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While the wind industry is indeed heaving a sigh of relief after knowing that banking has not been abolished (even though it now costs higher), the overall feeling from the current hikes in the associated costs of running wind power plants in Tamil Nadu is that it will make wind...

In Europe, out of a total of 4 million T of copper used in all industries, the wind industry will consume about 22000 T, says this report. And then it goes on to add that wind has come to copper industry's rescue. Well, I guess it is fine to have...

If you thought it was doom and gloom news all over the world when it comes to wind power installations (India's capacity addition for 2012 is supposed to be just 1500 MW as against the expected 3000+ MW!), there is some news to cheer, and from unexpected quarters - offshore...

You don't hear a lot in India about the world's leading wind turbine maker, Vestas. It is pretty much Suzlon, Gamesa and ReGen Power in India today, and perhaps some of Enercon. The participation of Vestas in many of the forums and events has been relatively lower as well, compared...

Will GBI (generation based incentives) for wind power stay, or wont they? It is not just a million dollar question. At the rate at which Indian wind power is expected to grow (even factoring the dips we have seen this year), this could be a (almost) billion dollar question. Just...

While I was doing some small assignments for TNEB a few months back, many senior folks at TANGEDCO openly complained to me the fact that the banking facility provided to wind power plants. Well, the logic behind the complaint was as follows: Wind farms typically produced power when there was...

It has been written and rewritten on how the 4 plus lakh telecom towers in India burn billions of liters of diesel every year, and how the government has been trying to wean them away from diesel by emphasising the use of renewable energy sources. Outside of having solar panels...

Just when folks all over (including at EAI - here and here) are trying to figure out how to reduce diesel consumption, a combination of calamities - poor monsoon and the recent blackout in north India - have ensured that the use of diesel has only skyrocketed, says this news...

A recent report says that the high-powered committee of the Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) has decided to urge the State Electricity Regulatory Commission to allow realisation of higher power tariff from domestic consumers, who consume more than 150 units a month. Tamil Nadu first, Kerala a close second. And...

It was only a few minutes back I wrote about how a small atoll near New Zealand was going solar, as solar PV is already competitive compared with the high costs of power from diesel. Now here is the (in)famous Alcatraz Islands near San Francisco resorting to solar as well....