Boost to renewables

Sunny days

Time for green gadgets

UNCED has thrown into sharp focus all matters environmental international industry, quick to Catch on to now trends, has started branding its …

It's bean fuel

A fuel from a vegetable source that is non-toxic, biodegradable and can be used in conventional diesel engines with little or no modifications

Burning ice

Ice crystals, known as methane hydrates, found inside the seafloor, have tremendous energy potential. But humans are yet to tap them

A ray of solar hope

Solar plants have proved to be a great boon for villagers of Sunderbans who relied on kerosene wick-lamps

Making waves

The world's first sea-driven electricity generator is launched

Radioactive power

Designer fuel

Waste hydrocarbons mixed with ethanol can be used to run vehicles

Bamboo for biomass

Bamboo could be a potential source of green gasoline

Green electricity

Tapping the Sun

Uganda's solar electrification programme for rural areas

Wide bands of energy

Optical fibres can carry more data than believed earlier

Renewed interest

Wind energy projects pick up steam in Rajasthan

Nanowire as solar cell

Scientists develop new method to store Hydrogen

Radical material for solar cells

Next generation clean fuel

Wired to improve

New silicon-based solar cells  

Third World energy in terms of US policy

Fueling Development: Energy Technologies for Developing Countries Publisher: US Congress, Office of Technological Assessment, 1992 Price: Not …

Soaking in the sun

The US is trying to revive solar thermal power technology

Labelling energy

What's cooking?

Methanol can become a low-cost, housewife-friendly fuel

MONEYMAKERS

Lower sulphur levels soon