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THE COAL ministry has said state-owned Neyveli Lignite Corporation

Western companies are in the race for slice of the lucrative market for clean technologies such as renewable energy and water or soil treatment projects in India and China, which corporate leaders say will be worth trillions of dollars in a few years as the Asian giants grapple with rising oil prices and pollution.

A clutch of emerging companies are piping solar power in to the national grid and building solar lighting devices as investor attention flares across the sector.

MumbaiTwo years after it dropped plans to set up wind power capacities in the US and Europe, the R18,854-crore (FY 2010 revenues) Tata Power is again eyeing the US, Spain, Portugal and Germany for a wind energy foray, its first outside India.

Madhya Pradesh Energy Development Corporation Chairman Vijendra Singh Sisodia has underlined the needs for energy conservation besides the progress of industries. He stressed on taking positive steps in this direction. Sisodia was addressing during a one-day workshop on 'Energy Efficiency' in Bhopal today. The workshop was organised by Bureau of Energy Efficiency, Government of India.

Italy will put on hold its plan to build nuclear power plants, casting doubt on one of the key platforms for PM Silvio Berlusconi

Petition terming proximity to colony as eco-hazard submitted to Ramesh

Residents of Sukhdev Vihar in South Delhi are up in arms against a waste-to-energy plant coming up 150 metres away from the colony

The Cabinet on Tuesday reviewed the implementation of several projects under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM), which aims at producing 20,000 mw solar power by 2022 in the country. "The progress of implementation of the mission is satisfactory and as per the schedule," a source said.

As part of its diversification, state-run telecom player Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) plans to set up a wind power plant in Maharashtra.

The company will soon appoint a consultant for carrying out a feasibility report over its proposed power plant.

A senior official from MTNL confirmed the development and said the consultant would work out all the details with regard to setting up of

Five of the eight members of the expert panel on ethanol pricing headed by Planning Commission member Saumitra Chaudhuri have not signed the final report submitted to the petroleum ministry.