I posted last week that India was looking to biofuels to power its cellular network base stations in remote areas. This is to extend the coverage of their cellular networks and provide communications in rural areas.

Now in Africa, Motorola is planning on setting up a cellular network that will be powered by solar energy and a wind generator. It is now being trialed at UK and will soon be deployed in Namibia. They are also hoping to deploy this nifty technology in Asia.
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The Cape Wind Project at the Nantucket Sound in Massachusetts’s is threatened with the possibility of never even getting started due to the worry of it impacting the local Eider population. Some folks are worried that the Eiders might crash into the fast spinning blades of the planned 130 turbine array and cause a lot of bird deaths.
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According to the Global Wind Energy Council, totalglobal wind power generated capacity is now at 74,000 MW. For 2006, 15,197 MW of windpower capacity was added worldwide. Heading the list of countries with the most windpower generating units are Germany and Spain, with the United States coming in Third. India and China are the only 2 Asian countries who made the top 10.

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CNET reports on some companies novel ideas to implement new wind methods of harnessing energy from the wind.

From balloons to kites, the technology tries to take advantage of wind velocity at high altitudes where the currents are said to be more efficient and stable.

Definitely these wind farms cannot be placed in locations where there is high commercial air traffic.

Article here

The India Times reported that alternative energy has taken a bite at India’s national power grid by contributing a healthy 9100 mw of energy last year. Most of the energy came from wind farms which gave 6,070 mw of power. Biomass plants and hydro plants which came on line in 2006 also gave their share.
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