News about Solar, Wind and alternative green power technologies

Green Tech The Future Of Tata Power

India’s largest private energy producer, Tata power, is going towards green technology. The company wants to generate 25 percent of all its power from clean energy sources, and is ready to invest in business partners already developing clean renewable energy. In a recent interview, The Executive Director of Tata Power, S. Ramakrishnan told DNA Money [...]

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Biomass A Strong Source Of Renewable Energy Since it is an organic material containing stored energy from the sun, biomass could provide a transition from fossil-fuel. A Bio-grass plantation: Burning of elephant grass leads to emission of less carbon than it is consumed meaning that it is a reliable, green and renewable. Photovoltaic panels and [...]

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Weather Model to Boost Offshore Wind Energy – Developed by Engineers

Professionals within the energy industry say that low cost, clean, replaceable wind energy is the key in enabling global satisfaction in regard to energy needs. However, this agreement can only be reached upon brushing a side one’s political interests. Renewable energy also reduces the dangerous greenhouse gases, and hitherto offshore wind farms are non-existent in [...]

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Sandia’s Tool That Estimates The Value of Solar Photovoltaic Power System

Domestic and commercial enterprises with photovoltaic installations face incessant valuation, and this is a real challenge, especially to the nation’s real estate industry. However, a new gadget developed jointly by scientists at the Sandia National Laboratories, and Solar Power Electric seeks to find a solution to this appraisal issue. In a bid to regulate the [...]

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Capturing the Blowing Wind For Power Generation

The estimated amount of power generated at a given point in time can be determined by wind farm operators after careful examination of the atmospheric stability. The speed at which wind is moving is directly proportional to the amount of power generated by a wind turbine. Turbines generate varying power in wind farms where the [...]

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In 2011 World Wind Power Capacity Reaches New Heights

Currently, the world has a total of 238,000 megawatts of electricity generating capacity after a record 41,000 MW was installed by wind energy developers in 2011. The residential electricity needs of 380 million European consumers can now be satisfied since there is enough installed wind power. Above 80 countries are tapping wind energy. For eight [...]

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Scotland at Forefront of Replacing Nuclear Power with Renewable Energy

Instead of just reducing carbon emissions and use of costly imported oil and gas by 2020 Scotland is aiming to derive its energy consumption solely from renewable sources in the future. According to the Scottish Government’s plans outlined in its Electricity Generation Policy Statement (EGPS) goals include reducing carbon emissions at existing conventional power plants [...]

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MENA REGION: Time To Go For Renewable Energy

The Middle East North Africa (MENA) region has more than half of the world’s oil reserves. This has made the region the chief suppliers of oil to the entire world. Without any doubt, the oil reserve that the MENA region has been supplying well but is now a constantly diminishing resource. The several generations ahead [...]

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First Marine Energy Test Centre In Japan

The Orkney based European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) today signed an agreement in which it has agreed to help develop the Japanese Marine Energy Centre. This Centre is to be the first marine energy test establishment for Japan. According to the papers signed by the EMEC with the Oceanic Energy Association of Japan, the EMEC [...]

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Thatta’s First 50 MW Wind Energy Project

A significant reduction in oil importation bill has been anticipated with the installation of a 50 MW Wind Energy Project in Thatta Karachi-Pakistan. This project aims at shifting towards renewable energy hence meeting the unprecedented energy demand for both industrial and domestic use. The ultimate aim is to make burning of fossil fuels in thermal [...]

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