Electricity generated by British wind farms increased by 10 per cent last year to more than 348 gigawatt hours. The year also saw the commissioning of six new wind farms. The British Wind Energy

A new solar pump brings water to the doorsteps of people living in remote areas

A fuel made from recycled cooking oil promises to curb air pollution and provide an alternative to diesel as well

The world will require 1,330 giga watts of new electric generating capacity in the next 15 years according to Hans Weinrich, head of the Sweden-based Asea Brown Boveri's (ABB) transmission and

Compressed air energy storage is one of the several energy storage technologies developed for the power industry. There are two separate portions in the storage cycle: compression and expansion.

Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) recently developed a hightech railway locomotive compatible both in the AC and DC modes. The only one of its kind in India, the locomotive has a capacity

High optical efficiency and monochromatic light give light emitting diodes an edge over conventional traffic lights in saving a lot of energy

Russian researchers have come up with a power saving and ozone friendly refrigerator which operates without a motor and uses a semiconductor as coolant

Compact fluorescent lamps could provide the right intensity of light and reduce power consumption at the same time

The largest methane gas collection programme in the world has begun at a huge sewage treatment plant at Werribee near Melbourne, Australia. The plant is expected to generate 800 KW of