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 …
PANJIM: Though Goa achieved 100 per cent electrification in 2015, along with another 14 States/union territories, the Electricity Department on Monday said it is in the process of electrifying a small cluster of houses through solar power in areas where laying cables in not feasible. As per data available with …
Bijnor: With flickering light of a lantern in their backdrop, a group of sugarcane farmers in a Bijnor village huddled together to listen to 8pm Hindi news on a radio, fuelled by pencil batteries. To their amusement, the transistor on Sunday announced that the country has achieved electrification of all …
Centre meets target of 18,000 villages but household metering remains a challenge The Narendra Modi-led government on Sunday celebrated meeting the target of connecting all villages of the country to the national electricity grid. The government started electrifying 18,000 villages, which did not have access to power, in 2015 and …
Switzerland-based power and automation technology group ABB is looking at India as a potential location"for its microgrid solutions"given the country's huge requirement"for electrification, and the government's push for renewable energy, a top executive said. "We see India as a growth market as far as microgrid is concerned," Claudio Facchin, president …
Established in 1993, the small village of Phelandaba has been waiting for electricity for more than 24 years, ever since South Africa's first democratic elections. In Qamata Great place outside Cofimvaba in the Eastern Cape, a number of villages near Phelandaba, such as Mmangweni, Elixeni and Mgongxo, have been connected …
Citizens and small businesses from different parts of the country working with community Savings and Credit Cooperatives (SACCOs) will soon be able to access affordable finance to purchase solar energy equipment. This follows agreements entered between Rwanda Development Bank (BRD) and different SACCOs clinched at the bank’s headquarters in Kigali …
Pakistan can increase its energy security, improve energy access, and spur social and economic development with renewable energy. Renewables Readiness Assessment: Pakistan identifies key actions to accelerate renewable energy deployment. The report presents options to strengthen Pakistan’s policy, regulatory and institutional framework for renewables. It suggests ways to strengthen renewable …
Access to daily hours of grid electricity is strongly associated with people’s subjective satisfaction with power supply. But users of off-grid solar power are less sensitive to the number of hours available. Where grid electricity is unavailable or unreliable, technologies such as solar home systems offer an alternative that rural …
India must strengthen grid infrastructure to support its “strong push” towards renewable energy especially solar, said the head of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). “The main constrain in India right now is the grid,” said IRENA Director-General Adnan Z Amin. “There is a huge upsurge in investment,” he said …
Arusha — A total of 58 villages in Arusha region will be connected to power under a rural electrification project whose first phase, to cost Sh9.3 billion was launched last week. This was disclosed by the Tanzania Electric Supply Company (Tanesco) regional manager, Mr Gasper Msigwa during the unveiling of …
The Rocky Mountain Institute and Nigeria’s Rural Electrification Agency have partnered to reduce the costs of energy generated from mini-grids. The two have developed a framework set to be implemented over the next three years to achieve $0.20/kWh from electric mini-grid technology by 2020. The framework will be issued on …
On the eve of completion of its one year rule in UP, the BJP on Sunday claimed of having met about 87% of the target of electrifying over 37 lakh households in the state in the financial year 2017-18. UP energy minister Srikant Sharma said the state government has already …
The Rwanda Energy Group (REG) recently made progress in its ambitious target to add more consumers to the national grid by connecting a total of 400 homes including healthcare centres in Rushango District. Speaking to the New Times, REG branch manager in Ruhango District Jean de Dieu Nyiringango said the …
Roorkee: Uttarakhand Electricity Regulatory Commission (UERC) has slapped a stiff joint penalty of almost Rs 4.8 lakh on two senior engineers of the department for “an inordinate delay in providing new service connections to consumers in their jurisdiction.” The fine will be recovered from the salaries of the engineers in …
For decades, the only accepted idea of electrification was access to the grid implemented by big utilities, served by huge power plants. This concept worked fairly well in the developed world — if leaving out of consideration the environmental aspects of the massive use of fossil fuels. Billions of dollars …
ADDIS ABABA - In the first two years of the second Growth and Transformation Plan (GTP-II), while some 993 villages have got access to electricity, 146 towns' electric supply has been upgraded, the Ministry of Water, Irrigation and Electricity announced. The Ministry further said that during the last six months, …
VISAKHAPATNAM: If one were to hear television noises in remote parts of Visakhapatnam district, one must not be surprised. Living in the dark has become a thing of the past in several remote areas in the district. The Andhra Pradesh Eastern Power Distribution Company Limited (APEPDCL) has made this possible …
Itanagar, Jan 28: The people of Bizari village under Dambuk subdivision had all the reasons to smile on the eve of Republic Day as Parliamentary Secretary for WRD, Art & Culture and Research and local MLA Gum Tayeng switched on the power line to the village, thereby illuminating the area …
MEERUT: As many as 13,254 houses were given electricity connections in Western Uttar Pradesh in a single day on Saturday under 'Saubhagya' scheme, senior government officials said. The districts where the connections were given include Meerut, Baghpat, Ghaziabad, Bulandshahr, Hapur, Gautam Budh Nagar, Saharanpur, Muzaffarnagar, Shamli, Moradabad, Sambhal, Amroha, Rampur …
Bareilly: In an attempt to provide electricity to houses in remote and inaccessible areas of the state where electrification is not possible due to difficult geographical terrain, the Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL) will soon be providing off-grid electricity by setting up solar power plants. According to officials at …
