This initiative, according to Benon Mutambi the Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA) Chief Executive Officer will cost the government about $4.1m. The initial batch will be distributed to consumers starting January 2015.

Keep electric storage heaters on all the time. Our research also found that few people with electric storage heaters fully understand how they work (only 38%). This means that households with electric heating could be paying through the nose by not taking advantage of cheaper night rate electricity.

Researchers have developed a solar cell that is able to directly split water. It does not produce electricity in a first step and split the water in a second step, but rather only has one step.

A new project helps give kids a safe place to play soccer in a Rio de Janeiro favela by using kinetic-energy harvesting tiles to produce electricity for keeping the lights on.

As a lawyer in Worcester, Janet S. Merrill likely can afford the 37 percent increase in electricity rates that National Grid is scheduled to begin in November.

The Environment Ministry will begin a model project in which surplus electricity generated from renewable energy sources, such as wind and solar power, will be utilized to produce hydrogen for fuel-cell vehicles.

In terms of electricity, 95.3 billion units were saved. India’s annual consumption of electricity is about 700 billion units. If this entire saved electricity had to be produced from coal-based thermal power plants, India would have burnt another 98 million tonnes of coal.

The UN Environment Programme (UNEP), through its new initiative launched, has said that a shift from energy-efficient appliances would save the world 350 billion dollars annually in electricity bills.

Sweden is well ahead of all countries in successfully designing and implementing urban the waste-to-energy (WtE) plan, a process of generating heat and/or electricity from incineration of waste.

NASA and the DOE have set up a crowdsourcing campaign to find the best ideas for harnessing wave energy for producing electricity and they're offering up some great tools.

A pilot scheme that provides businesses with financial support to install more efficient electrical technologies that help reduce their peak demand has been launched.

Water-related energy use accounts for about 19% of the state’s total electricity use,including treating, pumping and conveying water to your home, heating the water for your shower and washing machine, and treating the wastewater that leaves your home.

Germany is the global leader in energy efficiency while ageing power plants and inefficient ways of electricity generation and industrial practices put India at number 11 in the latest energy efficiency ranking of the world's 16 largest economies.

Your kitchen is probably full of appliances, eating up electricity. Here are our top tips to help you save energy in the kitchen.

Google is offering a million-dollar prize for a breakthrough that would make solar or wind generated electricity more enticing for everyday uses.

British Gas’s smart meters comprise one electricity meter, one gas smart meter, a communications hub and a smart energy monitor. They all work together wirelessly to relay your energy usage back and present that information in an easy-to-understand package. British Gas will even set it all up for you.

From massive wind farms generating power to small turbines powering a single home, wind turbines around the globe generate clean electricity for a variety of power needs.

In an attempt to further reduce the cost of electricity to consumers, St. Kitts and Nevis and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela are collaborating in a plan that will see the distribution of over 5,000 energy-saving bulbs in the twin-island Federation.

Foreign fuel imports continue to dominate the UK electricity market, according to data released at the Hay Festival by renewable electricity supplier Good Energy.

We are told that driving alone in our cars is a waste of our dwindling fuel supplies. But scientists now claim they have developed a way to use the movement of cars along a street to generate electricity.