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Something that we all have been waiting for is beginning to happen. Sheikh Zaki Yamani, one of the most famous Middle East officials Saudi Arabian who served as his country’s oil minister three decades ago, famously said, “The Stone Age did not end for lack of stone, and the Oil...

Increasing energy capture through the use of larger rotors has the single largest impact on wind turbine cost of energy. Turbine OEMs are pushing the envelope of design, moving toward aero-elastic tailored blades that enable heightened turbine performance while minimising fatigue loads. Carbon fibre and automated production processes are being...

Here is a cool idea that read about – a wind turbine that produces power and uses this power to condense water from the atmospheric air. Sounds a bit weird? Read on… Farmers have been using renewable energy for over 130 years in the form of windmills used to pump...

Whatever be the reason, the state of Tamil Nadu has a an unenviable infrastructure when it comes to wind power. While it might not strictly be the responsibility of the OEM to build this infrastructure (it is similar to asking a car manufacturer to build and maintain roads), in India...

A wind turbine’s lifetime is about 20 years, but when you consider that there are moving parts, you naturally expect need for repairs and maintenance. Was curious to find out how well and faultless the old turbines were, when I came across this interesting report from Bloomberg. In Apr 2012,...

One of the best wind resources in the world will soon be home to a massive new wind project. The 396 MW project is in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in the state of Oaxaca, where wind speeds are known to average 8.5 meters per second. Once completed, the project is...

My interest in renewable energy started with my curiosity about algae biofuels, for which I started a web resource, Oilgae, which I think is still the leading web dedicated web resource for this exciting research domain (though sadly I have little time any more to focus on that topic, a...

This is not exactly flash news, just thought it will be interesting for many of you to read a detailed report on the first Solar RECs that were traded in the country. M&B Switchgear Ltd. (MBSL), for its 2-MW solar power plant in the state of Madhya Pradesh (MP) was issued...

Ruchi Soya Industries Ltd (RSIL), India’s largest edible oil player, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Thermax Ltd to set up a one megawatt fluidised bed biomass gasification plant, laying the foundation for large-scale commercialisation of biomass power in the country. The proposed plant is set to come...

I am asked time and again at conferences about the status of Indian offshore wind power. The short answer is “It’s very early days, and don’t expect anything concrete to happen in terms of corporate investments at least for the next couple of years”. That said however, it is not...