The central government has set a target to expand the renewable energy capacity to 450GW by 2030 from 78GW in 2018 The government’s ambitious target to meet more than half of India’s energy requirements from renewable sources within 10 years rests on a stable grid network that can meet the fluctuations in weather patterns. According […]
US Cracks 100GW of Wind as Post-Subsidy Era Looms
Discussions are progressing on Capitol Hill about additional support for renewable energy, AWEA chief executive Tom Kiernan said. The U.S. has surpassed 100 gigawatts of wind capacity, a momentous milestone that comes as the industry girds its loins for a post-subsidy world. It was the largest third quarter on record for the U.S. wind market, […]
65GW of European Onshore Wind Turbines Need Upgrades or Replacements by 2028
With more wind turbines in Europe reaching end-of-design-life, regulation will be essential to preserving wind capacity. Some 65 gigawatts of European onshore wind turbines will reach end-of-design-life by 2028. From 2019 to 2028, an average of 4 gigawatts of turbines per year that are reaching end-of-design-life will be lifetime extension (LTE) suitable, according to new […]
US Wind Farm Development Reaches Record High in Q2
Completed capacity in the first half of the year improved on 2018 by 53 percent. The U.S. wind industry reached a new high water mark of development in the second quarter, new information shows. More than 200 projects are undergoing construction or late-stage development in 33 states, according to a new report from the American Wind Energy […]
Drones and Crawling Robots Will Soon Be Inspecting Wind Turbines
Sending humans up cranes or down ropes to inspect wind rotor blades is expensive and potentially dangerous. Robots are coming to help. Lashed by rain and hail, subjected to freezes and thaws, and tested by the sheer girth of towers and blades stretching ever skyward. Much is asked of the wind turbines expected to generate […]
Why India should turn the page on its coal future
India’s support to coal artificially prolongs the life of a sector that is too costly — financially, for health and for the climate India’s coal story is long and complex. It spans across the political, economical and environmental canvases of the country. However, new times call for new thinking. With record capacity additions and investments […]
Germany needs to ease rules to hit 2030 renewables target
Germany needs to ease restrictions on the location and size of solar power plants and wind turbines and increase incentives if the country is to meet a target demanding it double renewable energy capacity by 2030, energy companies said on Tuesday. Germany has set a target of generating 65% of its power from renewable sources […]
INNOVATION: Vattenfall to test salt-based power storage technology
Efficient energy storage is vital in increasing the appeal of renewable power and Vattenfall’s pilot programme will use a technique developed by another Swedish firm, SaltX Technology OSLO: Swedish power producer Vattenfall has commissioned a plant to test the storage in salt of electricity from solar plants and wind turbines, hoping to overcome the stop-start […]
Fact Checking President Trump’s Assessment of Wind Power and Electric Vehicles
POTUS: “When the wind stops blowing, that’s the end of your electric.” U.S. President Donald Trump mocked renewable energy at yesterday’s campaign rally in Michigan. Implicating Hillary Clinton as part of Big Wind, Trump said, “If Hillary got in… you’d be doing wind. Windmills. Weeeee. And if it doesn’t blow, you can forget about television […]