A German wind-power lobby raised its forecast for the country’s wind turbine installations this year after expansion in the first half was greater than anticipated. Germany will add 2,400 megawatts of turbines, up from the prior estimate of 2,200 megawatts, Alexander Sewohl, a spokesman at the German Wind Energy Association,...

Wind-power capacity will more than double by 2016 as growing installations in newer markets such as India and Brazil counter weakness in the U.S., where additions are set to decline next year, according to an industry lobby. “The single greatest factor affecting the global market in 2012 will be the...

Firstly, this is not a scam - this chap has invented a hydrogen-based car, so essentially a sort of fuel cell I reckon. What is not clear from the report is how the hydrogen is generated from water. The explanation that "the water-to-fuel system employs technology in which ‘hydrogen bonding’...

While the wind industry is indeed heaving a sigh of relief after knowing that banking has not been abolished (even though it now costs higher), the overall feeling from the current hikes in the associated costs of running wind power plants in Tamil Nadu is that it will make wind...

In Europe, out of a total of 4 million T of copper used in all industries, the wind industry will consume about 22000 T, says this report. And then it goes on to add that wind has come to copper industry's rescue. Well, I guess it is fine to have...

If you thought it was doom and gloom news all over the world when it comes to wind power installations (India's capacity addition for 2012 is supposed to be just 1500 MW as against the expected 3000+ MW!), there is some news to cheer, and from unexpected quarters - offshore...

You don't hear a lot in India about the world's leading wind turbine maker, Vestas. It is pretty much Suzlon, Gamesa and ReGen Power in India today, and perhaps some of Enercon. The participation of Vestas in many of the forums and events has been relatively lower as well, compared...

Will GBI (generation based incentives) for wind power stay, or wont they? It is not just a million dollar question. At the rate at which Indian wind power is expected to grow (even factoring the dips we have seen this year), this could be a (almost) billion dollar question. Just...

While I was doing some small assignments for TNEB a few months back, many senior folks at TANGEDCO openly complained to me the fact that the banking facility provided to wind power plants. Well, the logic behind the complaint was as follows: Wind farms typically produced power when there was...

It has been written and rewritten on how the 4 plus lakh telecom towers in India burn billions of liters of diesel every year, and how the government has been trying to wean them away from diesel by emphasising the use of renewable energy sources. Outside of having solar panels...