Global wind report 2024
The global wind industry installed a record 117GW of new capacity in 2023, making it the best year ever for new wind energy, finds this year’s Global Wind Report from the Global Wind Energy Council. The
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UK approves two huge offshore wind farms
The British government has given the go-ahead for two large offshore wind farms off the Norfolk coast with a combined investment of around 3 billion pounds ($4.66 billion), it said on Friday. The 580-megawatt
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Maldives eyes $100 million tourist tax for CO2 plan
A voluntary tax on tourists who visit the luxury resorts and white sands of the Maldives could raise up to $100 million a year towards the country's aim to become carbon neutral by 2020, President Mohamed
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MNRE plans to set up company for generating power using biomass
In a bid to encourage renewable energy sources of power generation in India, the union ministry of new and renewable energy (MNRE) is looking at setting up a company for biomass-based power generation and promotion on the lines of Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI). The proposed company would focus on promotion and generation of biomass-based power and execute projects in the country. "We are focusing to promote biomass-based power generation in the country.
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Ruchi Soya inks MoU with Thermax for biomass power plant
Plant is set to come at Ruchi's Washim unit, will also generate income for the local community Ruchi Soya Industries Ltd (RSIL), India’s largest edible oil player, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Thermax Ltd, a leading company in energy and environment solutions, to set up a one megawatt fluidised bed biomass gasification plant, laying the foundation for large-scale commercialisation of biomass power in the country. The proposed plant is set to come at Ruchi’s Washim unit in Maharashtra.
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A first: K’taka to get bio-fuel outlet
Going green Bio-fuel bunk to come up in Hassan district in three months. A green fuel outlet, the first of its kind in the country, would be opened at Madenur in Hassan district of Karnataka in three months,
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State sets biofuel target of 200 million litres by year-end
Aims to unseat Maharashtra from second spot in country The State would soon dislodge Maharashtra from the second spot in biofuel production in the country, by increasing its production to 200 million litres by this year end, said Y B Ramakrishna, executive chairman of Karnataka State Biofuel Development Board (KSBDB) on Thursday. Presently, Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra occupy the top two slots.
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Coal shortage: 43,000 MW projects hit, 10 b units lost in a year
Industry body calls for review of entire value chain of power An estimated 43,000 megawatts (MW) of thermal power projects have been impacted and 10 billion units of power lost due to shortage of 54 million
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‘Smart Microgrids’ to Power Rural Rajasthan
A 22-year-old entrepreneur is bringing electricity to villages through a technology that produces and stores renewable energy on location, reports Peerzada Abrar. Twenty-two-year-old Yashraj Khaitan finds
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Bosch Solar to electrify more villages
Bosch Solar, a unit of German company Bosch, will soon electrify villages in India. The €788-million solar division of Bosch has implemented a micro-grid based solar power project of 5 kW at a village
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Global forecast for 40% renewables rise by 2017
Global renewable energy will increase by 40% as green power "comes of age", according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). In its first ever report on the market, the IEA has forecast "rapid growth"