BY KATE GALBRAITH
CALIFORNIA

Solar power, with its promise of emissions free renewable energy, boasts a growing number of fans. Some of them, it turns out, are thieves.

West African legislators worried by climate change and soaring energy costs want regional leaders to back plans to harness sun and wind energy that experts say could bring electricity to some of the poorest people on earth.

NASA scientists have identified a site in the Sahara desert in northern Niger as the sunniest piece of land in the world.

The Haryana Renewable Energy Development Agency (HAREDA) has signed memoranda of understanding (MoUs) with six Independent Power Producers (IPPs) to generate 12 MW of power from solar energy with an investment of about Rs 240 crore.

DIBRUGARH, Sept 24: The Deputy Commissioner of the district, Ashutosh Agnihotri, inaugurated the solar water heating system here recently. The 2000 litre system has been installed by the management of Aditya Diagnostics and Hospitals as part of its corporate social responsibility.

Bs Reporter / Mumbai September 24, 2008, 0:03 IST

Says RNRL too may put Rs 12,000 cr in cement, shipping biz.

Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG)-promoted Reliance Power (R-Power) is planning to invest over Rs 60,000 crore in renewable and alternative energy resources such as hydroelectric, wind, solar and fuel cell-based power.

India will host the next Live Earth concert to raise funds for lighting homes with solar energy in places where people do not have access to electricity, organisers said.

The December event will see US rocker Jon Bon Jovi and Bollywood's biggest superstar, Amitabh Bachchan share the stage, and is described by organisers as one of the biggest events held in India.

Biodiversity Conservation India Limited (bcil), which was set up in Bangalore in 1995 by Chandrashekar Hariharan, is known for its eco-friendly sustainable homes like tzed and TownsEnd. The company has its roots in the ngo background of its promoters who, for many years, worked on basic resources of water and energy with the Academy for Mountain Environics.

Students at Bheri Technical Institute (BTI) in Nepalgunj have successfully developed and test-drove on Wednesday a vehicle named 'Niful' that runs on solar power and batteries.

Plant to be established shortly in Rajasthan

JAIPUR: The three public sector power distribution companies of Rajasthan signed a power purchase agreement with Reliance Industries Limited here on Tuesday for procuring solar power from a plant to be established by the latter shortly in the State.

Maulik Pathak / Ahmedabad September 17, 2008, 0:54 IST

After unveiling its plans to harness wind energy, ONGC, the country's leading crude and gas producer, now plans to foray into solar and geothermal energy.

The company is in talks with four companies, including a US-based firm, for setting up a photovoltaic (PV) cells unit.

The oil and gas major is also exploring geothermal energy for which it is in talks with Iceland government. All these projects will be carried out under its ONGC Energy Centre housed at Rajiv Gandhi Urja Bhavan, New Delhi.