Jyotigram Yojna likely to be replicated all over India

Minister of State for Power, Coal and New and Renewable Energy Piyush Goyal has announced that his ministry would replicate Gujarat Government’s Jyotigram Yojna, or rural electrification […]

IREDA on growth path

“The renewable energy sector is set to take off in coming years in India,” says K S Popli. Please give us an […]

A Windfall of Cheap Energy from Wind

Alok Srivastava Joint Secretary, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Government of India “Wind Energy accounts for nearly 70 percent of the total […]

Wipro Most Eco-friendly IT Company: Greenpeace

Indian technology giant Wipro topped the ranking in its first appearance in the Guide to Greener Electronics released by Greenpeace […]

India Malaysia Sign MoU for Renewable Energy

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed in New Delhi Wednesday by India’s Minister of New and Renewable Energy Dr. […]

IT builds intelligence in power grid networks

In the Indian context smart meters and advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) are key elements of smart grid deployment says Gagan Kakkar, […]

Government aiming at 85 Thousand MW of Power during 12th Plan

Minister of New and Renewable Energy, Farooq Abdullah today said his ministry is making consistent efforts to popularise Solar Energy […]

ICT-Related Initiatives in the Philippines

www.cict.gov.ph Ivan John Uy, Chairman of the Commission on Information and Communications Technology, Philippines The Philippines has 7100 scattered islands […]

Powering Initiatives : Rajendra Kumar, Secretary-Government of NCT of Delhi

The awareness campaign made for the utilisation of alternate sources of energy and its benefit through various methods

Time for Action

[This article was published in the April 2009 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

Renewable energy sources are increasingly being harnessed today to provide people with alternative and eco-friendly energy for their fuel needs.