As part of an overall effort to reduce the dependence on imported oil, the Government of India and the U.S. Agency for International Development have recently initiated a collaborative program to develop and implement newer coal and biomass energy conversion technologies in India. The dispersed...

In India, coal has come to occupy a pivotal position in sustaining the country's rising energy consumption and speeding economic growth. The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), in joint collaboration with the Government of India (GOI), is supporting research and development...