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 McKinsey study on India's power sector foresees the power deficit surging from 15,000 mw today to 70,000 mw by 2017. "To fulfil its power requirements by 2017, India need to increase its pace of capacity addition five-tenfold," says Vipul Tuli, partner, McKinsey & Company, who is also co-leader of …
They would help agriculturists during the next rabi season JAIPUR: Jaipur Vidyut Vitaran Nigam has set a target of releasing 23,000 new agricultural power connections in 12 districts of Rajasthan falling in its jurisdiction and decided to speed up the issue of connections from next month. Jaipur Discom Chairman and …
The Madhya Pradesh government has taken a number of steps for improving the condition of farmers and for encouraging them towards agriculture works. In this direction the government has reduced the tariff of power for the year 2008-09. The Madhya Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission has decided to provide power to …
Govt fails to pay subsidy to PSEB The Punjab government has failed to comply with the directive of the Punjab State Electricity Regulatory Commission (PSERC) to pay subsidy on account of free power to agricultural pump sets in instalments in advance at the beginning of each quarter. The commission in …
Aryavart Grameen Bank operates in six districts of Uttar Pradesh. AGP decided to install PV systems at five of its branches to provide back up power during mains power cuts. The PV modules generate DC electricity in sunlight, which is stored in rechargeable lead-acid batteries. When the mains fail, the …
Tanzania has one of the lowest rates of electrifi cation in the world. Zara Solar and its sister company Mona-Mwanza Electrical & Electronics both based in Mwanza provide high-quality, aff ordable PV systems in Northern Tanzania. Zara Solar is a rapidly growing business that uses a network of self-employed technicians …
The recently released Global Status Report on Renewables 2007 says that grid-connected SPV (solar photovoltaics) has been the fastest growing energy technology in the world with 50% annual growth in the cumulative installed capacity in 2006 as well as in 2007. Of the total reported 25 lakh homes worldwide that …
Recent technological developments in biomass have made it possible to deploy various biomass-based systems for meeting total energy requirements of villages in an efficient, reliable, and cost-effective manner. Modern biomass technologies offer considerable effi ciency gains over traditional biomass use. A concept to provide energy security in villages through renewable …
Grameen Shakti, has installed 1,50,000 solar home systems in rural and remote areas of Bangladesh Bangladesh's rural development bank, Grameen Shakti bagged the coveted
Even as Punjab farmers have been hard hit due to the acute shortage of farm workers for sowing paddy, the Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB) has added to their woes by refusing to provide temporary power connections for tube wells. It has been a regular practice of the PSEB to …
T. Ramakrishnan Total cost Rs.447 crore; plan is to complete work by September next year Initially, 26 districts (other than Dharmapuri, the Nilgiris and Tirunelveli) to be covered 5.25 lakh families under Below Poverty Line to be provided free power connections CHENNAI: Three years after its launch at the national …
About 708 remote villages and hamlets have been electrified in the north-eastern States so far under the Remote Village Electrification (RVE) programme of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Government of India, with about 1,167 projects under implementation in villages/hamlets, according to a PIB press release. The release said …
Attacking the BJP for not fulfilling poll promises, Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Kamal Nath on Monday announced free electricity to farmers if the Congress came to power in Madhya Pradesh. "If the Congress comes back to power in the coming Assembly polls, it will give free power to …
7.5 MW electricity will be generated for the Barwala-Raipur Rani area in a year's time; proposal awaits final nod from the Haryana govt If everything goes as planned by the Panchkula district administration, 7.5 megawatts of electricity will be generated through poultry droppings to light up the power-starved Barwala-Raipur Rani …
Chak Bala, June 08 Farmers whose thousands of acres of fertile land falls across the barbed fence at the International Border expressed their anguish during a training-cum-awareness camp organised by the Agriculture Department here yesterday. During an interaction with the farmers, Deputy Commissioner K S Pannu said he found that …
Of the reported 25 lakh homes worldwide that use solar home systems today, about" 3.6 lakh are in India, second only to China which has four lakh solar home system users. The market for solar photo voltaics (PV) continues to find its relevance in such decentralized off-grid applications because despite …
In a bid to resolve the worsening power crisis in the State, the Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has chosen 54 interior villages of Asom including six in Jorhat to be powered by alternative source of energy. In Jorhat district, the Forest Department has began the contract …
The Forest Department will provide solar lights for electrification of six remote villages in the district. A meeting was held today between the Jorhat Deputy Commissioner and Forest officials to discuss the Centre-sponsored project. Preliminary details regarding the implementation of the project were discussed in the meeting. The use of …
The Austrian government has committed 2.15 million euros to Bhutan within the bilateral program for this year. The indicative financial assistance was finalised when the annual consultations document on Bhutanese-Austrian development cooperation was signed yesterday by the Austrian resident coordinator Mrs Marie-Christine Weinberger and foreign secretary Yeshey Dorji. Tourism, followed …
