A retired TNEB engineer has come out with a unique biogas producing system from his septic tank. Retired additional chief engineer P. Selvan cooks his meals using the gas generated by the septic tank and as recognition of his effort, the District Rural Development Agency has provided a subsidy of...

Solar For Schools @ Spark the Rise Spark the Rise is a project platform initiated by the Mahindra Group to propel innovation, entrepreneurship, and positive change in India. I guess this platform is driven predominantly through volunteers. Solar for Schools is one such project. The motivation? "Installing PV Solar Power...

Will hurricanes destroy offshore wind farms? I am sure in your moments of curiosity you had asked yourself the question. At least I had. So it was interesting to read a report on some research that has undertaken in this domain. A new study says that the high winds of...

Wind Powering America, an initiative for the promotion of wind energy launched by the Department of Energy (DOE), published the new map of wind resources in the United States. The map, publicly available on the WPA website, includes detailed data on wind conditions in the whole of the USA, gathered...

Wind or solar? Which will grow faster? Here's a nice analysis that compares the two industries. The discussion is US centric, but many points in the analyses apply to most countries... Read more from this report in Daily Finance

Gamesa and Iberdrola signed a new framework agreement for a minimum of 50% of the total wind turbine fleet Iberdrola buys for its renewable energy business on Spanish and international markets between 2013 and 2022 – or until reaching a total of 3.8 GW. All right, fairly old news (Dec...

A 460-metre-wide platform hosting 36 wind turbines proposed for Malta.                                                                                                            Photo credit: Malta Today A massive offshore hexagon-shaped 460-metre-wide platform hosting 36 wind turbines, is being proposed for Malta by Swedish company Hexicon AB. The project description statement has been submitted to the Malta Environment and Planning Authority and...

Call me a party pooper, but I do think most of the party-kinda stuff we have in the world are unsustainable. So you can well imagine what my opinions would be about the Wal-Marts and McDonalds of the world. And just when I started getting more extreme in my thinking...

The Centre for Wind Energy Technology (CWET) will set up an assessment mast in Dhanushkodi near Rameswaram to tap offshore wind energy potential and the data will be generated by the end of this year or next year, according to chairman and managing director of Tamil Nadu Energy Development Agency...

A £1 billion contract has been awarded for the construction of the first sub-sea electricity link between Scotland and England, energy firms announced today. The 261-mile line will run from Hunterston in Ayrshire to a landing point on the Wirral peninsula and will have a 2,200 megawatt (MW) capacity. National...