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April 20th, 2007 — Alternative Energy, China, India, US, Wind Power from Sanjeev @ Idle ramblings of a wandering mind...
I had written before about the growing wind energy capacity in India (Link: Wind Energy Powering India). Wind energy has continued to expand at a phenomenal pace in India. In year 2006, wind energy capacity in India increased by 41.5% amounting to 1,840 MW of new capacity. India was third in the world in new capacity additions (after US and China) and fourth in the world in total installed capacity (after Germany, Spain and US). The table below shows the distribution of installed wind power capacity in the leading countries:
Fast growth in US was expected because of recent tax concessions and the large suitable area and energy demand. China’s emergence as the second largest capacity addition in 2006 is more of a surprise. Till few years back China did not really cared about alternative energy. China’s ability to quickly ramp up is admirable though.
Things are moving in the right direction. Wind energy is the cleanest renewable energy source available and even though it had problems of high capital cost and non-optimal load distribution, its good to see rapid growth in wind energy capacity. This is one positive impact of the rise in oil prices - the renewable energy sources are now looking more and more attracting in comparison. I will continue to follow growth in wind and other renewable energy resources.
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November 25th, 2006 — Alternative Energy, India, Wind Power from Sanjeev @ Idle ramblings of a wandering mind...
I have written before about growing wind power capacity in India and also leadership roles of Indian wind power companies like Suzlon. Since that post in April 2006, the growth has only accelerated. Here are the numbers updated up to June 2006 (source).
Figure: Wind Power Capacity in June 2006
Growth of wind power in India is quite remarkable. In fact, preliminary sources indicates that wind power capacity has reached 6018 MW in India as of Sept 2006. The wind power story is now getting attention of popular press as well. Following is an excerpt from the article in New York Times:
Suzlon has expanded rapidly as global demand for wind energy has taken off. Its sales and earnings tripled in the quarter ended June 30, as the company earned the equivalent of $41.6 million on sales of $202.4 million.
The demand for wind turbines has particularly accelerated in India, where installations rose nearly 48 percent last year, and in China, where they rose 65 percent, although from a lower base. Wind farms are starting to dot the coastline of east-central China and the southern tip of India, as well as scattered mesas and hills across central India and even Inner Mongolia.
As oil prices stay high, renewable energy sources are becoming more competitive. For this reason, I am not too concerned about oil reaches $100 or beyond - that will only be helpful in the long run as it will focus our attention on developing renewable energy sources like Wind.
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