Renewable Energy

Everyone should contribute to control climate change: Expert

March 13, 2019 Anand Gupta

NAGPUR: Climate change is a global problem that requires a global solution. Everyone needs to come to the table for this collective endeavour and initiate solutions, said Aditya Pundir, country head of Climate Reality Project India. He was delivering the keynote address on the third and final day of ‘Climate reality presentation’, organized jointly by […]

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CERAWEEK-Talk to ‘Green New Deal’ backers, BP CEO tells oil industry

March 13, 2019 Anand Gupta

* Dudley says sector needs to find role in energy transition * Warns oil sector risks losing trust of society HOUSTON: The oil industry should engage with proponents of the “Green New Deal,” a Democratic initiative seeking to radically reduce U.S. dependence on fossil fuels, BP Chief Executive Officer Bob Dudley said on Tuesday. Dudley […]

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WFO Calls for Boosting World’s Offshore Wind Power Capacity to 520 GW by 2050

March 12, 2019 Anand Gupta

The WFO (World Forum Offshore Wind) has called for installation of 500 GW offshore wind power capacities worldwide by 2050, boosting the accumulated total to 520 GW. The nonprofit put forth the objective during a meeting held at the Grand Hotel Taipei, March 5 and 6. The organization pointed out that offshore wind power has […]

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UK to Get 30% of Electricity From Offshore Wind by 2030

March 12, 2019 Anand Gupta

The government says this marks a key milestone in the global shift to clean energy, while some critics say the offshore wind target is “woefully inadequate.” The U.K. this month launched a major commitment to renewable energy development, with a pledge to get 30 percent of electricity from offshore wind by 2030. Energy and Clean […]

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UK targets surge in offshore wind power

March 8, 2019 Anand Gupta

Britain wants offshore wind farms to provide one third of the country’s electricity by 2030, the government announced Thursday, at a time when its nuclear energy ambitions are stumbling. Working with the private sector to take advantage of the island nation’s surrounding waters to power homes and businesses with increasing amounts of renewable energy, the […]

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Viability, implementation risks constrain outlook for wind sector: Crisil Research

March 8, 2019 Anand Gupta

Mumbai: The country’s wind energy sector is likely to see a slow growth with regard to capacity addition over the next five years, Crisil Research said on Wednesday. The shift to a competitive bidding mechanism has slowed industry growth due to a significant fall in tariffs, triggering a decline in both bid response and profitability […]

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Puerto Rico’s Energy Future Is Renewable

March 8, 2019 Anand Gupta

When Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, it cut short nearly 3,000 lives, displaced thousands of families, and subjected the commonwealth to the longest energy blackout in U.S. history. This tragedy invited a new vision for Puerto Rico’s battered electric grid, and I hoped that a central tenet of the rebuilding effort would be an aggressive […]

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Gujarat, first to use geothermal energy to generate power

March 7, 2019 Anand Gupta

Gujarat is set to become the first state in the country to use Geothermal energy to produce electricity. The power plant being set up at Dholera will become operational in April. “India’s first geothermal power plant will start operating on a pilot scale in April in Dholera, and it will produce 20 KW of electricity. […]

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Drax profit rises on higher biomass power generation, pellet output

February 27, 2019 Anand Gupta

Drax has converted four of its six former coal-fired plants to use biomass wood pellets, often made from compressed sawdust, ahead of Britain’s plans to phase out coal-fired power plants by 2025 British power producer Drax Group reported a 9 percent rise in full-year core earnings on Tuesday, driven by higher levels of renewable power […]

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Makes sense to rethink ‘renewable-only’ future: Austrian foreign minister

February 27, 2019 Anand Gupta

It “makes sense” to rethink the “renewable-only” energy future because in the process of aiming too high, the countries run the risk of missing their targets of socially acceptable energy transition, said Austrian Foreign Minister Karin Kneissl Tuesday. “It makes sense to rethink the ‘renewable-only’ energy future, if I may put it like that. I […]

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