Solar thermal plant to come up at Shive [Pune] – The Times Of India

PUNE: A power generation unit, using solar thermal technology, will
soon come up at Shive, a village in Khed taluka, some 45 km from Pune. If the experimental project succeeds, the village will be the first in the
country to have its own electricity generation plant. What’s more, the Shive
model

Govt efforts on to cut cost of solar energy – The Hindu Business Line

Our Bureau New Delhi, Dec. 15 The costs of solar energy systems are not commercially viable, said the Minister for New and Renewable Energy, but the Government is working to reducing the charges. Dr Farooq Abdullah informed the Rajya Sabha that the cost of electricity generation from solar

Germany Takes a Close Look at its FIT

Germany’s new right-of-center government plans changes to the country’s feed-in-tariffs for solar energy early next year, with the goal of tweaking but not revamping the incentive scheme as some have hoped. In 2012, the government aims to undertake a major review of its renewable energy policy, which could see several significant adjustments to financial incentives and regulatory measures for electricity generation from solar and other renewable energy sources.

Todd to join race for tidal power – The Dominion Post (Wellington, New Zealand)

WELLINGTON’S Todd Energy is taking a 35 per cent stake in tidal power
company Crest Energy, which could lead to a $600 million power project at the
mouth of the Kaipara Harbour. The companies will develop a tidal electricity generation farm in the
Kaipara Harbour with the potential to generate

Turbines fine as ong as green – Manawatu Standard (Palmerston North, New Zealand)

Uncanny, where wind power’s concerned we don’t hear objections about
corporate privatisation of public electricity generation and power
supply. One day soon, it could well be our public water supply at stake.
(Those edgy about privatisation of public utilities and resources
will appreciate the

Biofuels to have greatest impact on land use and habitat – The Hindustan Times

London, August. 26 — A new study has determined that biomass
production for fuel or electricity generation will have the biggest
impact on landscape and habitats. According to a report in Nature News, the broad analysis of
potential US energy and climate-mitigation scenarios compared the
land and

Subsea power lines should be considered instead of Beauly to Denny pylons – The Herald (Glasgow, Uk))

FOR CBI Scotland to support the Beauly to Denny power line,
apparently without condition, demonstrates myopic and lamentable
short-termism. The Scottish Government is rightly promoting the
potential for Scotland to exploit renewable sources of electricity
generation in Scotland, particularly from

Renewable Electrical Generation Sources Soar; Non-Hydro Renewables Grow by Over 12% in 2009

Fossil-Based Electricity Generation Plumets and Nuclear Remains Stagnent

Washington DC; June 17, 2009 – According to the latest figures published by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) in its “Electric Power Monthly” report released on June 15, 2009, non-hydro renewable sources of electricity continued to enjoy double-digit growth during the past year.

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An expensive job killer – National Post

In response to Mr. Lovins’ comments, let me pose the
following questions: 1 If electricity generated by wind power is competitive with other
forms of electricity generation, why does it require such large
subsidies? In 2008, the U. S. Energy Information Administration
reported the following

Ernst & Young Release Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Indices

Ernst & Young has released the latest edition of its Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Indices. The firm has introduced a revision to the Solar index, to reflect the increasing role of solar thermal in electricity generation. Changes to weightings in the index have resulted in overall rises in solar score for countries such as the U.S., Spain and India which have strong concentrated solar power (CSP) potential, while some countries such as Germany and France, with strong solar photovoltaic potential, have seen drops in overall score driven by a low potential for CSP generation.