Zambian forests are being threatened due to the large-scale exploitation of their resources for fuelwood. Though Zambia is a major producer of electricity, only seven per cent of Zambian homes are

Darkness and pollution enveloped Delhi on the second day of the new year

India's power sector might be in for a big change. A proposed electricity bill of the Union government

the world's first commercial wave power station has been established on the Hebridean island of Islay in Scotland. The power station known as limpet (land-installed marine-powered energy

Scientists develop a solar powered lamp designed to light up rural Kenya

the Aditya Birla Group of companies will be setting up a 450 megawatt power project at Mangalore, Karnataka, at an estimated cost of Rs 2,300 crore. It has formed an energy development company

Researchers in Israel have developed batteries that could last a lifetime

China, Nepal and India have vast hydropower potential. While China and Nepal have gone from small decentralised projects, India seems obsessed with big centralised projects

Gharat, an ancient technological marvel to tap hydropower, may be on its last legs

Solar electricity produced by photovoltaic solar cells is one of the most promising options yet identified for sustainably providing the world's future energy requirements. Although the technology has, in the past, been based on the same silicon wafers as used in microelectronics, a transition is in progress to a second generation of a potentially much lower-cost thin-film technology.

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