Sembcorp Commissions 800 Megawatts Of Wind Power Projects In India
Sembcorp Energy India Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Singapore-based Sembcorp Industries, has announced completion of its 800 MW wind energy projects in India.
Sembcorp Energy India Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Singapore-based Sembcorp Industries, has announced completion of its 800 MW wind energy projects in India.
Two large renewable energy-rich states in India have announced plans to export surplus renewable energy to other states.
Tamil Nadu’s Chief Minister, Edappadi K. Palaniswami, is on an investment tour in the US and the UK. In the US, he stopped by the Tesla plant in San Francisco. According to Times of India, a press release stated that “The CM visited Tesla Inc unit in Fremont and got to see the manufacturing of environment-friendly vehicles, batteries, and energy storage products.”
A few weeks back there were a number of posts from the mainstream media in India which claimed Gujarat to be the leading state in terms of rooftop solar installations. The excitement for the news on social media was visible from the enthusiastic shares by supporters of both the state and the solar sector.
But is Gujarat really the leading rooftop solar installations in India?
Lack of adequate and low-priced bids for large-scale solar and wind energy tenders has led the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu to decide not to issue any more tenders. This is a significant decision by one of the largest states in India by installed renewable energy capacity.
The southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu has issued a new solar power policy that sets ambitious operational capacity targets in-line with the recommendations of the central government.
The Indian state of Tamil Nadu is set to float tenders for solar and wind energy projects soon, as it hopes to aggressively increase its installed renewable energy capacity.
Siemens Gamesa, the world’s second-largest wind turbine manufacturer, announced this week that it is expanding its solar business, after successfully securing an order to provide a complete turnkey EPC solution for 160 megawatts of solar in India.
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy has continued a strong period of momentum by announcing on Wednesday that it has secured a contract to provide and construct 200 MW worth of wind turbines to a project in Poovani, in the Indian State of Tamil Nadu.
The record wind energy generation that India witnessed brought in record revenue (and profit!) for the state of Tamil Nadu, the leading producer of wind power in the country.