Australia passed laws on Thursday mandating the generation of 20 percent of its electricity from renewable energy, which could unleash up to $22 billion in investments to the sector.

The renewable energy laws set a statutory target of 9,500 gigawatt-hours (GWh) from renewable electricity sources in 2010, increasing to 45,000 GWh in 2020.

Raghuvir Badrinath / Bangalore August 21, 2009, 0:16 IST

GMR Infrastructure, the Rs 4,500-crore Bangalore-based infrastructure developer with a focus on power generation, airports development, highways and urban infrastructure, is understood to be initiating plans for an 800-Mw coal-fired power plant on the eastern coast of India.

Hyderabad: Realising that dependence on gas for power generation could prove detrimental in the long run, the Andhra Pradesh government has decided to bank only on coal to meet the future needs.

Chief minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy on Wednesday pointed out that coal was the only

Despite NTPC chairman R S Sharma

BHUBANESWAR: In the face of increasing demand effected by rapid industrialisation, urbanisation and farm mechanisation, power availability in the coming years has assumed top priority for the State Government.

Shillong: Coal exports from Meghalaya to Bangladesh will resume on Monday after the neighbouring country lifted its ban, official sources said.

The Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research (CIMFR) is playing an important role in helping the country promote energy security among South Asian countries.

A parliamentary standing committee yesterday asked the power and energy ministry for taking an immediate initiative for generating wind and solar-based electricity as alternative sources of power due to gas crisis.