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 …
By D P Sen Gupta When we in cities, swelter in summer heat, following power-cuts, we seldom think about the other Indians who live in villages and suffer power-cuts at least 6-8 hours every day, if they have power connection at all. Although 5.25 lakh out of a total of …
THE government has decided to set up district committees with local representation to monitor the progress of the Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY), a flagship programme to electrify villages, a senior power ministry official said. The committee will also include local members of parliament (MPs) and members of legislative …
At the time of Independence, availability of power was confined to a few urban and industrial pockets of Haryana and its villages were engulfed in darkness. However, during the Congress regime in 1970, Haryana became the first state in the country to provide electricity to hundred per cent of its …
Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani has approved fund of Rs. 34.283 million for provision of electricity to villages of District Kachi, Tehsil Bhag of Balochistan. This was disclosed by the Federal Minister for Livestock and Dairy Development Mir Humayun Aziz Kurd, while talking to the delegation of Tehsil Bhag …
NEW DELHI: The government will soon announce a scheme to provide power to villages and habitations falling within a radius of 5km of a generation plant, power minister Sushilkumar Shinde said during a debate in Lok Sabha on his ministry
Almost 3000 systems have been installed through "solar homes technology" in the rural areas of Sindh, electrifying thousands of homes in the province. This was stated by speakers of a seminar on "Micro Financing Credit for Promotion of Solar and Wind Power Technology in Sindh," organised by Environment & Alternative …
July 13: After successfully revitalising the agriculture sector in the state in his first term, the Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy, is now planning a
Sushil kumar Shinde, Union Power Minister. It is tough to get things moving in the power sector, which is a sad story of shortages and missed deadlines on the one hand, and a graveyard of project proposals on the other. But can this government make any difference? In his second …
NEW DELHI, July 12: Rural electrification works are being taken up in four districts namely Chandel, Senapati, Tamenglong and Ukhrul under the Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY). Sources from the Ministry of Power said that out of 495 un-electrified and de-electrified villages in Manipur, 93 villages were covered under …
BHUBANESWAR: Minister of State for Energy Atanu Sabyasachi today assured that the rural electrification programme will be completed by the end of the current plan period. District collectors have been instructed to cancel licences of those contractors who failed to execute the infrastructure projects on time and if necessary, the …
Sindh government has given a thirty-day deadline to the Sui Southern Gas Company Limited (SSGCL) to complete work for the provision of gas facility to at least 14 districts of the province, Business Recorder learnt on Monday. According to source, an agreement was signed between the provincial government and the …
The Pakistan Electric Power Company is putting co-ordinated efforts to extend electricity distribution infrastructure to remote areas of the country. Multiple system augmentation and infrastructure improvement programmes are also being executed and enormous human endeavour, technical expertise and financial investments have been concentrated on various developmental projects. According to a …
The Pakistan Electric Power Company is putting co-ordinated efforts to extend electricity distribution infrastructure to remote areas of the country. Multiple system augmentation and infrastructure improvement programmes are also being executed and enormous human endeavour, technical expertise and financial investments have been concentrated on various developmental projects. According to a …
The Federal Minister for Water and Power, Raja Pervez Ashraf has said that the government has set a target to electrify 7,000 villages within next five years through solar energy which cannot be electrified through grid. The minister said that Pakistan is facing the same issues in developing and utilising …
The Federal Minister for Water and Power, Raja Pervez Ashraf has said that the government has set a target to electrify 7,000 villages within next five years through solar energy which cannot be electrified through grid. The minister said that Pakistan is facing the same issues in developing and utilising …
When it came to encourage the use of solar energy in Rampura, the man of the hour was Ghanshyam Yadav. A pilot project was planned by Scatec Solar in collaboration with Development Alternatives to develop solar energy in Rampura village, Jhansi. Rampura was yet to be blessed with electricity. The …
The first solar-powered village in Sri Lanka, Galgamuwa village in Monaragala of Uva province is to be opened tomorrow, Ministry of Power and Energy announced. The first solar-powered village, completed by the Ministry of Power and Energy completed the solar power project with the funds donated by the government of …
AGARTALA, June 25: Tripura Power Minister Manik Dey has demanded speeding up of rural electrification and restructuring Accelerated Power Development and Reform Programme (R-APDRP) to revitalise the ailing power distribution system in the State. Addressing power ministers meeting in New Delhi yesterday, Dey asserted that the State
A GTZ senior energy adviser has suggested the government take necessary measures to create awareness among rural people to use energy saving systems such as solar, biomass, biogas, wind and hydropower.
