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MADURAI: Solar power developers interested in joining the Central Government

MARGAO: Solar powered illumination will soon become a reality in the Commercial Capital.
Work on erection of solar panels has begun around the Margao Municipal building as part of the joint project between the Margao civic body and the Goa Energy Development Agency.

At least 1,000 solar rickshaws will be deployed to ferry over 7,000 athletes and their delegates during the Commonwealth Games later this year.

After successfully manufacturing a 200 litre solar water heater to promote use of green energy, the Central Jail prisoners are now trying their hands at preparing a 2,000 litre capacity solar water heater to meet the needs of Central Jail here, officials said.

Sugarcane is cultivated on 5,732 ha in the district

Families making briquettes earn

Rs. 800 to

Rs. 1,000 daily

TIRUNELVELI: Making of carbon briquettes, a cost-effective alternative fuel from the sugarcane trash, is gradually picking up in the district.

Vrinda Sharma

BATHINDA: Aiming to make Punjab power-surplus in the next two years, a bio-mass power plant, one of over 30 planned in the State, was inaugurated at Muktsar, 70 km from here, on Friday.

To expand its green energy options, Himachal Pradesh has cleared state

L&Tis going in for a major change in its energy business focus. The country

Bhubaneswar: The ministry of new and renewable energy (MNRE) secretary, Deepak Gupta, said on Thursday that the country has great potential for generation of renewable energy from rice husk.

Atanu Kumar Das / New Delhi February 18, 2010, 0:51 IST

In two years, Indira Paryavaran Bhawan, which comes under the Ministry of Environment and Forests and being constructed over a 9,000-sq mt plot at Aliganj in Delhi, will be showcased as the government