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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Suzlon plans $1.3-b wind farm project in Australia
Wind power company Suzlon Energy is planning a $1.3-billion project in South Australia to power 225,000 homes a year. According to an ABC report today, Suzlon Energy Australia said the $1.3-billion
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China set to challenge global wind industry
Standing under the enormous swinging blades of the world’s most powerful wind turbine near the German city of Magdeburg, it is hard to imagine that Europe’s wind industry has much to worry about when it
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ADB to finance first privately owned wind farm
The Asian Development Bank will provide a loan to fund the first privately owned and financed wind farm in Pakistan. The plant will provide the much-needed additional power for the country and improve
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Hydroelectric project triggers row
The installation of high-capacity generating machines at the country’s largest private sector Karcham Wangtu Hydroelectric Project has triggered a controversy as it has virtually raised the installed capacity
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RPower to set up 200 MW wind power farm
Reliance Power plans to set up a 200 MW wind power project at Vashpet in the Sangli district of Maharashtra with an investment of Rs 1,500 crore. The project can be scaled up by another 200 MW. Sources
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Operation Dynamo triggers Overlord beaches furore
For more than 60 years, anyone standing on France’s D-day landing beaches has been able to stare out to sea and imagine the bloody launch of the Allied invasion of Nazi-occupied Europe. So when the
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Thar coal gasification project may be delayed: finance unable to release funds
Thar coal gasification project, to generate 100 mw electricity, is expected to be delayed as the Finance Ministry has been unable to allocate the required Rs 5.703 billion for the project in the current
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BHEL to manufacture turbines for N-plants
The BHEL Bhopal would soon start manufacturing turbines for the nuclear power plants. All the road blocks have been cleared and construction of new block in the BHEL factory premises would commence.
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RWE abandons world’s biggest wave energy plan
<p> The future of the world’s biggest wave energy project has been cast into doubt after RWE, the German utility, pulled out of the Siadar scheme on the Scottish island of Lewis.</p> <p> The
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70,000 houses electrified by using hydro power
Pakistan Council for Renewable Energy Technologies (PCRET) on Monday completed electrification of about 70,000 houses by using hydro power plants which will help to meet local energy needs.