The Rockefeller Foundation and Celco, a US solar energy company, has floated an Indian subsidiary to set up rural electrification projects. They have earmarked $2 million (Rs 8.40 crore) as equity in

Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) will set up a 1,000 MW pithead power project on the West Bengal-Bihar border in a joint venture with Bombay Suburban Electricity Supply

A British company is about to start a project backed by the European Union to build an "underwater windmill" that will test whether the power of the sea can provide an environmentally-friendly answer

The Union government proposes to enact a legislation to institutionalise energy conservation measures and to set up regulating mechanism. In order to implement this the Energy Conservation Bill 1998

India and Pakistan are likely to receive a round of severe condemnation of their nuclear tests at the International Atomic Energy Agency's annual general conference beginning here (Vienna)

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved the proposal for implementing inter-regional high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission project between the eastern and northern regions

Even as the Haryana State Electricity Board (HSEB) workers union has threatened to paralyse power and water supply as well as movement of vehicle on roads from September 16, in protest against the

Enron Corporation is close to sewing up the escrow agreement with the Maharashtra State Electricity Board (MSEB) for the phase-II for its 2,350 MW Dabhol power project. According to senior MSEB

The governemnt is condisering inviting the private sector in exploiting a new energy source -coal bed methane (CBM)-in a bid to narrow the demand-supply gap in natural gas. A detailed plan awaiting

The Union Environment Ministry has taken strong exception to Chief Minister Keshubhai Patel's clearance to the highly controversial proposal for a sub sea-offshore pipeline through the National