The Centre said power sector deficiencies are costing the nation Rs 50,000 crore annually and assured financial assistance to states for plugging the loopholes to transfer electricity boards from red

The Dabhol Power Company (DPC), which had come under severe attack for the "mindboggling" per unit cost during phase-I, has shut down generation in view of the lack of demand from the loss-making

The Maharashtra State Electricity Board (MSEB) which owes Enron crores of rupees in arrears, has taken the drastic step of not buying power from the Dabhol Power Company (DPC) for at least a

Shanghai is shifting to natural gas for heat and cooking with rising awareness of environmental protection In the year 2001, 100,000 families in Shanghai's south and north, and a smaller number in

At least 10 of the Tripura's 48 police stations have been connected with electricity generated from solar power in the

The Delhi Government accepted the report of its consultant, SBI Caps, to expedite the power reforms. The Cabinet decided to accept this report paving way for the splitting of the Delhi Vidyut Board

The MCD would like to contribute its bit to improve the power situation in Delhi. It plans to set up three projects for generating 11 to 22 megawatts of electricity daily from 500 to 1,000 tonnes of

The French government's program of ecological tax reform was dealt a serious blow on December 28 when the country's constitutional court rejected a planned industrial energy tax that was due to take

The Chennai-based NEPC group has offered to set up a wind energy project in

Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Dr R Chidambaram said country should go for international collaboration in the field of nuclear energy on equal partnership basis and not on donor-recipient basis.