India has the world's fifth largest wind power installed capacity, at 17000 MW. The state of TN alone has a 7 GW of installed capacity. Anyone reading these numbers would say, "Wow". But the opinion is rather divided whether the wind power sector has really provided all the benefits that...

While I was analysing, for one of our clients, the drivers and bottlenecks for wind power financing, I came across a fairly well made out white paper that discussed the framework for mobilising European investment in the Indian wind power sector. Though it was originally done in 2007, I thought...

A recent report from Lawrence Berkeley National Lab (LNBL) has estimated that India's wind power potential could be as high as 2 million MW, that is 2000 GW. This is a phenomenally large number and in theory at least implies that wind power can satisfy all India's power needs for...

Here is a good list of companies in India making small wind turbines - LIST Companies listed include the following: Digitech Reneawable Energy Development Organisation Trueskill Energen Pvt Ltd Vaigunth Ener Tek (P) Ltd. Pioneer Wincon Private Limited M/S Spectrum Electronics PM Generators Ltd. KANETRON Airstream India Bindal Technopolymer Chandra...

I read a news article dated almost 2 years back about Tata Group's plans for small wind. It goes as follows" "Tata Power Company, a subsidiary of the Tata group, plans to test a 2 kW wind turbine which would generate enough electricity to meet the basic demands of an...

Financing small wind energy projects in Nova Scotia isn’t easy, says John Brereton, president of Natural Forces Wind Inc. The Halifax-based company raised $2.35 million earlier this year through Wind4All Communities Inc., a community economic development investment fund, to build a $11-million Fairmont wind project. Wind4All was the most successful...

A national laboratory in the US has rolled out a website for policy makers and consumers who want to learn about the incentives and finances of installing wind turbines that are designed for the backyard instead of a wind farm. The website lists rebates and other subsidies that help to...

EAI to provide marketing support for RENERGY 2013

I have gone through the entire text of the Tamil Nadu Solar Energy Policy released earlier today and providing the policy document in detail. I have deliberately left out some of the sections as they are not specific to the policy but general information on technology, global installations etc. (Excerpts...

Moving in tandem with large wind turbines, the global small wind market is also taking a big leap and has recorded an increasing growth in the past few years. By the end of 2010, more than 650,000 small wind turbines had been installed globally, which generated 443 MW of cumulative...