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New Delhi: States may soon have to purchase at least 5 per cent of their power need in a year from renewable sources. The forum of electricity regulators headed by the chairman Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has adopted a framework by way of which states will have to enter into a renewable purchase obligation (RPO).

R. Sairam

By Madurai division of Khadi and Village Industries Commission

BENEFICIAL: The gas tank of the 85 cubic metre KVIC model unit installed at

Nandini Chandrashekar,DH News Service,Bangalore:

Energy conservation and responsible use of power is a matter of urgent concern in the present scenario.

The Sixth Engineering Asia and Third Power and Alternative Energy Asia exhibitions simultaneously with Third International Conference on Alternative Energy and Power will be held from March 28-30 at Expo Center Karachi.

Climate change challenge will reshape the way we live
Anthony Giddens

Climate change and how to respond to it are everywhere in the news at the moment. So, of course, is economic recession, just as global in scope and itself deeply worrying. But what is the relationship between them likely to turn out to be?

Many industries have not tapped the potential of solar thermal energy: Chunkath

WASHINGTON: India has cautioned the developed world, the US and European countries in particular, to avoid any attempt to sneak in "protectionism under green label" as this would hurt their global efforts to successfully meet the challenges posed by climate change.

Scientists drawn from both developing and developed countries have to bring out locally relevant renewable energy solutions

Bangalore, DHNS:
The State will soon come out with a renewable energy policy with special emphasis on solar energy, said K Jairaj, principal secretary of the Energy Department.

Oslo: Can the key to