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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Winds of change
IWTMA seeks changes in the Generation Based Incentive to attract fresh investments into the wind energy sector Everyone is for it. The investors want it for viability. Turbine manufacturers want it to expand market. The government too wants it for augmenting power supply.
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UNDP installs windmill in Badin
A UNDP sponsored windmill-run water desalination plant has been installed in Badin coastal area, which provides one thousand gallons pure water per day, it was learnt on Thursday. Badin Rural Development Society, an allied NGO of Nice Link, undertook the project costing Rs 3 million.
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Plea to collect taxes from windmill project promoters
CHENNAI: The Madras High Court on Wednesday ordered notice on a writ petition by a panchayat ward member in Coimbatore district, seeking a direction to authorities for collecting taxes and other revenues from 10 companies that had set up a windmill project in his village.
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Momentum slows for alternative energy in U.S.
HOUSTON: For all the support that the U.S. presidential candidates are expressing for renewable energy, alternative energies like wind and solar are facing big new challenges because of the credit freeze and the plunge in oil and natural gas prices.
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Govt wants to remove incentive cap for wind energy projects
BS Reporter / Chennai October 16, 2008, 17:44 IST The central government is planning to remove the incentive cap in wind energy which is currently restricted to projects up to 49mw. The government decision is to encourage more foreign investors to invest in various wind energy projects, according to a senior representative from the Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE).
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Build UK Wind Farms Near Land to Cut Costs - Study
Britain will fall woefully short of its own renewable energy targets unless the government allows wind farms to be built closer to shore, the Carbon Trust said in a report on Tuesday.
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It Is Smokin
Human-induced emissions are on the rise, says a new study In a recent study, the Global Carbon Project stated that carbon emissions from human activity have grown nearly four times faster than in the 1990s. The emissions grew at 3.5 per cent per year between 2000 and 2007 as against 0.9 per cent per year between 1990 and 1999.
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EIA of windmill projects on the back burner
Several environmental and social impact reports pertaining to the installation of windmills in the Gharo-Keti Bander-Hyderabad Wind Corridor have been gathering dust at the Sindh Environmental Protection Agency offices due to a lack of interest of the officials and the authorities concerned.
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Renewable energy: Anywhere the wind blows
The time and money being spent on wind power is perhaps not surprising when you consider that, based on global average annual wind speeds, worldwide there is the potential to generate 106 million gigawatt-hours of electricity per year from wind - five times the total amount of electricity generated globally today.
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Obstacles in path of the green innovators
At first glance, clean technology, which either improves the efficiency or reduces the environmental impact of energy-related products, appears to be a booming industry. It is estimated to be worth $150bn now but will reach $600bn by 2020, a United Nations report says.