# International Renewable Energy Agency to open shop # Clean energy to meet half of Asia’s power needs # Indo Japanese collaboration on fuel cell tech on the cards # Pakistan eyes power from molasses # ADB loan to Bangladesh for energy infrastructure # Indonesia biofuel policy to reduce palm oil exports # Philippine renewable energy law comes into force # Malaysia doubles 2008 biodiesel export forecast

# Light concentrator eliminates need for solar tracking # High-efficiency dye solar cell # Two-faced approach creates better solar cells # Tiny solar cells hold promise of portable power # Method to extend life of organic solar cells # Expert creates large-area solar cell using nanotech # Vacuum processing for solar cells # First silicon solar cell with 25 per cent efficiency

# Laser system for wind sensing # A new design in wind turbine # Kites for off-grid power # Ancient Persia inspires modern wind catcher # Technologies to protect wind turbine in voltage dips # More efficient wind turbines

# Buoy turns waves into electricity # Easy maintenance tidal energy system # ‘Fish technology’ for energy from slow water currents # Novel technology for power from waves

# A low-cost fuel cell electrolyte # Zinc-fuelled portable power pack # Mobile power based on fuel cells # Hydrogen fuel cells to power buses

# Hydrogen generated using red hot steel # Ultra low-carbon hydrogen production # See-through hydrogen generator # Fifth generation fuel-cell vehicle # Lightweight hydrogen ‘tank’ #A revisit to an old hydrogen production experiment

# Olive stones could yield biofuel # Biodiesel filtration technology # Biofuel production using fungi # Biogas converted to electricity and heat using fuel cells # Home-grown biodiesel # Research in earnest on biofuels # Converting glycerol into methanol # Production of bio-ethanol from bamboo # Pond scum power: Fuel from algae