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 …
This study assesses and compares the benefits of electricity service to households and small enterprises from microgrids, solar home systems (SHS), and the national grid in select rural communities in India and Nepal. Electricity access, in general, leads to reduced kerosene use, more time spent by women on income-generation, and …
The Odisha government on Tuesday admitted that 3,940 villages and 16,533 small habitations remained to be electrified. According to a written reply furnished by State Energy Minister Pranab Prakash Das, 3,144 villages under Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana and 521 under Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY) could not be …
The Rural Electrification Corporation (REC) recently distributed solar lanterns to 40 families of Kolha community at Kandalei village under Chhatabar gram panchayat, 20 km from the State capital. High Court justice M Papana, Rural Electrification Corporation (REC) State head Surendra Pradhan, OUAT sports teacher Gopi Mohan Pattanayak, Dhauli Art College …
Toorputallu and Pedhamyanavanilanka will be electrified completely on solar power from this year. In a first of its kind of green development initiative, two Andhra villages, Toorputallu and Pedhamyanavanilanka will be electrified completely on solar power from this year. "These will be the first two villages in the country to …
Government will meet its target of electrifying 18,452 villages by March next year, much ahead of the May 2018 deadline as over a third of the task has been completed already, power minister Piyush Goyal said. "During the last 11 months we have already electrified 6,029 unelectrified villages under our …
The list was topped by Switzerland followed by Norway and Sweden in the second and third place India has been ranked at the 90th place in a list of 126 countries compiled by World Economic Forum (WEF) on the basis of their ability to deliver secure, affordable and sustainable energy, …
100% village electrification is positive but power supply needs to be ensured Power industry fears the Finance Minister's proposal to increase rate of Clean Environment Cess from Rs 200 per tonne to Rs 400 per tonne will have adverse impact on tariff structure. The industry players expect there will be …
Defending the Budget, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Monday that it addresses the “harsh reality” of distress in rural India and the farm sector beleaguered by successive poor monsoons. The Budget that has remained on the committed path of fiscal rectitude and includes a number of deep, though unglamorous …
It was late CPI member A B Bardhan who had disdainfully dismissed the panic in the stock markets after the shock defeat of the BJP-led government in 2004, saying he did not give two hoots to what happened on the bourses. Congress did not allow the sentiment of the veteran …
The State of Uttar Pradesh is endowed with vast potential of solar and bio/biomass power and the Government is making efforts to tap these resources to improve the availability of power in the State by promoting renewable power projects. As a result of sustained efforts made under the rural electrification …
About 30% of India’s population (77 million households or around 360 million people) lack adequate access to electricity. Most have to rely on expensive and dirty kerosene lamps for lighting. A sustainable and scalable model is essential to allow hundreds of millions of people - in India and elsewhere in …
As many as 76 villages in Uttarakhand have been living in the dark since 1947, the year in which India attained independence. That's because till date, the Uttarakhand Power Corporation Limited (UPCL) has not been able to set up the required infrastructure in these villages. Surprisingly, Uttarkashi and Pithoragarh, the …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Renewable energy for electrification of villages, etc., 14/12/2015. Decentralized Distributed Generation (DDG) under DeenDayalUpadhyaya Gram JyotiYojana (DDUGJY) is a flagship programme of Govt. of India for providing electricity to the un-electrified villages/habitations where grid connectivity is either not feasible or not cost effective. 3,124 …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Electricity Minister Aryadan Muhammed said the state could not achieve total electrification due to the proliferation of houses and because of the peculiar geography of the state. There are also impediments in drawing lines through forest areas, he said in the Assembly during the question hour. He said that …
Olkiramatian — This market centre in the arid Lake Magadi region, Kajiado of Southern Kenya is with no grid electricity. The area is inhabited by the pastoralist Maasai community. With climate change affecting their pastoral way of life, the community is increasingly adopting a more sedentary life but without amenities. …
The Renewable Energy (RE) potential in India is 8,89,508 Mega Watt. The Government of India, in pursuit of energy security and for minimizing impact on environment, has been prioritizing the development of RE sector through its policies and programmes. In this context, the performance audit of the RE sector was …
In a country where only 40% of people have access to grid electricity, the government is looking to sunshine to power health centres and homes Before solar panels were installed at Masaki village’s only health centre, doctors, nurses and midwives had to use dim flashlights or the glow from their …
Although Africa has enormous energy resources, more than half of the continent’s population do not have any access to electricity and generation is often unable to meet the demand of those who do. Growth and poverty reduction will be constrained if this deficit continues. The purpose of this paper is …
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved $121 million loan and grant for Uganda to increase access to electricity in rural areas. The multilateral institution allocated $100 million loan and mobilised a $21 million grant from the Sustainable Energy for All (SE4All) window of the European Union-Africa Infrastructure Trust Fund …
'Electricity supply is really important for the development of a country. Without electricity, New York or Johannesburg would just be villages.' In 2003, nine-year-old George Mtemahanji left his home in Ifakara, a small rural town in Tanzania's Kilombero District, to move to Italy where his mother had managed to secure …
