Global electricity review 2024
Renewables generated a record 30 percent of global electricity in 2023, driven by growth in solar and wind especially from China, according to the Global Electricity Review 2024 released by the global
Electricity
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Sri Lanka Air Force, Ministry of Power & Energy to launch first ever Cloud Seeding Project
Sri Lanka's Air Force and the Ministry of Power, Energy and Business Development have agreed to launch the first ever Cloud Seeding Project in a bid to address the issue of impact of dry weather on power
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Start-up’s fuel cells generate power from textile waste waterfuel
A start-up founded by an Indian Institute of Technology-Madras alumni has developed microbial fuel cells that can generate electricity by treating textile wastewater. JSP Enviro, which ventured into the
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India’s grid transmission infrastructure needs further modernisation, urgently
With the government successfully electrifying 99% of all houses in India under the Saubhagya scheme, there is an urgent need for a hefty investment in grid transmission infrastructure to keep pace with
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Bumbuna II Hydroelectric power project receives financial aid
ElectriFI has committed $3.5 million of development capital to finance 50% of Sierra Leone's 143MW Bumbuna II Hydroelectric power project's external development expenses. According to a company statement,
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New Uganda hydro-power plant ready to relieve power shortages
Inside the power house at Isimba Hydropower Plant in the central Ugandan district of Kayunga, engineers subject the first unit of the plant to tests before the official commissioning slated for late January.
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Maharashtra regulator gives state discom leeway in payment to wind firms
The discom had submitted a payment plan to the regulator where it stated that it would clear dues worth Rs 1,592 crore against wind-based electricity procured till September 2017 within December 2018.
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National Electricity Plan: Volume II- Transmission
India is now amongst the fastest developing countries in the world in terms of GDP as well as the electricity consumption. The challenge is to meet the energy needs of high economic growth & electricity
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Govt to set up 1,000-MW solar plant in Dholera: Vijay Rupani CM
Through the last eight editions of Vibrant Gujarat summits the renewable energy sector has realised only 7.35 per cent of the investments valued at Rs 40,345 crore, as reported by The Indian Express earlier
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Flexing India’s energy system: making the case for the right price signals through time-of-day pricing
With some US$100bn of existing and proposed thermal power plants in financial distress, and low cost but variable renewable energy capacity best able to meet the ambitious targets set by government, India
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Forty-third report on hydro-power: Standing Committee on Energy (2018-19)
The Standing Committee on Energy present this Forty-Third Report on ‘Hydro-power’ relating to the Ministry of Power. The Committee, considering the greater importance of hydro power and the slow pace