Renewable Energy

Power ministry forms committee to woo private participation in hydropower sector

September 28, 2017 Anand Gupta

This also comes at a time when hydropower generation has seen a decline of 12 per cent in the month of August compared with the corresponding month, last year, according to the ministry of power. New Delhi: In a bid to seek more private sector participation in the hydropower sector, the ministry of power has […]

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Synergy Events: A Profound Shift in our Global Energy System is Required to Stay Below Two Degrees

September 28, 2017 Anand Gupta

AMSTERDAM, September 27, 2017 — Paddy Young, Event Director for European Utility Week 2017 sat down with Adnan Z. Amin, Director General for International Renewable Energy Agency about his view on the energy transformation and its implications for utilities. “Decarbonisation, rapid uptake of renewables, decentralisation and digitalisation are transforming the energy sector at a rapid […]

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Shri R K Singh inaugurates workshop on “Waste to Energy” as a part of “Swachchata Hi Sewa” campaign

September 27, 2017 Anand Gupta

Union Minister of State (IC) for Power and New & Renewable Energy, Shri R K Singh has emphasised the need for setting up more waste management plants around the country. Shri Singh said this while inaugurating a Workshop on “Waste to Energy” – Swachchata Se Swachh Urja here today. The workshop was organised by the […]

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Water evaporation could provide vast amounts of renewable energy, find scientists

September 27, 2017 Anand Gupta

A new source of vast amounts of renewable energy – the evaporation of water – has been discovered by scientists. Writing in the journal Nature Communications, researchers at Columbia University estimated that lakes in the US could generate 325 gigawatts of power, equivalent to about 70 percent of the country’s total electricity generation. While they […]

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Wind power generation, evacuation touches new high

September 27, 2017 Anand Gupta

CHENNAI: Wind power generation and evacuation touched a new high in the country during July this year with 9,854.34 million units of wind power being used by states. Total wind power generation between April and August this year was 33,168.48 million units and compared to previous financial year for the same period, wind power generation […]

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‘By 2020, 40 Per Cent of Energy should be from Renewable Sources’

September 27, 2017 Anand Gupta

In the keynote address of BW Hotelier Smart Hotels Conclave and Expo 2017 at The Park, new Delhi named ‘Chasing the Green Dream: What My Experience as Serial Hotel Builder Has Taught Me About Energy Conversation Technologies’, Ashish Jakhanwala, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, SAMHI Hotels gave a message on his understanding of Smart […]

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Wind turbine firms face headwinds with weak visibility on orders

September 26, 2017 Anand Gupta

New Delhi: India’s wind energy capacity addition in the current financial year remains adversely impacted due to migration from feed-in tariff to bid tariff route and with a very limited progress seen in tie-up of incremental wind energy Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) through bidding route so far, research and ratings agency ICRA said. “As a result, […]

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Clean lakes key to green fuel

September 25, 2017 Anand Gupta

BENGALURU: The lakes of Bengaluru could hold the key to India’s green fuel. Scientists at Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and five IITs across the country are working on using the algaes found in water bodies to power vehicles as an alternative to petrol and diesel.However, in order for the algae to produce oil, the […]

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Government Mulls Cheaper Loans To Revive Stalled Small Hydropower Projects

September 25, 2017 Anand Gupta

The government is working on a policy to revive stalled small hydroelectric projects across the country by extending cheaper loans to developers as part of its push to boost clean energy, two senior officials in the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy said. Efforts are on to revive stuck projects through state-run Indian Renewable Energy Development […]

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Vestas keen to scale up India footprint, invest more

September 23, 2017 Anand Gupta

Eyeing India as a “promising market”, wind power solutions provider Vestas today pledged more efforts to expand its footprint in the country, saying it will invest more. “India is in our centre of focus as far as growth is concerned… When we talk about the Asia-Pacific, India is definitely coming as a top country where […]

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