Rice husk, a cheap by-product of paddy milling, has the potential to galvanise the electricity-starved rural India, according to Mr. N. Kalidas, Director of the Visakhapatnam-based Institute of Solid

Even though a high-level meeting of the officials of the Ministry of Petroleum and Chemicals , the Government of Assam, the OIL and the Reliance Industries Limited held in New Delhi on January 5 had

Thailand's Science, Technology and Environment Ministry suspended the 3.3-billion-baht nuclear research reactor project in Ongkharak district, Nakhon Nayok, yesterday. Pornthep Techapaiboon, the

The Agricultural Land Reform Office yesterday agreed to allow the Petroleum Authority of Thailand to lay gas pipelines through reformed land in Ratchaburi and Ayutthaya. The office based its decision

India has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Senegal for electrification of a village through solar energy near its capital

Royal Dutch/Shell has proposed an $8.5bn plan to revitalise the Nigerian petroleum industry with one of the most ambitious integrated oil and natural gas development projects in the world. The scheme

Three years ago, the government of India's wealthiest state jolted the international business world by cancelling a huge U.S. power plant being built on a red volcanic bluff in Guhagar, Maharashtra.

The Foreign Investment Promotion Board(FIPB) on Saturday cleared US multinational Enron's proposal to bring in $452.7 million foreign direct investment (FDI) in the Dabhol (Phase-II) power project

The Delhi Power Minister, Dr Narendra Nath, today said the Delhi Vidyut Board would purchase power from the Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board to augment its power supply this summer.

Enron-Reliance-ONGC combine will pump in about $900 milions more in the next two to three years to expand operations at its Tapti and Mukta-Panna