The Rajasthan government will bring out a non-conventional energy policy soon. A first of its kind at the state level, the policy is aimed at tapping the full potential for the development of

The West Bengal government is reconsidering the implementation of the 420 mw second phase of the Bakreshwar thermal power project through the existing joint venture. If the joint venture falls

The Delhi government is negotiating with the World Bank for assistance to revamop the city's ailing power system which is on the verge of a "collapse", chief minister Sheila Dikshit

Another barge-mounted power plant in the private sector is going to start generating power by the end of May in Bangladesh, adding 110 MW electricity to the national

Taking the cue from rural and semi-rural India, Zambia is to promote clay cooking stoves and coal briquettest to cut its charcoal consumption to 30 per cent of fuel needs. "In (the strategy) involves

A power regulatory body is being set up in Rajasthan to streamline power transmission and distribution, plug power theft, and implement reforms to make the Rajasthan State Electricity Board viable,

Environment and health minister A K Walia on Saturday directed the three thermal power stations in the Capital to explore possibilities to reuse their effluents after treatment and also proper

A national conference on "Commercialisation of wind energy" got underway at the local Maulana Azad College of Technology at Bhopal on Friday. The conference was inaugurated by MS Sodha, Vice

Denmark's Energy Minister Svend Auken said late last week five new offshore windmill parks should be completed by 2001. Auken in a letter to Denmark's Public Party said the wind power projects would

Australian oil refiners faced total capital expenditure costs of hundreds of millions of dollars to upgrade their plants to produce lower sulphur diesel fuel, company spokesmen said late last week.