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
Turbines
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Power to the European market
<p>Oil and gas are being drained from under the North Sea. But its time as Europe’s energy reservoir is not over. Along its shores and on its waters, thousands of turbines are being built to harness the winds. Next month ministers from ten countries will sign a pact to start work on an underwater electrical grid to link up these disparate projects.
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L&T Power targets $3-b revenue by 15
ENGINEERING conglomerate Larsen & Toubro expects its power equipment subsidiary, L&T Power, to become one of the top contributors to the company
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L&T Power targets $3 bn sales by 2015
With an aim to capture the growing energy space in India, engineering and construction major Larsen & Toubro (L&T) is targeting its power division to add sales of about $3 billion by 2015 compared to $400 million currently, the company's CMD AM Naik said.
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RPower to increase capacity of its mega projects by 50%
RELIANCE Power, the flagship company of the Anil Ambani group, plans to expand four large coal-fired power projects by 50% to generate an additional 8,000 MW of power, which may be sold at more attractive merchant rates, company sources said. The company will scale up three ultra mega power projects of 4,000 MW each at Sasan, Krishnapatnam, and Tilaiya.
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Cheaper by the dozen
<p>Attaracted by the country's great potential and new policies, a number of turbine manufacturers-old and new-are enlivening the Indian wind market.</p>
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Underwater "windmill"
Two British consultants have developed an underwater pump that can irrigate riverside fields without using fuel or causing pollution. The prize-winning turbine is easy to construct and can work
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Stuck for 9 months, hi-tech turbine set to move
India's most hi-tech power turbine is finally expected to be liberated from a narrow hill road between Mumbai and Nashik on Tuesday, almost nine months after it got embarrassingly stuck on its way to