After more than a century lighting up the world, the switch will be flicked off across the EU for the final time on incandescent bulbs on Saturday as the phased ban on their sale is completed.

The Power Division has made a move to redesign the Asian Development Bank (ADB)-funded Solar Photovoltaic powered LED Street Lighting Project in eight city corporations of the country.

Fuel distributor MRH says it can reduce energy costs by almost 90% after replacing the lights at its 350 petrol station forecourts.

Standard Chartered Bank, which is targeting improvements in energy and resource efficiency in its buildings, has taken a stake in a wind farm to source green energy for an office in Chennai.

Shimizu Corp, the largest contractor in Japan, has opened a building that emits the world’s least amount of CO2. The building is the new Shimizu headquarters located in Kyobashi, Tokyo.

The streets in Delhi will soon have LED lights as the state government today said that it will shift from the ordinary CFL lights.

After getting Delhiites to shift from incandescent bulbs to the energy saving compact fluorescent lamps (CFL), the Government now wants the citizens to opt for the more “energy saving and environmentally safer” LED bulbs. And as an incentive to do so, the consumers are being offered LED bulbs at discounted rates.

Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Friday launched a scheme introduced by discom BRPL that offers cheaper LED bulbs to consumers. Ms. Dikshit said her government would like to promote LED bulbs by granting some concession in value added tax (VAT) to the sector.

The Tamil Nadu Government will soon finalise a solar energy policy and announce subsidy to support roof top solar energy installations, according to Mr Sudeep Jain, Managing Director, Tamil Nadu En

In a bid to encourage green technology, Bangladesh is set to unveil solar powered lights on one selected street and install solar powered traffic lights at intersections in the capital.

Japan has found a large deposit of rare earth minerals in its Pacific seabed, enough to supply its hi-tech industries for more than 200 years, a scientist said Friday.