Irish company AirSynergy’s windand solar-powered off-grid remote power unit (RPU) has become the very first renewable hybrid streetlight to be installed in the Caribbean island country of Grenada. The hybrid streetlight made history following a collaborative pilot project between New York-based Aris Wind—the company licensed to sell AirSynergy products in the US—and Read more…
Wind energy solutions provider Suzlon Group has commissioned 900 MW wind energy projects during the financial year 2015–16, of which 520 MW was commissioned in Q4FY 2015-16. This amounts to a more than 100 per cent increase in installations, vis-à-vis 442 MW installed during the financial year 2014–15, the company Read more…
Gamesa continued its dominance in the Indian wind energy market in financial year 2015–16 with highest installations. Gamesa India reported installation of 1 GW wind energy turbines. This is the first time the company has reached the milestone in a financial year. With the installation of 1 GW capacity, the company also Read more…
Danish wind turbine blades maker LM Wind Power commissioned its second manufacturing facility in India at Halol near Vadodara with an investment of €25 million (about Rs 190 crore). With the commissioning of the new plant, LM Wind Power’s total installed capacity in the country has increased to 1.6 GW Read more…
India added a record 3,460 MW of wind energy capacity in 2015–16, way ahead of its target of 2,400 MW. The previous highest was 3,197 MW added in 2011–12. More than a third of the capacity added in 2015–16 was by Madhya Pradesh, which commissioned 1,291.90 MW, according to figures Read more…
Wind energy stands tall amongst all the renewable energy sources in terms of installation capacity and energy generation in India. Out of the total renewable energy installation capacity of 78 GW, wind energy contributes to more than 35 GW as on March 2019 and the national target is to achieve Read more…
Debt-laden Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services (IL&FS) Monday said GAIL (India) has emerged as the highest bidder for its seven operating wind power plants. The bidding process to these assets having 12 sites spread across seven states was launched in November last year. “Gail’s offer of approximately Rs 4,800 crore Read more…
It also approved the pact with Cambodia for cooperation in communications. With Denmark, the Cabinet gave its approval for a cooperation agreement in renewable energy with focus on offshore wind energy. The Cabinet which was chaired by Prime Minister Modi was also apprised about an MoU signed in May 2018 Read more…
Wind energy developers were surprisingly lukewarm to the auction of 1,200 MW of projects offered by the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI), with techno-commercial bids of only half the capacity on offer. SECI confirmed the development. Most SECI auctions are usually oversubscribed. Its last wind auction of 1200 MW Read more…
Increased warming in the Indian Ocean and the resultant weakening of the Indian summer monsoon may come in the way of India’s goal of leading the world’s wind power generation. Analysing the available wind and atmospheric data from 1980-2016, researchers from Harvard University, U.S., and National Climate Center in Beijing, Read more…