China is aiming for annual economic growth of more than 7% in the early years of the 21st century. To reach this target the nation will require an enormous and steady energy supply. Lacking natural

The privatization of a state owned power utility in the Philippines has got underway as the country's parliament enacted legislation calling for reforms of the country's power industry. Japanese and

Davis outlined his initial steps today to deal with California's energy problems, but consumer advocates said he did little to provide a reasonable solution for them. In a letter addressed to James

Maharashtra is in a classic Catch-22 situation. Buying power priced at an exorbitant rate from US energy major Enron would mean an unsustainable financial burden for the state electricity

The Democratic Front government in Maharashtra has finally asked the loss-making Maharashtra State Electricity Board (MSEB) to review the Dabhol power project and find out the whether there is a

The tribal Students' Federation, an umbrella organisation of 14 native students' unions on Thursday rejected the Lepetkatta site for the proposed Assam Gas Cracker complex. Their contention is that

The Public Undertakings Committee of the Maharashtra Legislature has severely rapped the State Government in its report for the controversial Enron project - Dabhol Power Corporation at Ghughar - and

The House voted Wednesday to open an Alaskan wildlife refuge to oil drilling and to beat back efforts to significantly raise the fuel efficiency of sport-utility vehicles, as lawmakers moved toward

Britain's advertising watchdog gave the country's fledgling wind power industry a morale boost yesterday in ordering a Scottish community group to stop running misleading ads about the impact of wind

In a big win for automakers, the U.S. House of Representatives refused to require sport utility vehicles to meet the same higher gasoline mileage requirements as passenger cars in six years. The