The electricity act of the Kingdom of Bhutan,2001 passed by the 79th session of the National Assembly,has provided a firm legal footing for the exploitation of Bhutan's huge hydro-power

Utility company ScottishPower Plc unveiled plans to build Britain's largest windfarm yesterday, capable of generating enough electricity to power 150,000 homes.

German utility EnBW said yesterday it plans to invest 9.5 million marks in building three 1.5 megawatt wind power plants in the Schwabian mountain area. The firm will carry out the project with

U.S. President George W. Bush signed an executive order yesterday directing the federal government to stop using equipment that wastes energy. With the order, Bush was taking aim at so-called

The City of Port Phillip (Australia) has installed street lights without bulbs to cut greenhouse gas emissions, landfill waste and to save ratepayers more than $36,000 a year. The council is among

More than 20,000 older, inefficient room air conditioners in New York have been exchanged for more efficient, Energy Star-rated air conditioners under New York Governor George Pataki's Keep Cool

President George W. Bush has spent much of the year warning the U.S. about its energy problem. Now, he is about to find out how big a political problem energy has become for him. As the House of

A report released by the National Academies' National Research Council (NRC), which advises Congress on scientific issues, finds that federal fuel economy standards have reduced U.S. dependence on

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the start of the Green Power Partnership, a new voluntary program "aimed at boosting the market for power alternatives that reduce the

The US Department of Agriculture announced that signup for the Bioenergy Programme will begin on September 4,2001 and end on September 28,2001 for fiscal year 2002 programme payments. The programme