Electrification of end-uses and the growth of solar and wind is changing how electricity systems operate on all time scales. This report analyses how seasonal variations in both demand and supply affect electricity system operations to 2050 – in Europe, India, Indonesia and Korea – and what sources will be …
It was late CPI member A B Bardhan who had disdainfully dismissed the panic in the stock markets after the shock defeat of the BJP-led government in 2004, saying he did not give two hoots to what happened on the bourses. Congress did not allow the sentiment of the veteran …
The State of Uttar Pradesh is endowed with vast potential of solar and bio/biomass power and the Government is making efforts to tap these resources to improve the availability of power in the State by promoting renewable power projects. As a result of sustained efforts made under the rural electrification …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on National Rural Electrification Scheme, 25/02/2016. Ministry of Power does not have any scheme by the name National Rural Electrification Scheme (NRES). However, the work of rural electrification are done under Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY). Cumulatively, as on 31.01.2016, electrification works in 1,13,505 …
About 30% of India’s population (77 million households or around 360 million people) lack adequate access to electricity. Most have to rely on expensive and dirty kerosene lamps for lighting. A sustainable and scalable model is essential to allow hundreds of millions of people - in India and elsewhere in …
As many as 76 villages in Uttarakhand have been living in the dark since 1947, the year in which India attained independence. That's because till date, the Uttarakhand Power Corporation Limited (UPCL) has not been able to set up the required infrastructure in these villages. Surprisingly, Uttarkashi and Pithoragarh, the …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Renewable energy for electrification of villages, etc., 14/12/2015. Decentralized Distributed Generation (DDG) under DeenDayalUpadhyaya Gram JyotiYojana (DDUGJY) is a flagship programme of Govt. of India for providing electricity to the un-electrified villages/habitations where grid connectivity is either not feasible or not cost effective. 3,124 …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Electricity Minister Aryadan Muhammed said the state could not achieve total electrification due to the proliferation of houses and because of the peculiar geography of the state. There are also impediments in drawing lines through forest areas, he said in the Assembly during the question hour. He said that …
Olkiramatian — This market centre in the arid Lake Magadi region, Kajiado of Southern Kenya is with no grid electricity. The area is inhabited by the pastoralist Maasai community. With climate change affecting their pastoral way of life, the community is increasingly adopting a more sedentary life but without amenities. …
The Renewable Energy (RE) potential in India is 8,89,508 Mega Watt. The Government of India, in pursuit of energy security and for minimizing impact on environment, has been prioritizing the development of RE sector through its policies and programmes. In this context, the performance audit of the RE sector was …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on electrification of villages, 07/12/2015. Government of India has decided to electrify all unelectrified villages of the country by 01st May, 2018. There are 18452 villages left for electrification as on 01.4.2015 in 19 States as given in Annex.
Question raised in Lok Sabha on electrification of villages, 03/12/2015. The details of un-electrified households/villages in the country are placed at Annex-I. For providing electricity to agriculture sector and electrification of un-electrified villages to give electricity access to un-electrified households, during the 12th Plan, projects amounting to Rs. 63,810 crores …
In a country where only 40% of people have access to grid electricity, the government is looking to sunshine to power health centres and homes Before solar panels were installed at Masaki village’s only health centre, doctors, nurses and midwives had to use dim flashlights or the glow from their …
Although Africa has enormous energy resources, more than half of the continent’s population do not have any access to electricity and generation is often unable to meet the demand of those who do. Growth and poverty reduction will be constrained if this deficit continues. The purpose of this paper is …
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved $121 million loan and grant for Uganda to increase access to electricity in rural areas. The multilateral institution allocated $100 million loan and mobilised a $21 million grant from the Sustainable Energy for All (SE4All) window of the European Union-Africa Infrastructure Trust Fund …
'Electricity supply is really important for the development of a country. Without electricity, New York or Johannesburg would just be villages.' In 2003, nine-year-old George Mtemahanji left his home in Ifakara, a small rural town in Tanzania's Kilombero District, to move to Italy where his mother had managed to secure …
The federal government on Thursday in London boosted its power programme with the signing of an agreement with the United Kingdom on the use of solar energy to provide electricity to rural people. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, who led Nigeria's delegation to the event at the Facebook Headquarters, signed on …
Eight states already on board; Maharashtra to sign up soon Centre plugs into power reforms to recharge distribution The Centre's plan to revive the power distribution sector is gathering momentum with Maharashtra set to take up the government's Power for All programme, which envisages overhaul of the power sector through …
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) region of 15 countries, with approximately 23.5 per cent of energy generated from renewables, is becoming a key player in the international trend towards developing renewable energy resources and energy efficiency, according to a new report. Launched during the South African International Renewable Energy …
The African continent could generate nearly a quarter of its energy needs through the use of indigenous, clean, renewable energy by 2030, according to a new report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). Africa 2030 – a comprehensive roadmap for Africa’s energy transition – finds that a combination of …
Kampala — Ministry of Finance and the German Development Cooperation have signed a Euro 10 million (about Shs40b) grant meant to finance electrification programme for rural communities. The grant was signed on Tuesday in Kampala by State minister for Finance David Bahati, and director for East Africa KfW Development Bank …
