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Wind Power Becomes More Cost Effective With 340,000 Turbines Already Installed Worldwide by 2016

Technological advances and falling costs have significantly improved the cost effectiveness of wind power in the recent years and spurred installations of wind turbines worldwide. Around 340,000 wind turbines were installed globally as of the end of 2016. Many of the wind turbines currently in operation are gigantic in scale, each capable supplying hundreds of […]

Under the Head ‘Biogas Programme’ a provision of Rs.134 Crores was made in the budget estimate for the year 2017-18: Shri R.K. Singh

Under the NBMMP, about 49.6 lakh Household Size Biogas Plants have been installed since the inception of the biogas programme in the country Under the Head ‘Biogas Programme’ a provision of Rs.134 Crores was made in the budget estimate for the year 2017-18: Shri R.K. Singh Minister of State (IC) for Power and New & Renewable Energy, […]

Clean Energy Push: Time to power down old thermal plants, open exit route for legacy PPAs

Allowing discoms to exit power purchase agreements with over 15-year-old coal- & lignite-fuelled plants will facilitate them to meet renewable purchase obligation and relieve from onerous financial liability. As it inches towards the March 2022 target of 175 gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy (RE) capacity, India’s green push is blunted somewhat due to the feeble […]

Clean energy developers look to diversify in bid to boost profits

Power producers explore entering consumer facing businesses such as transmission and distribution New Delhi: India’s clean energy firms such as ReNew Power Ventures Pvt. Ltd and Greenko Group are looking at diversifying across the electricity value chain in segments such as transmission and distribution to derive better value. This comes against the backdrop of record […]

IIEST guiding Tripura govt on development of solar plants

Kolkata: The Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology (IIEST) Shibpur has started giving consultancy services to Tripura government on how to develop solar plants. The century-old Bengal Engineering College, now known as IIEST, is famous for innovations and teachers. The IIEST will provide technical support and share expertise with the Tripura government in developing […]