He said that the contract for the installation of solar power plants would be awarded to the lowest bidder after an open bidding process, adding that there was a proposal under consideration to install 1MW solar plants in small feeder areas across the country, which would help generate 2,000MW of electricity in the first phase.

Windy conditions in northern Europe have highlighted once again the growing value of wind energy, which provided more than 100% of Denmark’s electricity consumption for two days in a row in May. Keen-eyed Twitter user Troels Christensen posted on May 28 a screenshot of wind power figures from WindEurope’s Wind Power Numbers Daily tracker.

Solar power has emerged as the biggest source of clean energy the world over. However, it has a limitation, the sun is now always out. A new technology developed in Australia is claiming to solve the problem by generating power from solar energy, even at night.