The Zwentendorf nuclear power plant in Austria has been taken on lease by PM Dimensions, a Mumbai-based workforce-development and engineering-services company, for imparting training in nuclear plant operations.
The plant, located by the Danube river, has a Light Water Reactor of 723-MW capacity, and is owned by EVN, an Austrian utility company.
The European Commission opened an in-depth investigation into Austria's new green electricity act on Wednesday because of concerns it may favor large energy consumers.
The 27-nation European Union's executive also approved a plan to grant subsidized feed-in tariffs -- electricity prices above market price -- paid to producers of green electricity to compensate them for extra costs.
Badal valley in Uttarakhand has now become a demo valley for green energy----
The coming years are going to be quite difficult for the world if preventive measures are not taken to tap new and non-conventional sources for its energy requirements.
The international pellet industry published the latest market figures at the European Pellet Conference in Wels, Austria. In spite of the generally depressed state of the economy, the pellet industry remains optimistic and anticipates rapid growth in industrial pellet production.
Austria is considered a European leader in the use of solid biomass for heat and power generation. But a new environmental policy could jeopardize the success of the past few years.
What do a small Italian village, a community of millionaires in Oregon and a town in Austria have in common? Nearly all of their electricity needs are supplied by renewable energy. They are by no means the only ones. A growing number of communities are working towards using only electricity generated by renewables.
