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Renewable Energy
Pressure point
Issue Date: Dec 15, 2008
At the climate change conference in Poznan, Poland, the world could get cooked, for good
A curtain raiser on the climate negotiations in Poznan. By Chandra Bhushan, Mario D'Souza, Sunita Narain, Pratap Pandey, Pradip Saha and Kushal Pal Singh Yadav
Fanning an alternative
Issue Date: Aug 15, 2008
Today Maharashtra is second only to Tamil Nadu in terms of installed capacity to generate wind power; as on March 31 this year 1,756 mw. The potential? A whopping 3,650 mw in 28 feasible sites.
How green is your building?
Issue Date: Aug 31, 2007
Time to Plug in
Issue Date: May 31, 2004
There is a prominently held view that dissemination of renewable energy technology is marred by high costs. It's true that a few technologies like wind power have become cheaper, but others are still expensive. Solar photovoltaics (PV) and wind energy now cost one-tenth of what they did in the early 1980s. Today a wind energy plant costs just about the same as a coal-fired thermal power plant of the same capacity; it could be even cheaper at places with high wind speeds.
Time to plug in
Issue Date: Jun 15, 2004
There is a prominently held view that dissemination of renewable energy technology is marred by high costs. It's true that a few technologies like wind power have become cheaper, but others are still expensive. Solar photovoltaics (PV) and wind energy now cost one tenth of what they did in early 1980s. Today a wind energy plant costs just about the same as a coal-fired thermal power plant of the same capacity; it could be even cheaper at places with high wind speeds.
Phulmai's walk - a day in the life of a headloader
Issue Date: Dec 15, 2002
WSSD: dialogue of the deaf
@Richard20711534 Issue Date: Sep 30, 2002
Renewables, Deserted?
Issue Date: Apr 30, 2002
we are always the first to start. Invariably the last to finish. This is also, possibly, the story of renewables in the country. Way back in 1980, the government created the commission on additional sources of energy.
A Renewable Crisis
Issue Date: Oct 15, 2000
It has shaken the confidence of the new Europe. Oil crisesfuel shortagesstreet blockades and protests that had become commonplace during the 1970s oil shortagehave come back to haunt Europe once again.
Gone with the wind
Issue Date: Jun 30, 1999
tapping the potential of wind power is no longer difficult or expensive. Technology to harness this natural force is not only improving, but more nations are finding this alternative source of p ower more desirable because it is locally available, cheap to produce and does not dirty the environment. It is no wonder that wind power has already become the world's fastest growing renewable energy source ( see box: Why wind energy) .
