by admin | Feb 16, 2016 | Bio Energy, Emerging Cleantech Areas, Energy Efficiency, Green Buildings, Hydro Power, Innovations, LED, Solar Energy, Transportation, Waste Management, Water, Wind Energy
Renewable energy is growing at a tremendous pace in India. While some sectors are growing faster than others – solar and wind power are especially growing super fast – one can expect significant growth to happen in other sectors such as biomass energy,...
by admin | Jan 21, 2012 | Hydro Power
When someone thinks about small hydro power in India, he or she thinks mainly about North East or Himachal Pradesh, or sometimes perhaps Karnataka. Tamil Nadu does not usually come to mind for small hydro, and perhaps with justification, because the state does not...
by admin | Feb 23, 2011 | Biomass Power, Energy Efficiency, Hydro Power, Solar Photovoltaic
This is my final post on the Renewtech India 2011 conference. Click here for details on Day 1 and click here for details of Day 2. The final day of the event had 3 sessions. The first session was titled “Tidal & Geo-Thermal Energy”. The first speaker was Dr....
by admin | Jul 15, 2009 | Climate Change, Decarbonization, Hydro Power
Climate change as result of global warming is affecting hydro power generation. This is evident from the power crisis in Karnataka. The State of Karnataka, like other parts of the country, for sometimes experiencing frequent power cut. Apart from other reasons, the...
by admin | Jul 6, 2009 | Hydro Power, Wind Energy
June 21, 2009Neyveli Lignite Corp (NLC) is planning to increase its power generation capacity to 10,000 MW by the end of 12th plan period at an investment of Rs.40,000 crore by entering into hydro, wind and nuclear power sectors. It has planned to set up a 1,000-MW...
by admin | Jul 6, 2009 | Hydro Power, Wind Energy
June 20, 2009Tamil Nadu’s total installed capacity of small hydro power: 4,813 Mw, wind: 4,311 Mw and cogneration and biomass power: 413 Mw, as on April 30, 2009. This accounts for 35 per cent of the installed capacity from renewable energy source in India.This alone...
