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
Wind Energy
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Time to plug in
The International Conference for Renewable Energies is to be held in Bonn, Germany. But here is a sector dwarfed by fossil fuels, and although governments can proactively root for renewables, and some have, the options given to developing countries are qu
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Opting for renewables
According to IEA's factsheet, Renewables in global energy supply, the wind energy sector has grown at more than 52 per cent per annum since 1971, and solar power by 32 per cent per annum. Renewables
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India: aim, hope high
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Targets or diktats?
At Renewables 2004, "an international action plan will be on the agenda, including actions and commitments by governments, international organisations and stakeholders," says the conference
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Blowin' strong
Windmills make a comeback across windswept wastes in several states, as this alternative form of energy returns to favour
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Winds of change in Scotland
Wind farms have the Scots swept off their feet. A recent study by Mori Scotland, a market research agency in the uk, has found overwhelming support for wind energy. Four out of five respondents 82 per cent were in favour of the renewable source being ta
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Gust of dissent
Against windmills in Karnataka s protected Bababudangiri hills
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Quest in vain?
How can CDM resolve the conflict between developed and developing country interests?
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Of props and power
The Spanish government's proposal to end subsidies for renewable fuels has made the country's Association of Renewable Energy Producers (arep) see red. The government feels that the sop should be
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Swedish renaissance
Second generation reforms in energy certification come through