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 …
A Path to Prosperity: Renewable Energy for Islands presents a compilation of case studies from small island developing states (SIDS) and development partners. These demonstrate real-life project viability, highlight innovative solutions and showcase successful partnerships, which together are advancing the deployment of renewable energy in SIDS. This second edition – …
To provide 24x7 uninterrupted power from renewable energy sources, experts from the UK and IITs are now working together to create a new model which combines the best of solar power, biomass energy and hydrogen. The first-of-its-kind UK-India experimental Bio-CPV project on development and integration of biomass and concentrating photovoltaic …
THE Rural Energy Agency (REA) envisages supplying 1,250,000 rural dwellers with electricity in the next five years, thanks to about 900bn/- that the government has set aside to support the grand project. REA Chairman Edmund Mkwawa, releasing the agency report on implementation of rural energy projects in Dar es Salaam …
The chief minister has instructed environment minister Dr Sudarshan Ghosh Dastidar to install solar power in 300 schools situated in remote areas. While placing the budget for his department, Dr Ghosh Dastidar said that they have already set up solar power electrification in 100 schools located in remote districts. The …
RECENT reports say that electrification rate has grown from 10 per cent in 2007, to 36 per cent in 2015, and this rate is expected to reach 75 per cent by 2025 and 100 per cent by 2030 which is the year set aside globally for Sustainable Energy for All. …
DEPUTY Minister for Energy, Mr Charles Mwijage, has disclosed that residents in 12 villages of Kelebe, Bumbiile, Mazinga, Ikuza and Goziba wards in Lake Victoria Archipelago, are scheduled to get solar power connectivity before August 30, this year. Mr Mwijage told the ‘Daily News’ that a team of experts from …
Kajiado, Kenya — In a dusty trading centre at the foot of the Entasopia escarpment in Kenya's Kajiado County, John Pambio is deeply engrossed in soldering together a customer's phone at his electronics repair kiosk. Until nine months ago, Pambio would have had to send the job to a repair …
The $600 million Rural Electricity Transmission and Distribution project aims at ensuring reliable electricity supply to rural area, with increasing power generation capacity, reducing system loss and improving and expanding distribution network. The project, approved by the World Bank (WB) Board in February 2014, will also support substations as well …
MEHERPUR : About 60 families of a village under Sadar upazila in the district have been brought under rural electrification network by Meherpur Palli Bidyut Samity (MPBS) on Friday, reports BSS. Professor Farhad Hossain Dodul, MP, inaugurated the electrification programme at Natun Madandanga village of the upazila as the chief …
These projects include 800 Mw at KTPS, 1,080 Mw at Bhadradri in Manugur of Khammam district and 4,400 Mw at Damaracherla in Nalgonda district Public sector undertaking Rural Electrification Corporation Limited (REC) has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Telangana State Generation Corporation (Genco) to provide a funding of …
KATHMANDU, MAR 22 - Experts in renewable energy have emphasised on better communications during a gathering to finalise a plan of action to connect three million households to clean energy sources by mid 2017 under the National Rural and Renewable Energy Programme (NRREP) of Alternative Energy Promotion Centre (AEPC) . …
Himachal Pradesh will try to light up three non-electrified villages located in the deep forests of the Great Himalayan National Park Conservation Area, India's richest biodiversity spot in the western Himalayas, through solar energy, Power Minister Sujan Singh Pathania said here on Thursday. "We are planning to install a solar …
LUCKNOW: At a primary school in Saraidand village of Sonbhadra district, dozens of students rush to queue up before a tap to quench their thirst from pure RO water. This is a new phenomenon. Not very long ago, water of any kind, let alone RO water, was a distant dream …
Public sector banks have made ‘green lending’ commitments totalling ₹1,70,740 crore to help stakeholders put up renewable energy projects over the next five years. At an average project cost of ₹5 crore per megawatt (MW), green energy generation in the country is expected to increase by 34,148 MW during this …
Presentation by Chandra Bhushan, Deputy Director General of Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) at Anil Agarwal Dialogue 2015: Poor in climate change, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, March 11 – 12, 2015.
Given the increasingly prominent role and scope for off-grid solutions in complementing grid-based electrification in India, especially to electrify habitations where grid electricity is yet to reach, it would be crucial to set up appropriate regulatory arrangements for the scaling up of off-grid interventions in India. In view of this, …
Calabar — Cross River State government has disbursed over N1.7 billion directly to 247 communities across the state for the development of environmental and rural infrastructure. This was contained in a World Bank project review implementation progress report released last week. The document showed that Cross River is leading 25 …
Naogaon Correspondent :About 135 families of five villages under Niamatpur upazila in the district have been brought under rural electrification network by Naogaon Palli Bidyut Samity (NPBS) on Wednesday. A function was also held on the premises of Rasulpur Union Parishad under the upazila. Local lawmaker and also general secretary …
Seven others in the fray pull out as bidding gets increasingly competitive. Four companies, including state-run Power Grid Corporation of India, have bid for two transmission projects, Gadarwara A and B, worth. `6,000 crore even as seven other pulled out of the bids after showing interest. Industry executives said that …
