State-run hydro power generation company NHPC would invest around Rs 15,000 crore for developing two projects in the neighbouring country Myanmar. “NHPC is preparing detailed project report (DPR) for 1,200 Mw Htamanthi and 660 Mw Shwezaye ...

Gamesa Wind Turbine, the Indian arm of the Spain-based wind turbine manufacturer Gamesa, has announced its foray into Gujarat. In 2011, the company had planned an installation capacity of 25 Mw in Gujarat, of which 16 Mw ...

US government-owned financial entity Overseas Private Investment Corp (OPIC) plans to invest up to US $820 million (about Rs 3,600 crore) in the fast- growing Indian renewable energy sector by the end of 2011. As part ...

In a bid to reduce the carbon emission from flights, Lufthansa had launched a six-month bio-fuel trial on regular scheduled flights. A Lufthansa Airbus A321 with the registration D-AIDG will fly on the Hamburg-Frankfurt-Hamburg route four ...

Looking to diversify into power generation, state-run Rural Electrification Corporation plans to set up renewable energy projects entailing an investment of about Rs 2,800 crore in the next five years. “Within four to five years, we should ...

Suzlon Energy’s subsidiary, Suzlon Wind Energy Corp, received an order for 15 S97-2.1 Mw wind turbines for Amherst Project in Nova Scotia (Canada). The project will be completed in March 2012. This is an engineering, procurement ...

Suryachakra Green Power Private Limited (SGPPL), a group company of Hyderabad-based independent power producer Suryachakra Power Corporation Limited, has entered into an MoU (memorandum of understanding) with WinWind Power Energy Private Limited (WPEPL) for setting up ...

International environment day, a day when the whole world makes noise about going green to save our planet just passed us. In India, though the day was overshadowed by Ramlila maidan- Baba Ramdev- drama, it somehow ...

Spanish solar energy producer T-Solar has entered into the Indian solar sector by striking technical, operational and financial collaboration with Astonfield Renewable Resources to develop a solar power generation capacity of 200 Mw in four years. ...

According to the latest published report, globally there is a shift seen from nuclear power to renewable energy. A month after the earthquake and tsunami that struck northern Japan crippled the Fukushima nuclear complex and triggered ...