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Borculo (Netherlands): Set amid cornfields and cow pastures in Holland is a shallow pool that is rapidly turning green with algae, harvested for animal feed, skin treatments, biodegradable plastics

As India gears up for general elections, Political parties will find it hard to explain to their voters a phenomenon that is set to unfold. There seems to be no solution to the acute shortage of fuels that threatens to cripple power generation in the country.

The world needs to adopt the concept of equal per capita entitlements for greenhouse gas emissions.

Bs Reporter / Mumbai September 26, 2008, 0:59 IST

Suzlon Green Power, a closely-held company promoted by Tulsi R Tanti, said it would bring investments worth $5 billion to generate 3,500 MW of renewable energy over the next five years, primarily in India and China.

BY KATE GALBRAITH
CALIFORNIA

Solar power, with its promise of emissions free renewable energy, boasts a growing number of fans. Some of them, it turns out, are thieves.

West African legislators worried by climate change and soaring energy costs want regional leaders to back plans to harness sun and wind energy that experts say could bring electricity to some of the poorest people on earth.

NASA scientists have identified a site in the Sahara desert in northern Niger as the sunniest piece of land in the world.

The Haryana Renewable Energy Development Agency (HAREDA) has signed memoranda of understanding (MoUs) with six Independent Power Producers (IPPs) to generate 12 MW of power from solar energy with an investment of about Rs 240 crore.

DIBRUGARH, Sept 24: The Deputy Commissioner of the district, Ashutosh Agnihotri, inaugurated the solar water heating system here recently. The 2000 litre system has been installed by the management of Aditya Diagnostics and Hospitals as part of its corporate social responsibility.

Bs Reporter / Mumbai September 24, 2008, 0:03 IST

Says RNRL too may put Rs 12,000 cr in cement, shipping biz.

Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG)-promoted Reliance Power (R-Power) is planning to invest over Rs 60,000 crore in renewable and alternative energy resources such as hydroelectric, wind, solar and fuel cell-based power.

Investing in green technology can prove to be a big opportunity for India