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Ranchi, Aug.

NEW DELHI: A bio-gas plant that would use the bio-degradable waste generated in the Delhi Secretariat to provide gas to its canteen was inaugurated by Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Friday as part of the Akshay Urja Diwas (renewable energy day) celebrations.

Ms. Dikshit said harnessing renewable energy is a must for Delhi as it would help in decreasing its pollution load.

Places where the state electricity grid fails to deliver, biomass gasifiers can spell magic. With little initiatives, biomass gasification can light up remote areas of the country like never before

Prof PJ Paul

India has over 580,000 villages and many hamlets. In over 18,000 villages and hamlets grid electricity is to be provided.

The students of Mechanical, Electrical and Electronics, Electronics and Communication branches of Canara Engineering College have developed a solar powered tribrid two-wheeler named V-Spark-3, which will be inaugurated by the District- in-Charge Minister J Krishna Palemar on August 20.

Speaking to the presspersons on Wednesday, Electrical and Electronics Department Head Prof T N Shanbogh said

The state of Madhya Pradesh plans to provide solar power to 425 villages by the end of the 2010 financial year, and has plans to generate 200MW of power through solar energy by 2013, suggest reports.

The state is developing a full infrastructure solar park in the village of Ganeshpura, Gujarat, on 300 acres of land.

Vadodara: Engineering major ABB will invest Rs 200 crore by the end of 2011 towards setting up new units and expansion of its existing facilities at Maneja.

CHENNAI: India and China can provide solutions to the energy resource problem by tapping solar and wind energy as alternative, said polar explorer Robert Swan here on Monday.

Addressing an interactive session organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Mr. Swan said use of these alternative, renewable energy sources would help reduce pollution.

Patrick McGeehan

NEW PLANS:So far, there haven't been large-scale efforts to harness the wind in the city

For years, New York officials have envisioned powering the region from a set of huge wind turbines in the Atlantic Ocean off Long Island. But well before an offshore wind farm would be up and running, giant turbines may soon be spinning much closer to the city.

Noor Mohammad

New Delhi: US-based Astonfield is betting big on the Indian solar market as the government starts work to implement the first phase of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM).

The company has planned to develop 1,200 mw solar power generation capacity by 2017 with an estimated investment of over $ 1 billion, says a top company executive..

New Delhi: State-run Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) is planning to set up a Rs 650-crore wind power project in Rajasthan and solar power projects in Gujarat and Rajasthan, minister of state for petroleum and natural gas Jitin Prasada told Lok Sabha on Thursday.