LUCKNOW: With a grim power situation staring at the face of Uttar Pradesh, UP Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL) has made additional arrangement of 1,400 MW during Diwali season.

The long-awaited "smart grid" for U.S. power could play a major role in rolling out renewable energy like wind and solar, the top U.S. power regulator said on Wednesday.

Ecuador aims to double hydroelectric power use over the next decade and increase grid capacity to attract mining investment but must overcome local opposition, a senior official said on Thursday.

Only 18 per cent of the target has been realised in the first two-and-a-half years

CHENNAI:

A national-level energy conference is being organized at the ITA Cultural Complex, Machkhowa here on November 11 and 12. The focus of this conference will be to address the key issues pertaining to development and growth of the energy sector in the region, stated a press release.

Access to modern forms of energy continues to elude the majority of households in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and only about 30% of the population has access to electricity while 90% relies on traditional fuels for cooking and heating. The central question addressed in this review is whether or not SSA can provide access to modern energy services for its entire population by 2030.

The Energy Statistics in Asia and the Pacific (1990-2006) is a compilation of energy production, trade, transformation and consumption of the regional members of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in Asia and the Pacific.

India is yet to develop the energy infrastructure to power the entire country and therefore has an opportunity to build the infrastructure of the future. Greenpeace believes that reforms in the energy sector would require nothing short of an Energy [R]evolution. To ensure that everyone has access to quality power and a planet that can sustain future life on it.

Just a few bright and pragmatic ideas and their proper implementation would alter the course of history today for a better tomorrow in terms of power generation in UP, said Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL) Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) Navneet Sehgal.

The ubiquitous but highly inefficient 60-watt light bulb badly needs a makeover. And it could be worth millions in government prize money

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