In 1833, German engineer John Etzler had dreamt of generating power from high-altitude wind. The dream may come true, almost two centuries later. Hermann Plauson, an Estonian engineer, had thought about producing power from

The Punjab government

The Union Government has envisaged a major plan to boost solar energy and set aside Rs 1,000 crore for subsidising solar power.

Jangveer Singh

Punjab is set to introduce LED (light emitting diode) lighting in all five cities in the state, beginning from Ludhiana, even as the process of replacement of conventional lighting with CFL (compact fluorescent lamp) will start in a few months with Powercom, the state electricity utility, registering with the Bureau of Energy for this purpose.

Offers 50 pc subsidy to domestic users

Ludhiana : The Centre has asked the Punjab Energy Development Agency (PEDA) to switch over the Parliament House on solar energy for which the surveys have already been conducted.

Punjab offers incentive of 30 per cent power to be sold as merchant power

Twenty-one top notch power companies have shown keen interest in Punjab

Chandigarh: Punjab will ask for an additional allocation of 1,000 mega watts of power from the central pool during the annual meeting of the All-India Power Ministers Conference at Delhi tomorrow so as to ensure adequate electricity supply to farmers during the upcoming paddy season this year.

Action for Green, the city

Biomass plants: Low tariff, no permission to sell power to other states worry entrepreneurs

Biomass these days is the new buzzword for Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal, who dreams to generate 1,000 MW of power from renewable sources of energy in the next two years.

Almost three months after conducting a public hearing for Mohali