scientists : Improved use of renewable energy resources, which is expected to cover 50 per cent of the total global energy consumption by 2050, can save Taka 2000 to 2500 crore annually in

Sweden's energy authority, the Swedish National Energy Administration, said yesterday it was investing 7.8 million crowns ($0.8) in windpower projects as part of its aim to boost renewable

Increased use of biogas, a mixture of methane and carbon dioxide produced by decomposing organic matter, is expected to fuel China's drive to advance ecological agriculture and protect its

The Hin Krut power plant will be shut down if its operations harm the local environment and livelihoods, its management has pledged.Fierce local opposition has delayed construction of this coal-fired

China is enacting broad reforms of its state-owned power industry in an attempt to reduce electricity bills for homes and businesses, the China Daily Business Weekly

Taiwan's cabinet has ordered a halt to construction of the island's US$5.3bn fourth nuclear plant, sparking a bitter political and constitutional conflict between the new ruling party and its

The Chinese government has begun closing down provincial power bureaus as part of a strategy to decentralize control over the energy sector, state media

The Delhi Vidyut Board is going to be privatised but at a price. The Delhi Electricity Reformms Ordinance, 2000, was promulgated today, as reported in The Statesman, with the privatisation of DVB

Acting on the most divisive issue of his presidency, Chen Shui-bian of Taiwan halted construction on a nuclear power plant that had been championed by the country's former leaders. Prime Minister

Nepal wants to sell to India excess electricity after new facilities begin generating power later this year and next year, a top official of the country's state-owned electricity authority