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 UK Government has launched a new project to cope with unprecedented fluctuations in energy consumption, generation and distribution caused by a greening of the nation's energy infrastructure. The £9.5m project, overseen by Innovate UK, will look to increase the UK’s energy network capacity to tackle both residential and commercial …
Delhi Power Minister Satyendar Jain claimed on Friday that there would be no shortage of power supply in the city this summer as power distribution companies have arranged for more power than the expected peak demand this season. Speaking at a function after inaugurating an underground transmission line of Delhi …
Giving a boost to the use of renewable energy in the national capital, discoms operating in South and Southwest Delhi have energised six net metering projects, totaling 86 KW of solar power. The move comes after the state power regulator had introduced net metering-based rooftop solar projects that facilitates the …
The Load Generation Balance Report (LGBR) is brought out annually by Central Electricity Authority towards fulfillment of its obligations under section 73(a) of the Electricity Act, 2003. The annual Load Generation Balance Report (LGBR) for the year 2015-16 is the thirty-fourth publication in the series brought out by CEA. The …
chief minister Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday asked officials of energy department to send Central government a proposal for setting up an ultra-mega thermal power project (UMTPP) in the state. Yadav was presiding over a review meeting of the energy department. The decision comes days after Centre announced setting up of …
The Government of Jharkhand has recently notified draft for new solar policy. The new policy will be known as the Jharkhand State Solar Power Policy 2015. The new Policy will be in operation for five (5) years from the date of issuance and will remain operational till modified or superseded …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of K.G. Mohanaraman Vs The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board dated 22/04/2015 regarding laying of Super High Tension Transmission (HTTL) from Pugalur to Ottiampakam village in Sholinganallur Taluk, Kanchipuram District, Tamil Nadu passing through the villages of Vembedu …
On January 9, 2014, President Obama issued a Presidential Memorandum directing the administration to conduct a Quadrennial Energy Review (QER). As described in the President’s Climate Action Plan,this first-ever review focuses on energy infrastructure and identifies the threats, risks, and opportunities for U.S. energy and climate security, enabling the federal …
The concept of Renewable Power Obligation (RPO), or the legally-mandated obligation on states to include green power in their overall energy mix is floundering, with as many as 16 states reporting a compliance level of less than 70 per cent. According to a study conducted by Indian Energy Exchange(IEX), of …
Developers of new coal-based power plants will have to set up renewable power units amounting to 10% of the total capacity, as the government integrated its commitment to reduce the emission intensity of the gross domestic product in a new tariff policy announced earlier this week. While the new thermal …
Around 280 million people in the country do not have basic electricity connection, said the Union Minister for Power, Coal and New and Renewable Energy Piyush Goyal on Sunday. “Around 280 million people in India to this day do not have electricity connection at their homes. Till date, they are …
National Grid has finished construction of its new 'greener' electricity pylons at a trial site in Nottinghamshire. The new 'T-pylons' will replace the old lattice structures, which have been transferring electricity round the UK for 90 years. The National Grid said the new design will help it respond to the …
The $600 million Rural Electricity Transmission and Distribution project aims at ensuring reliable electricity supply to rural area, with increasing power generation capacity, reducing system loss and improving and expanding distribution network. The project, approved by the World Bank (WB) Board in February 2014, will also support substations as well …
Japan has taken the first step in its power industry shake-up with by establishing a nationwide grid management body on Wednesday, following the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that exposed the vulnerability of the nation’s power system and pushed up electricity prices. The entity, called the Organization for Cross-regional Coordination of …
Power Sector in India has grown significantly since independence both in the installed electricity generating capacity and transmission & distribution (T&D;) system. The total power generating capacity of (utilities & non utilities) has increased from meagre 1362 MW in 1947 to 267 GW at the end of March, 2015.The per …
The new gas policy framework caps the subsidy from Power System Development Fund at Rs 3,500 crore in the first year and Rs 4,000 crore in the second year to make costlier imported fuel affordable for stranded gas-fired power plants with a combined capacity of over 4,000 mw. The policy …
While the government wants to generate 100,000 Mw of solar power by 2022, it is yet to seriously implement steps to meet production and transmission targets The ministry of new and renewable energy set a target of adding 1,100 Mw of solar power capacity in 2014-15. The ministry's website puts …
DHAKA : The government has augmented generation of power, expanded transmission lines, distribution lines and improved capacity of other sectors aimed at reaching the economic growth to become a middle income country by 2021, reports BSS. “Currently, country’s 70 per cent people have access to electricity and this has been …
Kumar pointed out that when he took charge as chief minister in 2005, there were just 45 grid sub-stations in Bihar, while there was no network to provide electricity Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today laid foundation stones and launched work of power projects worth Rs 3,241 crore on the occasion …
Himachal Pradesh will try to light up three non-electrified villages located in the deep forests of the Great Himalayan National Park Conservation Area, India's richest biodiversity spot in the western Himalayas, through solar energy, Power Minister Sujan Singh Pathania said here on Thursday. "We are planning to install a solar …
