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V. Venkatsubramanian

Shining bright: A solar powered streetlight at the bus stand area in Kalakattur village panchayat.

KANCHEEPURAM: Last week, residents of Kalakattur village panchayat in Kancheepuram Panchayat Union enjoyed the benefit of tapping non-conventional energy sources when their counterparts in nearby Kancheepuram municipal limits reeled under blackout.

The State Electricity Board had resorted to a five-hour power cut

AHMEDABAD: Soon after a course on carbon credits was launched in the most premium management institute of the country, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A ) is exploring options of earning some carbon credits for itself. Akshat Khare - an alumnus of IIM-A from the 2007 batch and was among the six students who had ventured on their own - is helping the institute explore the option of using solar energy to illuminate the campus.

Human waste to power US city
In A First, Methane Gas To Be Harvested On Commercial Scale And Turned Into Clean Fuel

San Antonio: The city of San Antonio unveiled a deal that will make it the first US city to harvest methane gas from human waste on a commercial scale and turn it into clean-burning fuel.
San Antonio residents produce about 140,000 tons a year of a substance gently referred to as

Vast greenhouses that use sea water for crop cultivation could be combined with solar power plants to provide food, fresh water and clean energy in deserts, under an ambitious proposal from a team of architects and engineers.
Demonstration projects

The Sahara Forest Project, which is already running demonstration plants in Tenerife, Oman and the United Arab Emirates, envisages huge greenhouses with concentrated solar power (CSP), a technology that uses mirrors to focus the sun

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T. Ramakrishnan

CHENNAI: Availability of a substantial quantum of wind energy has made a difference to the power supply position, with the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board (TNEB) lifting load shedding all over the State on Tuesday afternoon.

Since Sunday, Chennai and suburban areas did not have load shedding. TNEB officials attribute the relaxation of the system to the availability of more power.

On Tuesday evening (around 6-40 p.m.), about 1,500 megawatt of power was produced.

Throughout the day, the wind power generation was in the range of 1,000 MW-1,500 MW.

State to join REEEP
Minister holds talks with REEEP officials in Vienna
Projects to be submitted before April 2009

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala will join the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP) based in Vienna, Austria.

Electricity Minister A.K. Balan and Director of the Energy Management Centre Dharesan Unnithan held discussions with International Director of the REEEP Marianne Osterkorn and Deputy Director Binu Parthan in Vienna on Saturday and came to an understanding on the State joining the partnership.

New Delhi: The Capital is now looking at installing solar-powered traffic signals at major intersections in the city. With this, traffic jams caused by signals rendered non-functional due to power failure or heavy rain may soon become a thing of the past. The traffic police is also installing invertors for back-up at major points.

D. Radhakrishnan

The improved solar heating system at the Glendale Tea Factory in Runneymede, near Coonoor.

DH News Service, Bangalore:

Minister for Medical Education Ramachandre Gowda underlined the need to develop alternative sustainable forms of energy that would be able to fulfil the requirement of the large population.