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Dropping Prices of Solar, Wind and Storage a Risk for Existing Coal, Gas: BNEFBy : Sustainability ..., Apr 30, 2020
The latest analysis by research company BloombergNEF (BNEF) shows that the global benchmark levelised cost of electricity, or LCOE, for onshore wind and utility-scale PV, has fallen 9 percent and 4 percent since the second half of 2019 – to USD 44 and USD 50/MWh, respectively... Read more.. |
IL&FS completes sale of IL&FS Wind Power Services amid lockdownBy : Sustainability ..., Apr 17, 2020
IL&FS has completed the sale of IL&FS Wind Power Services (IWSPL), a wholly owned subsidiary of IL&FS Energy Development Company Limited (IEDCL), to ORIX Corporation, Japan. IWSPL is engaged in providing supervisory and management support services to seven... Read more.. |
Vestas Wind A/S : Wind turbine maker Vestas suspends 2020 outlook amid coronavirusBy : Sustainability ..., Apr 8, 2020
Vestas, the world's largest maker of wind turbines, suspended its 2020 outlook on Tuesday as measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus disrupted its manufacturing, supply chain and installations at wind parks. The suspension comes at a time when demand for renewable... Read more.. |
India’s cultivable land has the highest potential for wind energy generation: NIWEBy : Sustainability ..., Feb 26, 2020
India’s cultivable land areas have the highest potential ﹘ compared to wasteland and forest land ﹘ for installing wind energy projects at an estimated 347 gigawatt (GW) at 120 metre above ground level, according to a report by the National Institute of Wind Energy. It added... Read more.. |
Parliamentary panel pulls up MNRE for missing renewable energy targets over yearsBy : Sustainability ..., Feb 14, 2020
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Energy has pulled up the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) for failing to meet the targets for capacity addition over years. The failure could hamper the efforts at meeting the larger national target of reaching 175 Gigawatt (... Read more.. Subject Tags: Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) , renewable energy targets , solar power , Wind Energy |
In a world-first, India’s dozen major ports now run fully on renewable energyBy : Sustainability ..., Feb 12, 2020
The dozen state-owned major ports in the country have switched to renewable energy to meet their entire power requirements, making India the first nation to have all government-owned ports running on solar and wind energy. Under a ‘green port’ initiative, the Shipping... Read more.. |
India’s Solar and Wind Capacity to Reach 135 GW by 2024: BTIBy : Sustainability ..., Feb 11, 2020
According to a new report, India’s solar and wind generation capacity has been predicted to reach 135 gigawatts (GW) by the end of 2024 up from the 77 GW capacity it had reached at the end of 2019. “Notwithstanding the various operational and financial challenges and growing... Read more.. |
Siemens Gamesa beats Suzlon to lead wind turbine market in IndiaBy : Sustainability ..., Feb 10, 2020
India has added 2.4GW of new wind capacity in 2019 against 2.3GW in 2019, according to research report from BloombergNEF (BNEF). Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy has emerged as the top wind turbine supplier in 2019 in India, beating Suzlon. Vestas, Inox Wind, GE Renewable... Read more.. Subject Tags: Bloomberg New Energy Finance , Siemens Gamesa , Suzlon , Wind Energy , wind energy developers |
Ceiling tariff in wind energy tenders to goBy : Sustainability ..., Feb 7, 2020
In a move that could revive participation in wind bidding in a big way, the ministry of new and renewable energy (MNRE) plans to stop imposing ceiling tariffs on wind tenders, according to sources close to the development. Recent wind and solar auctions conducted by the Solar... Read more.. |
SECI's wind energy tender gets cold response for fourth timeBy : Sustainability ..., Jan 20, 2020
State-owned Solar Energy Corporation of India's 1,200 MW wind tender has failed to get the minimum number of bids for the process to continue, the fourth time in a row, highlighting the difficulties faced by the country’s wind industry. Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI... Read more.. |