Minister of Nation Building S. M. Chandrasena said his Ministry had been allocated Rs 24,000 million for 2009 and Rs 6,000 million had been set aside for community driven livelihood development and the infrastructural development in the Kilinochchi and Mullaitivu districts.

The Kerawalapitiya combined cycle power plant to be commissioned in the first week of December will provide electricity at a unit cost of Rs. 14, West Coast Company Managing Director U.D. Jayawardene said.

It started out as an exercise to remove hurdles in

Australia's influential states have written to the national government to raise concerns about a planned carbon emissions trading scheme amid warnings it may drive big polluting firms offshore or out of business.

Adding electricity from the wind and the sun could increase the frequency of blackouts and reduce the reliability of the nation

The British government insists it is on track to hit ambitious renewable energy targets, but the industry says a swathe of problems in developing wind farms threaten to blow the plans off course.

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Pakistan has about 850 billion cubic feet resources of coal at the moment but unfortunately the country has been facing an acute shortage of electricity which is badly affecting the national economy.

The residents of various localities here on Thursday staged protest demonstrations against the prolonged power suspensions in parts of the city.

The demonstrations were held at Gulbahar Chowk, College Chowk Faqirabad, and Dalazak road near Saeedabad bridge.