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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Windmill installations on the rise in Coimbatore district
M. Soundariya Preetha COIMBATORE: Windmill installations in the district during 2008-09 are slightly more than the previous year, according to K. Kasthurirangaian, vice-chairman of the Indian Wind Power Association. He told The Hindu here on Tuesday that 212 MW was installed during 2008-09 in this region, which had the Palghat Pass. This was about 50 MW more than the previous year.
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Alternative energy sources
A TIMELY call by experts at a roundtable the other day for alternative energy sources, undoubtedly, remind the planners both in the public and private sectors of the urgency of expediting the adoption of renewable energy technologies for meeting the growing demands for electricity.
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A great new beginning: wind power production (Ed)
Federal Minister for Water and Power Raja Pervez Ashraf told a press conference on Wednesday that the country's first ever windmill project in Jhimpir, Sindh, will become functional on April 19. This would mark an important beginning towards power production from alternative sources of energy. Built by a Turkish company, the project is part of a 50mw wind farm.
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159 Licensed issued for renewable energy power generation
In a fresh bid to strengthen the national power-grid with another 400 MWs, 159 licences have already been issued to prospective corporate stakeholders to carry on with renewable energy power generation, and interested parties are bound to complete their projects within a set timeframe of two years, a Ministry of Power and Energy press release said.
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GE Wind Eyes Double-Digit Growth Rates In 2010
General Electric unit GE Wind, a maker of wind turbines, expects to return to double-digit growth rates in 2010, after being flat in 2009, the head of GE Wind's German business said on Tuesday. GE Wind's European business is expected to double this year thanks to the launch of new products, Rainer Broering told Reuters on the sidelines of the Hanover industry fair.
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Picturesque Paris Rooftops To Sprout Windmills
Paris city authorities are planning to build small wind turbines into one of the world's most famous skylines to take advantage of the strong winds which sometimes sweep high points such as Montmartre.
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New promotion rates in Germany
After harsh contention the conservative and social democrats forming the fractious German government have agreed on a revision of the Renewable Energy Sources Act that regulates clean power promotion. Dispute was sharpest over provisions of photovoltaics.
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Micro wind turbine project inaugurated at Kalar Kahar
Federal Minister for Water and Power Raja Pervez Ashraf has said that an amount of $3.5 billion is needed to overcome the prevailing 3,500MW power shortage.
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Carbonless electricity
March 2009 issue of the Scientific American (www.SciAm.com) discusses five methods of generating carbonless power and the available technology.
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Generating Energy From the Deep
LOCKHEED MARTIN is best known for building stealth fighters, satellites and other military equipment. But since late 2006 the company has taken on a different kind of enterprise