Renewable electricity is likely to require additional UK Government support if current environmental targets and wider environmental objectives are to be met says energy regulator, Ofgem.

In an attempt to avoid prolonging its energy crisis, the Brazilian government is offering credits to those who curb their electricity use.

US power giant Enron has decided to increase its equity investment in Dabhol power project by 23.6 per cent from the existing $886.9 million to $1,119.9 million. The additional $233 million will be

Initial hiccups, notwithstanding, mainly due to the Rajasthan government's failure to provide soft loans, as promised in the non-conventional energy policy, to the prospective entrepreneurs,

The Gujarat Electricity Board (GEB) has started purchaisng power from Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB) and the northern sector as its two hydro-based power stations have been shut down due to

California electricity officials are urging consumers to conserve power in any way possible, including turning off their holiday lights for a few hours, to avert possible outrages as the state's

A malfunction forced the only working reactor atUkraine's Chernobyl nuclear power plant to be shut down today, nine days before the plant is to be closed for good.The No. 3 reactor was halted by a

For the second time in as many days, power companies today were forced to shut down electricity to customers statewide as California came the closest it has this season to running out of power, state

The Aditya Birla Group-PowerGen promoted 578-mw Bina power project in Madhya Pradesh has tied up with financial institutions to part-finance the ongoing power

British Nuclear Fuels, the crisis-hit atomic services group, is expected to call for an urgent public debate to be opened on the future of nuclear power generation in the