Bangladesh Solar Energy Society placed yesterday a 14-point proposal including easy term loan for self-financed renewable energy projects before the government for the expansion of the sector amid increasing power crisis.

Secretary of the society Prof Saiful Haque placed the proposals at a press conference at Renewable Energy Research Centre at Dhaka University.

Federal Minister for Water and Power, Raja Pervez Ashraf has said Pakistan has set high targets for itself such as renewable energies including 5 percent of the electricity generation on grid by year 2030, and the replacement of 10 percent diesel with bio-diesel by year 2025.

NEW DELHI: The pressure to perform is mounting on the power distribution company BSES. Two days after she issued a stern warning to it, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Tuesday sought in writing the company

June 30: With power shortages continuing amid heat and high levels of humidity, Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit on Tuesday asked the private power distribution company, BSES, to come up with a 15-day action plan on what they intend to do over the acute power crisis.

Hoping to speed up the development of renewable energy resources on federal lands, the U.S. Interior Department designated about 670,000 acres of land on Monday as potential areas for solar energy production.

Demand for renewables has created a boom for land previously considered worthless in sunny deserts and wind-swept

Under fire from party MLAs, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has directed power discom BSES to submit a 15-day action plan by Wednesday to end the power crisis in the Capital.

A Bangladesh-Japan joint venture has offered to generate 1,000MW power by installing environment-friendly windmills in Bangladesh.