EU renewable energy funding is set to get a surprise boost on Monday, it has emerged, when EU energy ministers are expected to agree a budget of up to Ecu30m for the Altener II renewable energy

The Netherlands is set to exempt "green electricity" from an environmental tax following approval from the European Commission which passed the plan under EU rules on state aid. The tax cut will

Out of 24,503 inhabited villages in Assam, 19,019 villages have been electrified till March 31, 1998 with loan assistance from the Rural Electrification Corporation (REC). The remaining 5,574

The total subsidies in the power sector is expected to go up by an additional Rs 30,000 crore per year by the end of 2002 with the addition of around 40,000 megawatt (MW) as has been projected by

The Union Minister for Energy, Mr. R. Kumaramangalam, has indicated that the Centre would accord top priority for the clearance of a 5,000-MW mega power project in Gujarat. This is in line with the

The International petroleum Exchange in London on Wednesday unveiled proposals to develop trading in carbon dioxide emission permits.The IPE submitted its response to last year's Kyoto summit on

An official from the China Power Corp. said that China is drafting regulations and methods to further raise the price of electricity. China will turn all power enterprises into companies that will

The centre's attempts to push through the ordinance for discontinuaiton of free power to farmers ran into a grave hurdle today with AIADMK supreme Ms J Jayalalitha openly challenging the move and

Tamil Nadu, which had sought 150 mw of power from the eastern region, will begin importing power from the region this week. However, transmission line constraints will not allow a transmission of

The controversy relating to the free distribution of power to farmers is all set to become the first source of confrontation between the Centre and the DMK