Electricity consumption grew in China by just 1 per cent in the first four months of this year. This figure is a worrying factor for the sector's international suppliers and financiers. The demand

The UK's nascent offshore wind-energy industry took a significant step forward when John Battle, energy minister, launched a consultation paper on how the technology can best be supported by

Cognetrix : Cogentrix counsel F S Nariman submitted before the Supreme Court yesterday that the Karnataka high court had acted without authority by ordering a CBI inquiry into the Mangalore power

Daewoo Power promoters of the $1.4 billion Korba East 1,070 mw power project in Madhya Pradesh, yesterday signed their coal supply agreement for the project with the South Eastern Coalfields Limited

The country's first biomass Independent Power Plant (IPP), that runs on rice husk was inaugurated by Madhya Pradesh chief minister Digvijay Singh, at village Jaroda in MP. Located in Raipur district,

Exxon Crop. of the US and Japan Petroleum Exploration Co. this year plan to start a feasibility study for a natural gas pipeline linking Sakhalin Island and

Mexico aims to award $1bn in contracts this week to supply natural gas to its polluted capital, an undertaking fraught with hazards in one of the world's most heavily populated ciites. Winners of the

In-depth public debate on atomic energy is of critical importance. The trouble with government panels in Japan is that views expressed there have little impact on policy. The Atomic Energy

Enron has tied up with Oman LNG for supply of 1.2 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) for its Dabhol Power Project at coastal Guhagar in

Planters Energy Network (PEN) , a Madurai-based non-governmental organisation supported by the Madurai Kamaraj University, has signed an MoU with National Research Development Corporation (NRDC),