Not a single proposal has been cleared by the Indian Renewable Energy Development Authority (IREDA), the financing arm of the Union ministry of non-conventional energy (MNES), in the 2 years since

Gerald Leach is a senior research fellow at the Stockholm Environment Institute SEI in London. He has written extensively on rural energy issues in developing countries at the SEI and earlier at the International Institute of Environment and Development

Present day interest in solar power has arisen mainly because of rapidly dwindling energy resources. But the quest for tapping the sun's energy began in ancient times.

As part of women's welfare programmes, various NGOs are promoting the use of renewable and alternative energy.

THE STATE of the world continues to deteriorate. Any light at the end of the tunnel is, at best, hazy. Despite the slide, perceptions have changed and the State of the World report could have

EVER SINCE the Earth Summit last year in Rio de Janeiro, there has been a spate of literature on sustainable development. Suddenly there is money aplenty for seminars, conferences and publications on

All our energy needs could be met if even a fraction of the solar energy received on the earth could be converted into electricity, and the means to exploit this potential is provided by semiconductors.

Following economic liberalisation, India's largest power equipment manufacturer BHEL is diversifying and exploring renewable energy technologies in order to meet the stiff competition it faces from multinationals.

The Union ministry of non-conventional energy sources (MNES) plans to increase exploitation of the country's draught animal power (DAP) potential. A report prepared by an MNES committee, in

A non conventional energy complex set up in Brahampur village lies in a shambles today because authorities disregarded the people's requirements

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