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Renewable energy should make up 12 percent of EU energy consumption by 2010, the European Commission's programme on meeting emissions reduction targets said. The switch to low-carbon fuels should

A crowd set fire to four U.S. owned oil wells in Indonesia's Riau province to protest the absence of land compensation, police said. The attacks are the latest in the series of disputes between the

The Maharashtra government, which has been rapped by the World Bank for the slow pace of power sector reforms, has prepared a "Power Sector Vision 2020" document with an emphasis on improvement in

In a high-wire act intended to take the heat off the fuel protestros without giving the impression of caving into threats, the British Government is reported to have decided to freeze the duty on

In Chamba district, two major hydroelectric projects - the 198 MW Baira-Siul project and the 540 MW Chamera project - have been completed keeping the environmental aspects in focus. The projects were

Nuclear Power Corporation(NPC) has been contemplating to set up four more atomic power units at Rawatbhata in Rajasthan keeping in mind the growing requirements of energy.Meanwhile, with the

President Vladimir Putin of Russia said that his country was prepared to help Europe ensure its long term independence in energy supplies. Mr. Putin spoke after a meeting in Paris with the French

AERB : Radiation exposure to over 10,000 workers at Indian nuclear power plants is well within limits prescribed by the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB). But the board wants the doses to be as

For more than 40 years, Japan's long-term policy toward nuclear power has been outlined in what is known as the long-term program for research, development and utilization of nuclear energy, which

The future of Japan's nuclear power program has become difficult to predict as a result of last year's criticality accident and the government's policy of liberalizing retail electricity sales.

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