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
Centre for Wind Energy Technology (C-Wet), an autonomous R&D institution under the renewable energy ministry, has launched another phase of its wind assessment project. This phase of the project will measure
Swedish utility Vattenfall has been cleared to build a 299 megawatt wind farm at an active coal mine in south Wales, the government said on Tuesday. The 76 turbine Pen Y Cyomedd development, which will
KOCHI: The 110 kV hybrid sub-station at the Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL) was inaugurated by Power Minister Aryadan Mohammed on Monday. Excise Minister K Babu, who is also the director of CIAL, said that the hybrid sub-station will ensure uninterrupted power supply to the airport. In the wake of the acute power shortage faced by the state, the Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) will soon venture into alternative methods of power generation such as solar power and wind energy, said Aryadan Mohammed.
Beta had earlier planned to set up the proposed farms in Tirunelveli, Tuticorin and Theni Beta Wind Farm Pvt Ltd is planning to invest Rs 1,857 crore to set up a wind energy farm each in Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat, according to the subsidiary of Orient Green Power Company Ltd, owned by the Shriram Group. Beta was earlier planning to set up the proposed farms with the same total capital in Tirunelveli, Tuticorin and Theni , but it later decided to split the 300-megawatt endeavour and go for two more states, stating certain bottlenecks in Tamil Nadu.
The wind power generation capacity in the state is nearly 7,000 MW. “On an average we get nearly 2,500 MW and sometimes it even touches 3,000 MW. The main wind season is between May and October, so we hope the generation will be good,” said a senior TANGEDCO official.
ReNew Power commissions its first wind project, reaffirming its commitment towards Clean Power for India. In keeping with its commitment to become the leading renewable energy producer in India, ReNew
China’s biggest energy producers and grid companies will be given minimum requirements for use of renewable sources that will equal 6.5 percent of China’s total electricity supply, national media reported
Power generation from wind mills over the last few days has enabled the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board to ensure uninterrupted power supply to the immense relief of industries in the region. Industries, particularly ancillaries of BHEL, Tiruchi, hope that the power situation will smoothen in the near future with the onset of windy season and the scope for the State to augment its power position with its share from the Kudankulam nuclear power plant shortly.
Generation touched almost 2,000 MW on Monday and Tuesday Tamil Nadu Transmission Corporation (TANTRANSCO) said that load shedding was not resorted to in the urban areas of the State as wind power generation touched almost 2,000 MW on Monday and Tuesday. May Day being a holiday and abundant wind energy available, the corporation was able to provide the relief.
A new report by the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) highlights the dramatic roll-out of onshore wind turbines and calls on the Government to do more to protect the countryside. The campaign