It offers generation-based incentive of 50 paise per unit
Incentive for projects with minimum installed capacity of 5 MW
Scheme to woo new and large independent power producers

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu accounts for 44 per cent of the country

Gandhinagar : The state has won four national awards in different fields of governance infrastructure , non conventional energy generation, e-governance and public transport.

Environment: Abu Dhabi has embarked upon an ambitious plan to build a zero-emission clean-tech centre in the desert. Will it work?

Energy: Wind power has established itself as an important source of renewable energy in the past three decades. The basic idea is ancient, but its modern incarnation adds many new high-tech twists

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There has never been a more important time to invest in green technologies, yet many of us believe these efforts are doomed to failure, writes Chris Goodall

Myth 1: solar power is too expensive to be of much use

Millions of rural Indians have never experienced how electricity can change their lives. So, their life grinds to a halt as soon as the sun sets. But providing power to the villages would mean more coal-burning by power plants that already emit more than 50 per cent of India

US oil demand has fallen 5 per cent this year - the biggest drop since 1981 - according to new figures which underline changing American attitudes towards energy use.