A top Obama Administration official said the U.S. oil and gas industry will survive a proposed repeal of billions of dollars tax preferences and there will be an insignificant impact on worldwide prices.

First Solar Inc said on Tuesday it plans to build the world's largest solar plant in China in the first major foray by a U.S. company into the Asian nation's fast growing alternative energy sector.

Tiny indicator bulbs evolve into energy-saving lightings They have been around for over 50 years. First in colour

The first Pak-US Energy Dialogue is set to be held in Islamabad in October, where Pakistan is expected to receive Rs 28 billion from the US to help lifeline electricity consumers, official sources told Daily Times on Friday.

Members of the proposed US Energy Taskforce and Pakistani authorities would also discuss and finalise the modalities of energy cooperation between the two countries.

Outage biz in India: Rs 1,30,000cr
Amount Can Help Set Up Plant To Generate 25,000MW Of Electricity

Jagraon: In what smacks of a scam, CFLs being distributed in Himachal Pradesh free of cost have surfaced in Punjab with a price tag. Some traders have procured the lamps and are selling these in the rural areas of Punjab and that too with the so-called subsidy of the PSEB.

July 28: While the state government is worried over the alarming increase in the price of red gram, agriculture officials are apprehensive over the utility of the seeds being supplied to farmers at 50 per cent subsidy.

Contrary to existing notions, a new study says it is economically more beneficial for Bhutan to supply power to its industries than export it to India.

China has launched an unprecedented plan to offer hefty subsidies to independent solar power projects, a move that sparked a rally in the sector on Tuesday.

Shares of Suntech Power Holdings Co Ltd soared 9 percent, Yingli Green Energy Holding Co Ltd climbed 10 percent, Trina Solar Ltd rose nearly 9 percent and JA Solar Holdings Co Ltd was trading nearly 8 percent higher.