Romania aims to lower subsidies for some renewable energy projects from 2014, trying to avoid overcompensating investors while burdening consumers with high power bills.

Germany's transition to renewable energy may cost up to 1 trillion euros ($1.34 trillion) in the next two decades, the environment minister said on Wednesday, piling pressure on his opponents to ba

Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf has decided to extend the existing upfront tariff for wind power projects in Sindh, which expired on December 31, 2012, by another year.The Prime Minister was pres

Tata Power has registered its 50.4 MW wind project at Samana, Gujarat, under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM).

Maharashtra power distribution utility submits petition

Wind power may not be all that it’s cracked up to be. Increased wind energy costs proposed in a draft renewable energy tariff for 2013-14 by the Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC) has upset the State power distribution utility, which has submitted a petition challenging it at a recent public hearing where consumer groups and wind energy companies were not represented.

K. Radhakrishnan, former KSEB Member (Generation), has said that given the peculiarities of the Kerala power system, any decision on large-scale grid connection to seasonal resources such as solar and wind power plants should be taken cautiously to maintain the power system security.

He said this while inaugurating a technical seminar on ‘Grid connectivity of renewable energy: issues and solutions’ organised by the KSEB Engineers Association and the Kerala Chapter of the Institution of Electrical and Electronic Engineers at the TKM College of Engineering here on Thursday.

Wind energy firms have approached the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity to ensure enforcement of the renewable purchase obligations, complaining that the regulators have failed to penalise those found guilty of non-compliance.

Indian Wind Energy Association and Indian Wind Turbine Manufacturers Association have jointly petitioned against all 25 state electricity regulatory commissions, two joint electricity regulatory commissions, Central Electricity Regulatory Commission and the forum of regulators. The two associations have wind energy generators, developers and equipment manufacturers as their members.

Nearly one million Australian rooftops now have solar panels and 62 wind farms are generating power.

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A recent poll has revealed that 78% of people want low carbon sources to power Britain in the future, with nuclear power coming top of the list with 26%.