BSES Yamuna Power (BYP) has, for the first time, introduced Renewal Energy Assisted Pump (REAP) in the Indian capital. It can become a powerful energy and water solution for many users in power starved South Asia including Nepal. The solar energy based water pump will help meet needs of both rural and urban water users who want off-grid water supply for irrigation and other purposes.

Germany's Centrotherm Photovoltaics, the world's second-largest manufacturer of solar photovoltaic (PV) equipment, has signed an agreement with IDEA Polysilicon to construct a polysilicon solar PV manufacturing facility in the Saudi Arabian Red Coast city of Yanbu, according to a Reuters News report. The agreement aims to provide IDEA the technology and know-how it needs to become a market force in the Middle East-North Africa (MENA) region, a market that's attracting more and more interest from industry players globally.

New solar cells could increase the maximum efficiency of solar panels by over 25%, according to scientists from the University of Cambridge.

Scientists from the Cavendish Laboratory, the University's Department of Physics, have developed a novel type of solar cell which could harvest energy from the sun much more efficiently than traditional designs.

The research, published today, could dramatically improve the amount of useful energy created by solar panels.

Federal Minister for Water and Power, Syed Naveed Qamar has directed on Thursday to launch Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFLs) (energy saver bulbs) distribution programme from April throughout the country, says a press release.

He said while presiding over a meeting on distribution plan of CFLs.

The Secretary Ministry of Water and Power, CEOs of the discos, Programme Co-ordinator, senior officials of the ministry and representatives of KESC participated.

In what’s being hailed as a breakthrough, scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the US claim to have discovered a new power source — fuel-coated nanotubes.

A MIT team, which also included a group of researchers from RMIT University in Australia, says it has discovered that fuel-coated nanotubes can be excellent conductors of heat and power generators.

The power generated relative to the energy source size is three to four times greater than what is currently possible with the best lithium-ion batteries, say the scientists.

Adani Enterprises Ltd (AEL), the flagship company of the Adani Group, on Thursday announced its decision to exit the real-estate business. The company felt that the move to divest its holding in the real-estate business, which is largely spread in the property markets of Ahmedabad and Mumbai will help it focus on its core business of coal mining, ports and power generation.

Iran is seeking to close grain purchases using gold and oil as payment, and has paid yen for a large volume of wheat as it steps up efforts to beat sanctions that had started to choke imports of food staples, European wheat exporters said. Iran bought at least 2,00,000 tonnes of soft wheat on the world market last week for prompt delivery from private sellers — mostly of Australian origin — but some traders said the US could possibly account for part of the volume.

Power distribution company Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited is getting ready to implement a new initiative that will not only save the company money, but will also save the grid from collapsing when the demand rises exponentially and the frequency falls on account of heavy overdrawal. The company has got the approval of the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission to implement the auto demand response programme that will regulate supply of electricity to big consumers when the demand rises and the grid is put under severe pressure.