A powerful lobby has almost scuttled the proposal to lay a gas-pipeline from the Rs 1,600-crore Petronet LNG terminal under installation in Puthuvypu, Kochi, to the Kayamkulam thermal power plant,

The Maharashtra State Electricity Board (MSEB) and US-based Nitash Inc have signed PPA for bagasse-based power project. The project with an investment of Rs 225 crore will generate 48 MW of

Amid unmistakable signs of a thaw in tensions on the Korean Peninsula, U.S. and South Korean executives signed a contract for construction of twin 1,000-megawatt nuclear reactors to fulfill North

The Bharatiya Kisan Union will resist every move of the Haryana government either to disconnect the electricity supply to the tubewells in rural sectors, or forcibly realize the amount of power bills

Dutch electricity producer EPZ said it planned to produce more durable energy in its Geertruidenberg plant in the southern Netherlands and at the coal-powered unit of its nuclear plant in Borssele in

High oil prices pose a serious threat to the world economy and could slash growth rates by as much as three quarters of a percentage point over the next year, James Wolfensohn, president of the World

A blockade of British refineries and storage dumps began to break up and convoys of oil trucks moved past company gates unimpeded for the first time in a week, but Prime Minister Tony Blair warned

Conventional wisdom in the industrialized countries is that oil prices can come down only if OPEC increases production. OPEC cut production in March last year, when prices were around $10 a barrel.

Environmental groups have applauded Tony Blair's refusal to lower the tax on fuel during the crisis caused by lorry drivers' protests throughout the country.Pointing out that fossil fuels are one of

Japan's pledge to trim greenhouse gas emissions may be hard to achieve unless Japan proceeds to use more nuclear power, the chairman of the Federation of Electric Power Companies said yesterday. The