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
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
The government has reportedly delayed a crucial decision on the level of subsidy for wind farms and other forms of renewable energy, after ministers failed to resolve a stand-off between the Chancellor
The Indian Wind Power Association has sought a common wind energy policy in all States. At its annual general meeting here recently, the association, through a resolution, appealed to the Union Ministry of Power to ensure that all State utilities adopt a uniform policy for wind energy, especially for wheeling and banking charges. The funds for installing new transmission lines and sub-stations should be granted from the Clean Energy Fund. Incentives should be granted for those who go in for taller machines, replacing old turbines.
Hong Kong-based CLP Holdings (formerly known as China Light & Power) chose to come to India at an unexpected time: when power company Enron's failure and collapse was making headlines around the world,
Suzlon Group, the wind turbine manufacturer said it has signed an equipment sale deal with ReNew Power Ventures Pvt Ltd for wind energy projects of 300 megawatt to be developed across India. According to the deal, Suzlon will supply, supervise, operate and maintain the projects, while ReNew Power will act as a developer. Suzlon will, under the firm contract, supply 48 units of its latest S9X suite - consisting both S95 and S97 turbines to ReNew Power for a 100 Mw project in Maharashtra, for which development has already commenced.
The Indian Wind Power Association has appealed to the Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (TANGEDCO) to continue with the system of banking energy for wind power generators. Association chairman K. Kasthoorirangaian said in a release here on Tuesday that in the first 100 days of the financial year 2012-13, wind energy generation was 4,450 million units compared to 2,884 million units during the same period last year.
Judgment day approaches for the UK wind power industry, with the government's decision on how much to reduce subsidies by "imminent", I'm told. The decision will have impact far beyond just the wind
Suzlon Group will set up 300 MW of wind projects for ReNew Power Ventures. The company said it will supply, maintain, supervise and operate the wind farms for the developer. Under the agreement, Suzlon
The environmental movement is based on the idea that people do not want something bad in their vicinity: not in my backyard, or Nimby The environmental movement is based on the idea that people do not want something bad in their vicinity: not in my backyard, or Nimby. This concept has driven change across the world and continues to be the reason why projects, from shale gas exploration in the US to wind power in the UK, face protests. Ordinary people, but with power because they are part of the voting middle class, take up these issues because their lives are affected.
Public concern for issues such as climate change and energy security are dwindling, according to a report published today. Only one in 10 people now see climate change as one of the top three threats
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