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According to reports, California now gets about 5 percent of its electricity from wind power. The majority of California's electricity - 42 percent - comes from natural gas, followed by nuclear power and hydropower. According to 2010 figures from the California Energy Commission, wind made up 4.7 percent of the...

Read recently that Scotland's First Minister, Alex Salmond has welcomed a blueprint to streamline the scoping, planning and consenting of offshore wind, wave and tidal developments. The task force recommendations include: Creating a national database of survey data, with information from DECC, The Crown Estate and, at the appropriate time,...

Even as they become more common, small-scale wind turbines remain a source of dispute in the renewable energy community, says this article. And I completely agree. Every second day, someone asks me if he or she should put up a small wind turbine on their rooftop. And my short answer...

EAI has launched the EAI Volunteer Experts Program. As part of EAI’s efforts for catalyzing cleantech activities, we are forming an expert panel of volunteers. This expert panel will comprise industry professionals and others with specific skills and knowledge in the renewable energy and cleantech domains. Objective of the Volunteer...

EAI recently launched EAI Cleantech Ambassador Program. The program provides a unique opportunity for school students, college students and seniors to make critical contributions to making India green and earning wide recognition for their efforts. EAI School Ambassadors This group will comprise exceptional school students who are willing to contribute...

Wow! This is some real cool news. D'Light Solar Lanterns will be available in all head post offices in the city from 16 August. Customers can also avail the service using e-payment facility. India Post has been selling lanterns through identified rural post offices in the Chennai city region on...

The Indian Oil Corporation Ltd has urged its dealers to run petrol pumps on solar energy as part of a nationwide green initiative. The oil company had recently organized a seminar-cum-demonstration on solar based energy solutions followed by a pilot demonstration at a company-owned company-operated petrol station in Pune. Nearly...

Though Andhra Pradesh has the potential to generate 14,497 MW of wind power at 80 metre height, it is able to utilise the capacity to generate just 245 MW. This is due to lack of initiative from the state government and the decision of the Centre for Wind Energy Technology...

The Karnataka State Biofuel Development Board (KSBDB) will hold a three-day biofuel mela from 10th August to create awareness about the importance of biofuel and to showcase the latest technologies in the sector. Y.B. Ramakrishna, Executive Chairman, KSBDB, and A.K. Monappa, managing director, KSBDB, told presspersons here on Wednesday that...

In a move towards "green" India, its national capital New Delhi takes the lead, matching the country's surging energy demands by using clean technologies such as electric vehicles and light emitting diode or L.E.D. lighting. The New Delhi Municipal Council will install charging stations for electric vehicles across 65 areas...