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Huge difference between potential and utilisation of renewable energy

As energy demand increase and fossil fuels reserves are limited, research is increasingly directed towards alternative renewable fuels that are environmentally benign. Among the different possible resources, biodiesel derived from different vegetable oils and animal fats has become more attractive recently because of its environmental benefits and the fact that is made from renewable resources. Dec 2006

thrown out: Tamil actress Radhika has been expelled from the primary membership of AIADMK, the main opposition party in Tamil Nadu "for acting against the interests of the party'. She appeared in a

The Pacific Gas and Electric Co (pg&e), California's biggest natural gas company, has announced plans to buy natural gas generated from cow manure in the state dairy farms to fuel its power plants.

British billionaire Richard Branson has committed to spend all profits from his airline and rail businesses, an estimated us $3 billion over the next 10 years, on combating global warming. The

• Washington DC-based Energy Action Coalition is teaming with MTV to encourage US university students to demand their schools get more energy from renewable energy sources. Schools will compete

Hurricanes and other such events that disrupt energy supplies could provide a

china storm: The death toll in China caused by the tropical storm Bilis rose to around 612 with 208 missing as on July 24, 2006, says the government news agency Xinhua. About 3 million people have

waste power: The California State Assembly has recently approved a law to increase the production of renewable energy in the state. The bill, ab 1969, will allow public water and wastewater