In India, the Union ministry of non-conventional energy sources is pursuing various R&D projects to harness the geothermal energy available. About 340 hot springs have been identified in the

To conserve energy. the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board has introduced a range of distribution transformers called Amorphous Metal-core Distribution Transformers (AMDT). These transformers

Eskom, the state-owned electricity utility n South Africa is proving to a major asset for its government. While the Nelson Vandela administration is izruggling to keep its electorat promise of

...or how to use garbage to generate power

How good are the North's offers of joint implementation programmes with the South to cut the latter's carbon dioxide emissions?

PLANTS support human life. Period. Today, a majority of people in the developing countries depend on fuelwood, dung, charcoal and agro-wastes for their cooking, heating and other energy requirements.

WHAT are the alternatives with us to rectify the imbalance in power generation in the future? To date, we have not only failed to generate power optimally from our existing resources, we have also

Following in Maharashtra's footsteps, the West Bengal power department has unveiled a package including time-of-the-day (ToD) metering and tariff concessions to cut costs and raise non-peak hour

Michael Jefferson is vice president of the London based World Energy Council WEC , an international association covering all energy forms. Jefferson has co chaired 2 main commissions of the WEC, the latest one involving more than 500 people. Nine Regiona

THE ministry of non-conventional energy sources (MNES) is giving the rich city dweller in the country an optional source of electricity: rooftop photovoltaic cell units which convert sun rays into

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