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 …
The much hyped Rajiv Gandhi Vidyut Karan Yojana (RGGVY) in Angul district has made a little progress even as the deadline for the completion is near. The central programme was implemented in the district on March 2007 and after 19 months, only 80 out of a total 1625 villages has …
ANGUL: The much-hyped Rajiv Gandhi Vidyut Karan Yojana (RGGVY) in Angul district has made little progress so far even as the deadline for completion of the project is nearing end. The Central programme was started in the distict in March 2007 and at present, only 80 of the targeted 1,625 …
The road to next climate negotiation turns hostile as some developing nations are upgraded RANIDHERA, a remote village in Chhattisgarh made a desperate attempt to join the elite club of Indian villages which gets a few hours of electricity, through the biodiesel route. The effort is limping as the local …
The remote Tang gewog in Bumthang became the latest gewog to receive electricity under the rural electrification programme. About 373 households in the gewog received electricity on October 27. The new substation in Tang was inaugurated by the Resident Coordinator of Austrian Coordination Office Mr Christian Mazal. Bumthang dzongda, dzongkhag …
Let’s cut to the chase. If we are serious about climate change then we have to be serious about changing (drastically) the way the world generates and uses its energy. But even as the rich world talks glibly about ‘decarbonisation’ of its economy it has done precious little to reinvent …
Rs. 59 million has been allocated by the Central Provincial Council for the improvement of electricity supply and to complete existing works in the rural areas of the Central Province. This will benefit 5,998 families living in the rural areas of the Central Province, said Secretary to the Central Province …
About 700 villages would be electrified and three new 132KV power grid stations would be established in Balochistan under Rs1.6 billion Second Rural Village Electrification Project also known as Kuwait Fund, sources in Balochistan Provincial and Planning department told APP on Monday. They said work on the project has not …
Ibrahim Hafeezur Rehman Emphasis on promotion of biofuels can be useful for solving rural energy problems. India is a country in transition with recent high rates of economic growth propelling it towards being a global economic power. The sustenance of this economic growth would depend on how the country is …
Hyderabad,, Sept. 1: Houses in as many as 38,000 new colonies, which do not have electricity connection, will get electricity line within the next two years. The Union government has agreed to provide funds for the electrification of all the "power-less" houses
A programme to provide electricity to 58 villages in 20 divisional secretariat areas in Galle, Matara and Hambantota districts has been launched by the Southern Provincial Ministry of Power and Energy. Arrangements have already been made to install transformers in 14 villages to extend the power supply. Funds amounting Rs. …
This article discusses the extent to which the arrival of electricity in Islamic rural Zanzibar has empowered women. Electricity carries a potential for women
The Prime Minister has constituted a high powered committee under the chairmanship of Shri B K Chaturvedi, Member, Planning Commission, to examine the financial position of oil companies. The terms of reference of the committee will be: to examine the impact of the increase in oil prices between 2004-05 and …
BHUBANESWAR: Energy Minister Surya Narayan Patro on Thursday announced in the Assembly that electrification of all villages and hamlets in the State will be completed by the Eleventh Five- Year Plan. To a question from Arun Kumar Sahu of BJD, the Minister said 18,017 villages and 48,172 hamlets are without …
Patiala : More than 13,000 farmers who had applied for power connections for tube wells in the general category till March 1990 may be given connections by the end of March next by the Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB). The farmers had applied for connections and had also got test …
Participants at the Rajiv Gandhi Akshay Urja Diwas celebration held by JREDA. Picture by Hardeep Singh Ranchi, Aug. 20: Renewable energy sources need to be tapped to solve power problems in villages across the state. Speaking at the Rajiv Gandhi Akshay Urja Samaroh organised at the Town Hall to mark …
