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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U.S. Bid for Green Policy at APEC Faces Hurdles
China and other developing countries are resisting a U.S. proposal to cut tariffs on environmental goods, casting doubt on one of President Barack Obama's goals for a Pacific Rim summit he hosts next week.
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Awaiting an opportunity
Despite facing infrastructural bottlenecks, SHPs (small hydroelectric power) stand second only to wind power in terms of contribution to renewable energy in India and hold immense potential for makers
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Wind record
The Indian wind power segement recorded its highest ever capacity addition in 2010-11. A total of 2,350 MW capacity was added during the year (accounting for about 16 per cent of the total capacity addition
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Development by design: Mitigating wind development's impacts on wildlife in Kansas
Wind energy, if improperly sited, can impact wildlife through direct mortality and habitat loss and fragmentation, in contrast to its environmental benefits in the areas of greenhouse gas, air quality,
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China braced for wind turbine slowdown
China, the world’s biggest market for wind power, is bracing for a sharp slowdown in wind turbine installations this year, a move that will spark a “bloodbath” among wind turbine producers, industry executives
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Sri Lanka's Senok orders another 10 wind turbine generators for 21 MW of power
Sri Lanka's wind power generator, Senok has placed an order for 10 units of wind turbine generators from the Wind turbine manufacturer Suzlon Energy Ltd. to provide 21 MW of wind power capacity, Suzlon
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GE to invest $50 m in renewable energy venture
GE will invest $50 million in its maiden project in renewable energy in India with Greenko Group, a green energy developer. GE Energy Financial Services and Greenko will take up the development of wind
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REpower to supply wind turbines to French co
REpower, in which Suzlon Energy Ltd holds nearly 95 per cent stake, has concluded a contract with La Campagnie du Vent, GDF SUEZ group, to supply 23 wind turbines. The wind turbines are to be installed
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Wind theft is on the rise
Wind power plants are most productive when nothing blocks their access to the wind. But turbines often take wind away from each other. Repowering and the allocation of new priority sites are aggravating
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Two methods of obtaining constant frequency (50Hz) sinusoidal voltage waveform for joining a variable speed wind turbine generator to grid with proper synchronization
This paper deals with two methods of obtaining 50Hz sinusoidal voltage waveform of constant amplitude same as the amplitude of grid voltage from a variable amplitude variable frequency sinusoidal voltage