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Germany, for being world leader in the renewable energy, is ready to extend co-operation to Pakistan in bridging gap between the demand and supply of electricity in the country which is passing through worst energy crisis at the moment.

The Thar desert is set to become the hub for solar projects which are expected to generate upto 2,100 gigawatts of solar power.

CHENNAI: The Rs 5.50-crore bio-methanation plant is all set to generate power within a week from the solid waste of Koyambedu market, thus reducing the greenhouse gases coming from organic waste at the sprawling perishables market, according to sources in the Market Management Committee.

The plant, which hit a roadblock in 2008, due to non-availability of spares for the machine that was to conv

COIMBATORE: Most parts of the Coimbatore saw an additional half-an-hour load shedding on Monday and Tuesday as wind energy generation dropped.

An official of the Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation said that apart from the three hours load shedding, half-an-hour additional load shedding was implemented as wind energy generation was almost nil on in the morning hours during the la

Gamesa Corp Tecnologica agreed to supply about $2 billion of wind turbines to Indian renewable- energy developer Caparo Energy (CEL) in what may be the country

JV between Swedish, Delhi govts will convert biogas from Keshopur sewage treatment plants to CNG

In the first such project undertaken in the country, Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) will be produced from biogas generated at sewage treatment plants in the Capital.

KOLKATA, 15 MAY: A first-of-its-kind course in the country on renewable energy has been initiated in the city by a collaboration of Indira Gandhi National Open University (Ignou) and the Queensland Government of Australia.

Arka Community College will start its first batch on 1 January 2012 with 25 students for the course on renewable energy with special emphasis on solar energy.

Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) has initiated construction work on Jabban Hydropower Rehabilitation Project at a cost of Rs3.7 billion, which is scheduled to be completed in one year and nine months.

AFD, a financial institution of France, is providing 25 million Euros for the project.

New Jersey, home to more industrial waste clean-up sites than any other state, is poised to become an exemplar of solar power usage -- though not everyone is happy about it.

Yet the combination of a strict state mandate and a generous carbon offset program has made New Jersey -- where only three in eight days are sunny -- the second-largest U.S.

A solar energy plane made the world's first international flight powered by the sun on Friday to show the potential for pollution-free air travel.

The Solar Impulse took off from an airfield at Payerne in western Switzerland on Friday morning and landed at Brussels airport after a 13-hour flight.

"The objective is to demonstrate what we can do with existing technology in terms of renewable e