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 report finds the wind industry is entering a new era of accelerated growth driven …
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 comes to foreign rivals. The turbine, which is almost as high as the Great Pyramid …
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 energy security besides low reliance on fossil fuels. Zorlu Enerji Electrik Uretim will use the $36.8 million …
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 of the plant from the approved 1,000 MW to 1,200 MW. The Central Electricity Authority (CEA), which had granted the techno-economic clearance …
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 said Vashpet was selected for its terrain and wind potential. RPower plans …
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 French government recently confirmed plans to install an array of towering wind turbines in the …
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 fiscal year owing to financial constraints, despite intervention by the Presidency, it is leant. Sources told …
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. Official sources said the BHEL Board, New Delhi has already sanctioned ` 475 crore for the purpose and …
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. The Siadar Wave Energy Project had been intended to generate 4MW of electricity from next year onwards. This would …
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. Cost of installation of these plants is more than Rs 70,000 per KW. PCRET is also launching a number of projects for …
With wind energy being the most realistic large-scale renewable energy source in the near future, we examine the target for wind energy penetration in India for 2020. Achieving the target set by the Indian Wind Power Association of 20% wind power grid penetration by 2020 will act as a lighthouse, …
Bhutan Power corporation (BPC) will soon study the possibility of installing wind turbines inside the hollow of rocket shaped transmission towers that would dot the hillsides.
Suzlon Energy Ltd, global wind turbine manufacturer, has secured a new order from National Aluminium Company Ltd (Nalco) to set up, operate and maintain 50.4 MW of wind energy project in Andhra Pradesh. The order comprises 24 units of Suzlon S88
From making slippers out of plastic water bottles to setting up small wind turbines to run computers in remote village schools, the Take Care Take Charge (TCTC) campaign has galvanized citizens across the country to devise effective green ideas that can power sustainable living. Responding to the call for green …
Cos Include Areva, Alstom, Toshiba, General Electric and Siemens State-run Bharat Heavy Electricals (Bhel) is in talks with Areva, Alstom, Toshiba, General Electric and Siemens to source technology for manufacturing higher rating nuclear sets of 1,000 mw and above. Bhel chairman and managing director BP Rao said the move was …
This article examines cross-border technology transfer between Indian and Danish/German firms in the wind energy industry between 1990 and 2005. The analysis shows the increasing technology gaps between the two sides during this time period, the fragmented and nonperformance-oriented market mechanism, the small market size, the policy inconsistency, the institutional …
By virtue of their size, wind farms are unsuitable for cities where space shrunk by the hour. But, there's hope by way of innovations such as IMPLUS, which could well be the next best alternative in providing power.
Touted as the latest technology to have gripped the wind energy sector, floating offshore wind turbines appear to be a possibility that the world would be looking towards, in terms of alternative energy.
The total generation capacity of the Tarbela Hydropower Station will go up to 4,828 megawatt after the installation of 1,350MW units as part of 4th extension project. This was stated by Water and Power Development Authority Chairman Shakil Durrani during his visit to the project. The Tarbela Dam project general …
Gamesa Corp Tecnologica agreed to supply about $2 billion of wind turbines to Indian renewable- energy developer Caparo Energy (CEL) in what may be the country
