A Nagpur-based industrialist claims to have devise a technique to harness the wind pressure on a moving train to generate power, and has even obtained patents for the concept.The technique has the potential to generate 1481 GW of power in India alone, with its 63,000 route kilometres of railways and...

Shriram EPC, the Chennai based construction company, is looking at bidding for projects in the power balance of plant (BoP) space. He said the company is setting up a team and will bid for BoP projects in three months.Balance of plant is the sum of all the equipment for the...

State-owned NTPC Ltd plans to again ask for bids to farm out a Rs 600 crore contract to set up a 100 MW wind power project as some firms who placed bids for an earlier tender failed to meet requirements and the utility also wanted greater participation.Wind power firms Suzlon...

Suzlon Energy has said it has completed the worldwide programme for strengthening and reinforcing a certain set of blades, which suffered cracks. Instances of blade cracks were first discovered in late 2007 in the operation of some of Suzlon's S88 wind turbines in the United States. Pursuant to this, a...

At a time when the entire renewable energy industry in India is keenly awaiting the announcement of the National Solar Mission, I came across a rather discordant news item that many Indian companies could be at least keen on China as they are on India with regard to investing in...

American Superconductor Corp. has formed AMSC India to serve India’s rapidly growing wind energy and power grid markets with AMSC’s power electronics and superconductor-based solutions. With its regional head office in Delhi and a service office in Pune, it will provide local applications engineering, sales, business development, and field service...

After having set up India's largest wind farm a single location, wind turbine manufacturer Suzlon Energy has now planned to double the capacity of this wind farm at Jhakhau in Kutch.The present capacity of this wind farm is 750 Mw, which Suzlon proposes to increase to 1,500 Mw. Post expansion,...

The idea of producing electricity from ocean currents and waves has been talked about for several years. But now, the idea is becoming more serious as countries are joining forces to harness the great energy potential that is being produced continuously by the world’s seas and oceans.Two countries getting serious...

Since late 2008, global turbine prices have dropped by 18 per cent for deliveries in the first half of 2010. A report on the wind energy industry in India expects wind turbine prices to fall from Rs 5.35 crore a MW now to Rs 5 crore by 2010, and stabilise...

Maximum rate of traded power now fixed at Rs 8 per unitProviding a major relief to the power-starved state utilities, the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has capped the rate of power traded in power exchanges and through bilateral agreements at Rs 8 per unit. This order is applicable to...