Wind power

Gas aplenty

For peat's sake

The key is hydrogen

Two German projects see hydrogen produced by solar power as the energy source of the future

Generators electrocuted

End of giant electricity generators is foreseen by the discovery of new polymer fuel cells

Power unlimited

Energy intensive business

Phone's dead? Keep dialling

Hotbeds of energy

Simmering rocks found several kilometres beneath the earth's surface hold the potential to meet our power needs

Lignite luminescence

The world's first lignite-based power plant in Madras offers a viable alternative to high-cost natural gas and to coal-based plants which emit …

Hydrogen hopes

German engineers are transporting shiploads of hydrogen from Canada to Europe, where it will be harnessed as an alternate source of fuel and energy

Energy aplenty

The recycling option has once again shown that wastes like bagasse and wheat straw can be profitably used to generate energy, which could in all …

Fired by plants

The world's first biomass-based power plant promises a 'cleaner' alternative to coal-fired plants

Loss of energy

Sun shots

Solar enticement

Promoting the cause of solar power against conventional power is the latest Swiss initiative

Complete combustion

Making pistons smaller and more numerous increases an internal combustion engine's efficiency

Idling costs

Forever sunny

Sunlight streams in round-the-clock as electricity from a new solar power plant in the US

Streamlining current

Flashy fleet

Slender beams

Spiked petrol

The power of urine

One for the road

The use of alcohol as an alternative transport fuel is a viable option for India