Schools get new solar system to purify water
To harness renewable energy, four government schools in East Delhi have installed a new water pumping system that uses solar energy and developed jointly by power distribution company BYPL and IIT-Delhi.
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Britain turns back the clock as wood displaces coal
More than two centuries after coal power helped forge the world’s first industrial economy, Britain is going back to burning wood. Drax Group Plc will spend $1 billion to turn the U.K.’s biggest coal-fired
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Kudgi mega project awaits Environment Ministry nod
NTPC Ltd's first ultra-mega power project (UMPP) of 4,000 MW, coming up at Kudgi in Bijapur district of Karnataka, is all set to award contracts for the first phase of 3 by 800 MW once it secures nod from
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Solar power project commissioned in Chhattisgarh
Kolkata-based crystalline photo voltaic module maker as well as EPC contractor; Vikram Solar Group, announced the commissioning of 2 MW grid-connected solar power project at Khaora, in Chhattisgarh. While
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AMC adopts green methods to bring down energy consumption
AHMEDABAD: In an attempt to cut down on "soaring" electricity bills, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation has decided to use green and energy-efficient techniques to reduce power consumption by almost 35
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CM launches 30MW solar plants in Lalitpur
Chief minister Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday inaugurated three solar power plants of 10 MW each in Lalitpur. Out of this, one is situated in village Mehroni Khurd and 2 in village Amarpur. Akhilesh said that
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Non-automotive diesel in China to meet new quality standards in 2018
Diesel used outside the automotive sector will have meet the "National V" fuel quality standards by January 2018, a year later than automotive fuels, China's powerful central planning authority said on
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El Nino, Arctic ice melt could mean colder winter in Europe
Next winter in Europe could be colder and drier than the previous two mild winters, which drove down gas and power consumption, the chief meteorologist at Thomson Reuters Point Carbon said. Two factors
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Cook Islands' solar energy project to go online: New Zealand FM
WELLINGTON, May 8 (Xinhua) -- The final stages of a massive solar power project aimed at making the Cook Islands more energy independent have almost been completed, New Zealand Foreign Minister Murray
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A sunnier outlook for power in Egypt
Egypt has long been a pioneer in renewable energy; unlike other countries in the region, exploration of the potential of Egypt’s vast renewable energy resources started more than a hundred years ago.
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India, Sri Lanka to run oil farms in Trincomalee
India and Sri Lanka will jointly operate 30 oil tanks in Trincomalee, kick-starting a plan to develop the coastal town into a regional petroleum hub, Sri Lanka’s Petroleum Minister Chandima Weerakkody
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Constellation's cancellation
NUCLEAR power should be hot. It emits virtually no carbon dioxide. It requires no costly imports of oil from countries that breed terrorists. Even greens don
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IDCOL to install 1,500 solar-powered irrigation pumps by 2016
The Infrastructure Development Company Ltd (IDCOL) plans to install 1,500 solar-powered irrigation pumps across Bangladesh by 2016, in a bid to promote alternative energy and limit reliance on fossil fuels.
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Africa: 'How Africa Can Power 500 Million People With Renewable Energy'
The need for the African continent to fully exploit the renewable energy sources for power generation as once again hit the front burner, as the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation
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German Consumers Seen Unscathed by Renewable Energy Boom
Germany can switch its power supply to rely mostly on renewables while keeping consumer bills little changed because wind and solar plants are producing electricity at ever-lower cost, a study showed.
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Amazon' continues clean energy commitment with Web Services Wind Farm
Online retailer Amazon has reinforced its pledge to power its global data centres entirely from renewables after successfully closing financing for the development of a 150MW wind farm in the US. The
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Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2014: Standing Committee on Energy (2014-15)
The Standing Committee on Energy present this report on the Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2014. The Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2014 was introduced in the Lok Sabha on 19th December, 2014 and referred
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Renewable energy target deadlock set to give way to compromise deal
Federal cabinet is set to agree to a compromise deal on the renewable energy target on Thursday, paving the way for a bipartisan agreement to break the investment drought caused by a year-long political
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Shift in U.S. federal solar funding needed for large-scale deployment: report
The United States must redirect spending from wasteful solar power tax credits and prepare the electricity grid for large-scale solar energy use if the industry is to play a significant role in lowering
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NITI Aayog Plans Panel to Implement Energy Policy
Proposal is pending with PMO; new agency to be built on the lines of a similar body in China to coordinate among various ministries The government is considering a proposal to set up a National Energy