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Emphasising the need to increase awareness on benefits of solar energy appliances as they provide recurring relief in electricity bills and recover their cost in a few years, Delhi Chief Minister Shei

Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has said that energy efficiency and renewable technologies would have to go hand-in-hand to overcome present power shortage. All persons concerned would like Delhi to emerge as the greenest city not only due to greenery of trees but also due to paradigm shift to green energy, the Chief Minister said this while delivering an inaugural address in a two-day national seminar on "Solar Energy Development

Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Thursday said that energy efficiency and renewable technologies would have to go hand-in-hand to overcome present power shortage. She appealed to all concerned persons in the Capital to ensure that Delhi emerged as the greenest city not only due to the greenery as a result of trees but also because of a paradigm shift towards greater use of green energy.

First Solar In Project Talks With Utilities US: April 4, 2008 NEW YORK - First Solar Inc, maker of thin-film photovoltaic solar equipment, is in talks with US utilities to build renewable energy projects, Chairman and Chief Executive Michael Ahearn said Thursday. "We are having multiple discussions, and what we are trying to get to this year is some initial relationships and some pilot projects," Ahearn told Reuters in an interview.

The State Electric Company (STELCO) will change their electricity generators to hybrid systems and provide power to some of the islands using the new systems before the end of this year, the Company said on Wednesday. Director Ahmed Niyaz said that preliminary surveys on establishing a hybrid system (an engine that can convert diesel as well as renewable energy such as wind and solar power to electricity) had already been conducted in some islands.

A U.S. congressional Select Committee plans to hold a hearing on a clean energy partnership with India and other developing nations.

The Ratan Tata-led three-member Investment Commission strongly supports the proposed civil nuclear agreement with the US as being critical for ensuring a large share of nuclear power in India's energy mix. The government can't ignore the commission' suggestions to ensure the country's energy security, say Subhash Narayan & Rajeev Jayaswal

New Solar CIGS Cells Creep Up On Silicon US: April 3, 2008 NEW YORK - Silicon cells have been the mainstay of the solar photovoltaic industry, but advances in competing technologies could give those manufacturers a toehold in the rapidly growing renewable power market. Last week, researchers at the US Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory said they had achieved a new efficiency record for one of those promising technologies, putting it within reach of the silicon cell mark.

Europe has announced plans to back investment in renewable energy in Africa and other parts of the developing world in an effort to provide reliable electricity in an environmentally sustainable way. The European Commission has launched the Global Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Fund with Euro 80 million to part-fund private projects over the next four years. The fund will target small-scale projects, predominantly in African states. According to EC statistics, around 1.6 billion people have no regular access to reliable energy sources.

In a major boost to attain self sufficiency in energy, the Centre today allotted a huge number of solar energy instruments to Asom.