Hungary opened its first wind power plant yesterday, a first step in promoting renewable energy sources ahead of European Union membership. The plant, close by the River Danube some 60 kilometres

Britain's farmers and landowners could increase their income without cost by providing small plots for electricity-producing wind turbines, under a scheme launched yesterday by the energy minister,

The Union power ministry has proposed Rs 15,000 crore for rural electrification during the next 10 years. It has set aside Rs 5,500 crore from t eh corpus for unconventional sources of energy of

SHC issues notices to govt, oil firms : A division bench of the Sindh High court has put the Pakistan and provincial governments and Premier and Shell Pakistan B.V. Holland on notice for Jan 4, in a

Union Power Minister Suresh Prabhu has said that 50 mega watt(MW) power from the Rana Pratap Atomic Power Plant in Rajasthan will be diverted to

The Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA) will recognize four companies next week with its 2001 "Award for Solar Program Achievement." The awards will be presented at the 6th annual conference of

There is concern within the European electricity industry over the lack of funding to be designated specifically for energy research and development within the draft Sixth Framework Programme for

The Karnataka High Court has quashed a state government order which ruled out government guarantee and escrow cover for the Rs 4,500 crore Nagarjuna thermal power

US energy group Enron is meeting heavy going in its efforts to sell its wind turbine arm Enron Wind, with top industry players saying the firm is too expensive and there is no need to

Texas, whose fortunes have long been tied up with its fossil fuel wealth, is defying its popular image as a state dominated by cigar-chomping oil barons and pushing hard to develop wind power. Wind