Even though the government has been sending out positive signals for the wind energy sector, it is time for it to actualise measures like re-introducing generation based incentives (GBI) and a standard bidding document, said a senior industry official. "The recent union budget announced reintroduction… read more →
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How do you inspect the outside of a wind turbine? Either stand on the ground and use a telescope, or set up some climbing gear and scale the tower. The first solution is imprecise and the second is expensive and dangerous. Both are time-consuming. Now there's a third option: the HR-MP20 Light Weight… read more →
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Sinovel has announced it is moving into wind farm construction and has won approval to build projects totalling 300 MW. Sinovel said it plans to set up an investment company to handle wind farm construction. The manufacturer's annual report also said it had completed design work on 15 MW and 10 MW turbines,… read more →
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The global wind turbine industry experienced healthy growth in 2012, driven by the U.S., Canada, and Brazil. Asia Pacific lost its lead as the region with highest growth in new turbine installation. Market for wind turbine in this region contracted in 2012, due to slumping demand in both China and India.… read more →
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A £15 million fund to help develop deep-water wind turbine foundations in Scotland has been announced by the Government's Energy Minister. The Scottish Innovative Foundation Technologies Fund will support the development of prototype foundations for offshore wind turbines sited in water depths greater… read more →
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Researchers from the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University have designed a low-cost, longlife battery that could enable solar and wind energy to become major suppliers to the electrical grid. “For solar and wind power to be used in a significant… read more →
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Gamesa’s 2.0 MW turbines are consolidating their position as one of the company’s most popular products. Since the first 2.0 MW turbine was installed in Zamora (Spain) 11 years ago, 15,000 MW of this platform (7,500 turbines) have been installed worldwide, now that assembly work has begun on 500… read more →
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Greenko Group Plc (GKO), an Indian wind- farm developer, plans to install bigger turbines as the cost of the nation’s projects fall below the price of coal-fired energy. Greenko is in “advanced” discussions with a supplier of machines with diameters and towers of 100 meters (328 feet), Mark Thompson,… read more →
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Tata Power today said it has commissioned its 21-MW wind power project in Rajasthan. The company has signed an agreement for installing 30 MW in Rajasthan, of which 21 MW has been commissioned. With this, the total power generation capacity of Tata Power stands at 8,521 MW, it said in a statement. read more →
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India has aggressive renewable energy targets and industry energy efficiency policies. But it faces significant infrastructure challenges which may derail otherwise good policy. This is mentioned in a report on the country’s national climate policy by Climate Policy Initiative, a US-based global policy… read more →
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