Global electricity review 2024
Renewables generated a record 30 percent of global electricity in 2023, driven by growth in solar and wind especially from China, according to the Global Electricity Review 2024 released by the global
Energy
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Advanced biofuel technologies: status and barriers
Large-scale production of crop based (first generation) biofuels may not be feasible without adversely affecting global food supply or encroaching on other important land uses.
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World's largest wind farm set to open
TERRY MACALISTER The world's largest offshore wind farm, which cost more than GBP750m to build, is poised to begin generating power off the coast of Kent, south-east England, with 100 turbines producing enough electricity to supply heat and light for some 200,000 homes. The Thanet facility, which is going through final testing by Vattenfall, its Swedish power company operator, is going on st
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LT Foods to invest 100 cr in biomass project
BASMATI rice company LT Foods Ltd plans to invest 100 crore to diversify into the renewable energy sector with a biomass project, a top company executive said. The company has identified a plot in Hoshiarpur district in Punjab for the project and expects the plant to be operational by June 2011.
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Lighting up
The runaway success of a newly-designed solar lantern has come to spell new hope for the power-starved hinterland of the country.
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Energy technology perspectives 2010: Indian power sector
The India launch of IEA
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Second-generation biofuels: economics and policies
Recent increases in production of crop-based (or first-generation) biofuels have engendered increasing concerns over potential conflicts with food supplies and land protection, as well as disputes over greenhouse gas reductions. This has heightened a sense of urgency around the development of biofuels produced from non-food biomass (second-generation biofuels).
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High time to conserve energy
SHILLONG: The growth rate of electricity production in India is less than that of its demand.
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Meghalaya to reduce power loss
SHILLONG, Sept 16
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A clean energy meltdown
Sreeram Chaulia The filing of a case by an American labour union, the United Steelworkers, that charges China with violating international trade rules has injected a fresh irritant into a fraying relationship between the world
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World's Largest Solar Plant Wins Key Approval
The world's largest solar power plant cleared an important hurdle on Wednesday, laying the groundwork for a dramatic expansion in solar energy generation in the United States and around the world. The proposed $6 billion-plus Blythe, California plant, originally proposed by Chevron Corp.