The South African Cabinet has approved the South African Renewable Energy Masterplan (SAREM) for implementation, targeting energy security and broader industrial growth. The plan seeks to address challenges associated with local capacity, infrastructure and investment by providing a roadmap for developing renewable energy and battery storage technologies. For investors, the …
The country is facing a power crisis. Peak power shortage went up to 17.1 per cent in January this year (15.5 per cent in January last year) while the average power shortfall during the month is a little below 13 per cent. Capacity addition has been half of what was …
The Madhya Pradesh Assembly on Wednesday witnessed protest by members of entire Opposition showing electronic lamps. Later, the Congress, the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), the Samajwadi Party, the BSP staged a walkout showing unhappiness with Energy Minister Gaurishankar Shejwar's reply to question of Arjun Paliya. The Opposition members raised …
As the sudden fog over Delhi and NCR on Sunday stumped most people, environmentalists and meteorological experts said this was possibly the outcome of extremely high levels of pollution. The fog, they explained, was formed when moisture in the air reacted with particulate matter, a problem that specially plagues the …
The recent tripping of power supply lines of the Northern Grid has aggravated the shortage of electricity in Rajasthan, which is facing a paucity of 1.5 crore units a day against the demand for 11.2 crore units. Electric supply to Bhiwadi industrial area in Alwar district has been badly affected …
Frequent electricity cuts have made it clear that the city needs to be prepared for frequent blackouts and for yet another dry summer this year too. According to sources, these days Delhi is facing a shortage of over 400 MW electricity daily, which will rise to over 1,000 MW electricity …
Still to recover from the blackout that lasted several hours this past Friday, Delhi and its satellite towns were subjected to yet another power shutdown on Sunday morning as more than 37 supply lines of 400 kV power grids tripped. Most parts of West, East and North Delhi experienced prolonged …
Teams of engineers are working 24x7 to prevent further breakdown of transmission lines of the northern grid though such breakdowns cannot be ruled out completely, say transmission officials. "It is an extraordinary situation. In my 37 years in the power sector, I have not seen anything like this,' RP Singh, …
While the residents of plotted colonies have been left to their fate, those living in condominiums are relatively better off. These compact residential blocks mostly have round-the-clock power back-up. But this comes at a price. In swanky apartment complexes like Hamilton Court, Windsor Place and Regency Park-II, residents pays 55 …
With nearly all residential societies, malls, offices and homes surviving on generator sets in Gurgaon, serious air pollution is but only inevitable. According to Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) sources, levels of particulate matter exceed prescribed limits for most of the day several times over in the city. An analysis …
You don't have to look far to know why this city is being pushed into the dark ages. Govt didn't bother to plan for infrastructure even as more and more private colonies were allowed to come up and industry grew. Now they say it will take time. So, make your …
Rural electrification can have many benefits-not only bringing lighting, but improving the quality of health care, spreading information and supporting productive enterprises. The extent of these benefits has been questioned, arguing that they may be insufficient to justify the investment costs. This report quantifies these benefits. It finds that the …
Eon's shock offer yesterday to sell its prized electricity transmission grid could have a domino effect on the European Union's energy sector. The German company struck a deal with EU competition regulators to divest the asset to settle two antitrust cases against it, an important breakthrough in Brussels' efforts to …
power transmission is an endless battle with the phenomenon of resistance, which leads to losses. The search for a superconductor, which offers no resistance to the passage of electricity, has kept many scientists busy. Superconductors we know already work at extremely low temperatures. In 1986, science found materials that work …
as part of the power sector reforms in Maharashtra, a government-owned distributor will separate feeders that service homes from those that feed agricultural pumpsets. Expected to complete over two years, the distributor claims the separation will ensure 24-hour power supply to homes in rural areas. Supply to agricultural pumpsets will …
Cash-rich Haryana has earmarked Rs 2,800 crore for power subsidy to farm sector for the year 2008-09, surpassing even Andhra Pradesh, which has earmarked Rs 2,385 crore for free power supply to the farmers in its 2008-09 Budget presented this month. From Rs 400 crore six years back, it is …
Build infrastructure' has become the favourite slogan of India Inc and is seen as the most important action for development. The discussion usually focuses on the massive investment required and the difficulties of providing it, but rarely on the way infrastructure planning is done. Official plans propose increasing the power …
Chhattisgarh, which became a separate state in November 2001, has the richest reserves of minerals in India. It is for the same reason that it is attracting a lot of investors, says the state's Chief Minister Raman Singh. In conversation with Yeshi Seli, the chief minister points out that steel …
In contemporary parlance, SEBs remain deeply subprime. Several initiatives in the power sector are supposedly on the anvil. First, a Rs 100,000 crore National Electricity Fund (NEF) has been reportedly proposed by a committee. Ostensibly the objective is to provide loans to those state electricity boards and, presumably, their successor …
