Suzlon Group to sell China subsidiary for $60 mn
June 23rd, 2012 - 10:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 23 (IANS) Wind turbine maker Suzlon Saturday said it will sell stake in its China manufacturing subsidiary to China Power New Energy (CPNE) Development Company for $60 ... Read more...
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Eco-friendly interiors the new mantra
June 20th, 2012 - 1:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) Green is in. With celebrities like Gul Panag showing the way by creating a completely eco-friendly holiday home near Pune, people are increasingly opting for ... Read more...
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Wind turbine produces water out of thin air
May 1st, 2012 - 5:51 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 1 (IANS) Imagine wind turbines that conjure drinking water out of thin air and how they could help developing countries overcome their water scarcity.
French engineering firm Eole ... Read more...
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Suzlon’s arm bags orders worth $387 mn in two months
April 23rd, 2012 - 3:05 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, April 23 (IANS) India's wind turbine manufacturing major Suzlon Energy Monday said its group subsidiary REpower Systems has bagged cumulative orders worth $387 million across Europe over a two-month ... Read more...
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Business as usual for Indian companies in Maldives
February 12th, 2012 - 5:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 12 (IANS) It is business as usual for Indian companies and the economic interests of India are safe in the Maldives, wracked by political tumult and violence ... Read more...
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Suzlon Energy posts quarterly net loss of Rs.286.46 crore
February 11th, 2012 - 9:59 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Feb 11 (IANS) India's wind turbine manufacturing major Suzlon Energy Saturday posted net loss of Rs.286.46 crore for the quarter ended Dec 31.It had posted a net loss of ... Read more...
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Suzlon Energy posts quarterly net loss of Rs.19.4 crore
October 24th, 2011 - 7:41 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Oct 24 (IANS) India's wind turbine manufacturing major Suzlon Energy Monday posted a net loss of Rs.19.4 crore for the quarter ended Sep 30.The company had posted a net ... Read more...
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Suzlon Energy completes sale of stake in Hansen
October 13th, 2011 - 9:09 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Oct 13 (IANS) India's wind turbine manufacturing major Suzlon Energy Thursday said it has completed sale of its remaining 26.06 percent stake in Belgium-based firm Hansen Transmission to German ... Read more...
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Suzlon Energy to set up wind turbines in Africa
May 25th, 2011 - 6:10 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, May 25 (IANS) India's wind turbine manufacturing major Suzlon Energy Wednesday said it has signed a contract with African Clean Energy Development (ACED) for supply and construction of 76 ... Read more...
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Suzlon Energy bags 50.4 megawatt order
April 20th, 2011 - 5:22 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, April 20 (IANS) India's wind turbine manufacturing major Suzlon Energy Wednesday said it has bagged order to set up, operate and maintain wind energy projects of 50.4 MW from ... Read more...
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Finnish energy major Moventas to set up base in India
March 26th, 2011 - 1:32 pm ICT by IANS
Helsinki, March 26 (IANS) Finnish company Moventas, one of the largest manufacturers of wind turbine gears in the world, plans to harness India's economic potential by setting up a base ... Read more...
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A wind-powered car that covered 5,000 km in barely $16
February 14th, 2011 - 4:21 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Feb 14 (IANS) It's a car that travelled a distance of 5,000 km in Australia at a cost of just $16. Wondering how? Well, it was powered by the wind.The Wind ... Read more...
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English actor Pete Postlethwaite dies
January 3rd, 2011 - 7:04 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 3 (IANS) English actor Pete Postlethwaite, who worked in Steven Spielberg's movies "The Lost World: Jurrassic Park" and "Amistad", died peacefully in hospital at the age of 64 after a ... Read more...
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Suzlon crosses 15 gigawatt of wind power installations worldwide
December 16th, 2010 - 6:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 16 (IANS) Wind turbine manufacturing major Suzlon group Thursday said it has installed over 15 gigawatt of cumulative wind turbines in 25 countries across the globe amounting to 9 ... Read more...
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Suzlon’s German unit wins 295 MW offshore contract
November 26th, 2010 - 6:03 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 26 (IANS) REpower, the German unit of India's wind turbine manufacturing major Suzlon Energy, Friday signed a contract with Belgian firm C-Power to deliver 295 Megawatts capacity wind ... Read more...
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Making wind-turbines more efficient
November 22nd, 2010 - 4:45 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 22 (ANI): New air-flow technology is being tested as engineers feel that the overall design of wind-turbines is still far from optimal as the costs of producing power with turbines ... Read more...
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Global warming cuts available wind energy: Study
November 10th, 2010 - 4:41 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 10 (ANI): A climate researchers at the University of Texas at Austin has found that rising temperatures decrease wind speeds, making for less power bang for the wind turbine buck.The ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Now, generate green power from your balcony!
November 4th, 2010 - 4:51 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 04 (ANI): Apart from that perfect view, your balcony can be used for something more valuable-a personal generator that converts wind and sun to power from a balcony.Industrial designer Jonathan ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Suzlon bags 168.5 MW orders in India
October 15th, 2010 - 4:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 15 (IANS) Suzlon Energy Friday said it has bagged orders for developing 168.5 MW wind turbine capacity from various corporate, small and medium enterprises (SME) and private sector undertakings ... Read more...
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China to be world’s wind power leader in 2010
October 13th, 2010 - 9:47 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Oct 13 (IANS) China will surpass the US as the leader in cumulative wind power capacity by the end of this year, a media report said Wednesday."Wind power technology provides governments ... Read more...
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Suzlon Energy subsidiary bags 74.8 megawatt order in Germany
September 29th, 2010 - 9:04 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Sep 29 (IANS) India's wind turbine manufacturing major Suzlon Energy Wednesday said its subsidiary REpower Systems AG has signed a contract with German wind farm project developer Denker & Wulf AG ... Read more...
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Suzlon crosses 5,000 MW of wind power installations in India
September 24th, 2010 - 4:33 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Sep 24 (IANS) Suzlon Energy, India's largest and the world's third leading wind turbine maker, Friday said it has installed over 5,000 MW of cumulative wind turbines in India, accounting for ... Read more...
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REpower to supply turbines to Sweden’s Klagerup Kraft
September 15th, 2010 - 4:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 15 (IANS) REpower Systems, a subsidiary of wind power company Suzlon Energy, will supply three turbines to Sweden's Klagerup Kraft AB, to be installed by 2011.
"REpower Systems, in which ... Read more...
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Study shows utility of floating wind turbines
June 30th, 2010 - 1:23 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 30 (ANI): The scientists have invented floating ocean-based wind turbines, which could be the next big thing in the renewable energy solutions.While offshore turbines already have been constructed, they've traditionally ... Read more...
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Siemens to invest Rs.1,600 crore over next three years
February 2nd, 2010 - 4:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) Siemens AG, global major in engineering, healthcare and electronics, will invest more than Rs.1,600 crore ($320 million) in India over the next three years, a top official ... Read more...
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It’s official: the only way to lose weight is eat less or exercise more, or both
January 7th, 2010 - 12:45 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 7 (ANI): Putting an end to the constant debate on weight loss, Sydney scientists have said that the only reliable way to shed extra pounds is to eat less or ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Radical new design of electrical generator promises power revolution
November 23rd, 2009 - 12:56 pm ICT by ANI
London, November 23 (ANI): Scientists at the University of Edinburgh have made a radical new design of an electrical generator that solves an engineering quandary and promises to be cheaper, lighter and ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
G20 hasn’t fixed money to fight climate change: NGOs
September 26th, 2009 - 12:00 pm ICT by IANS
Pittsburgh, Sep 26 (IANS) The G20 leaders have closed their summit here without the industrialised countries following through on their pledge to provide financial and technological assistance to help developing countries limit ... Read more...
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Leitner Shriram wind turbine plant goes on stream
September 25th, 2009 - 10:14 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Sep 25 (IANS) Leitner Shriram Manufacturing's new wind turbine plant, set up near here at an investment of Rs.200 crore, was formally commissioned Friday.
Leitner Shriram, a 51:49 joint venture between Italian ... Read more...
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US using more renewable energy
September 8th, 2009 - 3:19 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 8 (IANS) Americans used more solar, nuclear, biomass and wind energy in 2008 than they did the year before, according to latest energy flow charts released by Lawrence Livermore National ... Read more...
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Winds turbines may hasten extinction of endangered vulture in Spain
September 7th, 2009 - 2:10 pm ICT by ANI
London, September 7 (ANI): The results of a new study indicate that winds turbines might be hastening the local extinction of an endangered vulture in southern Spain.Studies have so far focused on ... Read more...
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Pranab hopes to green economy, NGO unimpressed (Lead)
July 6th, 2009 - 5:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Monday cut customs duty on a key wind turbine component and on bio-diesel while presenting his 2009-10 budget proposals, hoping the move ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
A formula to increase wind turbines’ efficiency level
June 17th, 2009 - 4:57 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 17 (ANI): A new study has provided a formula for calculating how much usable energy do wind turbines produce, which will help increase their efficiency level.The study, carried out by ... Read more...
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Suzlon raises stake in Germany’s REpower
June 6th, 2009 - 5:49 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 6 (IANS) Wind turbine maker Suzlon Energy has raised its stake in Germany-based REpower Systems AG to 90.72 percent by acquiring Martifer Group's 14.4 percent stake in the company, it ... Read more...
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Himachal Pradesh clears nine industrial proposals
June 2nd, 2009 - 9:16 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, June 2 (IANS) The Himachal Pradesh government has cleared nine industrial proposals worth Rs.256.99 crore, including one of Essar Group, Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal said here Tuesday.
"We have cleared ... Read more...
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