energy, Mr Farooq Abdullah, has sanctioned a project in this regard. It will not only save energy but also help to cut down the costs.
The desert state on Saturday achieved the glory of having the country's biggest solar power generation plant. The 40MW plant has been set up at Dhoodsar village near Pokhran in Jaisalmer district and the plant started power generation from Saturday. In a grand function organised at the village, Union new and renewable energy minster Farooq Abdullah, and state chief minister Ashok Gehlot inaugurated the photovoltaic plant capable of generating 40MW power.
A 1940 clip of the Tacoma Narrows suspension bridge in the United States stretching like chewing gum in a gale captured the imagination of a Spanish engineering student who became obsessed with how he
The developing nations in Asia-Pacific are projected to require US$400 billion to US$700 billion in annual investment in the energy sector over the next 25 years, and the Japan-led Asian Development Bank
If the climate change debate wasn't polarised enough, another divide has opened up: the attitudes of men versus those of women. Climate Institute research published on Monday confirms Australian men
A new survey has revealed a 'huge gap' between reality and the perception of the UK public on some key climate and energy issues. The survey, commissioned by new not-for-profit organisation the Energy
Myanmar will expand its sources of clean energy through an agreement with ACO Investment Group, a U.S.-based private-equity fund focusing on Asian emerging markets, to develop two solar-energy plants.
Life technology comes up with a bio-fuel research using genetic engineering which holds the key to resolve the issue of food security. Engineering microorganisms to convert complex feed stocks into Bio-fuel
In times of recessionary environment, any serious impact on costs could mean businesses getting wiped out. Managing energy is a daunting task and organisations in India are trying to cope with the unreliable grid supply by looking at various alternate forms, including renewable energy.
Energy is important to reduce poverty, but increasing electricity generation alone will not solve the problem. In this paper, ODI uncovers that most investment in electricity generation in Africa is not
Dubai Municipality has inaugurated its first experimental solar-powered park in the emirate that will run independently from the power network operated by the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority, as
In a worldwide survey, Sun & Wind Energy questioned more than 1,000 companies from the renewable energy sector about their social involvement. Only 49 companies took the opportunity to respond to our questionnaire. The result: social projects are popular. But background information in scarce.
