The U.S. electric grid is outdated and needs a major overhaul if it is to carry electricity generated by renewable energy sources, a senior official with Southern California Edison told Congress on Thursday.

Mahesh Vyas / New Delhi July 27, 2009, 0:44 IST

Under a third of the target for power generating capacity in 2008-09 was met. What

EDF Energies Nouvelles and U.S. solar panel maker First Solar Inc said on Thursday they will build France's largest solar panel manufacturing plant at an investment cost of 90 million euros ($128 million).

The plant will initially be able to produce panels with a total capacity of around 100 megawatts, enough to provide electricity to 50,000 homes per year.

The European Commission opened an in-depth investigation into Austria's new green electricity act on Wednesday because of concerns it may favor large energy consumers.

The 27-nation European Union's executive also approved a plan to grant subsidized feed-in tariffs -- electricity prices above market price -- paid to producers of green electricity to compensate them for extra costs.

Chandigarh: A memorandum of understanding (MoU) for setting up of 5 MW solar power project in Punjab was inked between Punjab Energy Development Agency (PEDA) and the US-based Enterprise Business Solutions (EBS) Group in the presence of Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal.

LUCKNOW: With plans to have a generation capacity to the tune of a whopping 25,000 MW by the end of tenure of 12th planning commission, the Mayawati

government has asked the Centre to come up with policies giving preference to the landlocked states while allocating coal blocks.

Thirty-one MoUs for power plants have been inked between the state and investors in the past six years, but not a single megawatt (MW) of electricity could be added to this power-crunch state.

The power ministry has told the oil ministry that the quantity of gas earmarked for NTPC from Reliance Industries Ltd

The Milan trade fair said on Tuesday it is commissioning the world's biggest rooftop photovoltaic power installation covering some 270,000 square meters.

CH Prashanth Reddy / Chennai/ Hyderabad July 06, 2009, 0:41 IST

Andhra Pradesh Power Generation Corporation Limited (Genco) has embarked upon an ambitious plan of setting up 21 power plants over the period of next five years. The projects, having a combined capacity of 15,900 Mw, involve an investment of Rs 80,000 crore.