Chennai: Orient Green Power Company Ltd (OGPCL), the largest independent renewable energy company in India and part of the Shriram group, is looking at opportunities in the overseas markets, including the US and the South East Asian region to become one of the major renewable energy power producers in the world over the next few years, said T Shivaraman, vice-chairman and CEO, Orient Green Power.

London: The US military will soon have a new solar-powered unmanned spy aircraft that can fly non-stop for more than five years.

The aircraft, called SolarEagle, which is being built by Boeing is designed in such a way that it can soar in the upper atmosphere for years, constantly sending surveillance and intelligence information back to the ground.

The US military has already given

London, Sept.

Italy's southern region of Basilicata wants to become self-sufficient in power supplies by 2020 by boosting its renewable energy capacity by more than fivefold to about 1,600 megawatt, regional authorities said.

Basilicata with a population of about 600,000 people consumes 3,000 gigawatt hours of electricity a year and at present covers half of its needs with its own output generated mostly at

Rajiv Tikoo

While China has scored over the US to become the most attractive market for renewable energy investments, India has ranked fourth behind Germany, according to the recent Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Indices, brought out by Ernst & Young (EY).

Gridlock around Beijing has been a conspicuous problem as more Chinese buy private cars.

The world's largest solar power plant cleared an important hurdle on Wednesday, laying the groundwork for a dramatic expansion in solar energy generation in the United States and around the world.

The proposed $6 billion-plus Blythe, California plant, originally proposed by Chevron Corp.

BASMATI rice company LT Foods Ltd plans to invest 100 crore to diversify into the renewable energy sector with a biomass project, a top company executive said.

The company has identified a plot in Hoshiarpur district in Punjab for the project and expects the plant to be operational by June 2011.

TERRY MACALISTER

The world's largest offshore wind farm, which cost more than GBP750m to build, is poised to begin generating power off the coast of Kent, south-east England, with 100 turbines producing enough electricity to supply heat and light for some 200,000 homes.

The Thanet facility, which is going through final testing by Vattenfall, its Swedish power company operator, is going on st

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