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Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has installed a solar power system at her office to encourage green energy expansion in her power-starved nation.

The country's single largest solar power system, with a peaking capacity of generating 21.6 kilowatts, is now operating on a trial basis, officials of the Power Development Board (PDB) that supervised the installation said on Wednesday.

IF THINGS move in the right direction, Rajasthan is set to bask in the sunshine. The desert state is likely to attract an investment of Rs 45,000 crore in the solar energy sector. Rajasthan Renewable Energy Corporation chairman and managing director Naresh Pal Gangwar told ET that 72 power companies have registered with the corporation for the generation of 2,500 MW in solar energy sector.

Solar lamps will soon become a reality in the Commercial Capital with a meeting of the Standing Committee of the Margao Municipal Council gave its nod for the Civic body to install solar powered lamps at the Municipal garden and around the Civic building.
The Goa Energy Development Agency has sanctioned as many as 50 solar powered lamps to the Margao Civic body.

Scientists Bypass Petroleum-Based Chemicals To Produce Biodegradable & Less Toxic Polymers

Washington: Scientists have successfully bio-engineered polymers, completely bypassing fossil fuel based chemicals.

This breakthrough opens the way for the commercial production of

NEW DELHI: The Centre on Monday launched the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission. It is one of the eight key missions of the National Action Plan on Climate Change and aimed at ensuring long-term energy security as well as ecological security.

The solar water heating system of about 13 lakh litres per day capacity has been installed in the state. The installation has resulted in saving peak load of 13MW and reduction of carbon dioxide emission by 19,500 tones thus reducing global warming.

Jerome Cartillier

The rapid boom in wind farming in China places it behind only the United States, Germany and Spain
IN THE MOUNTAINS above the southwestern Chinese town of Dali, dozens of new wind turbines dot the landscape -a symbol of the country's sky-high ambitions for clean, green energy.

Delhi Govt Move Aims To Cut Power Demand

New Delhi: Even as India sets itself a target of generating 1,000 MW solar power by 2013, Delhi government

Visakhapatnam , Nov. 20: Suggesting that the world shift towards solar energy, an expert from the United States said that wind, water and solar energy resources were sufficie-ntly available to provide the entire world

The Israeli government has offered to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Himachal Pradesh for water management and renewable energy.