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 …
Press Release New Delhi, 27 January. Members of Parliament from a wide spectrum of political parties submitted today an Expert Report, ‘RE-Energising India: Policy, Regulatory and Financial Initiatives to Augment Renewable Energy Deployment in India’ to the Prime Minister of India. The Report is commissioned by the Climate Parliament, a …
Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Nabam Tuki has urged the Centre for expeditious environmental and forest clearances, and land acquisition as per the Environment Ministry’s new guidelines to speed up implementation of power projects in the State. Mr. Tuki, speaking at the meeting of Chief Ministers of eight Northeastern States with …
Agartala: Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar has sought Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s intervention to strengthen power evacuation system in the Northeastern region on priority basis. Speaking at the Prime Minister convened meeting on Monday in Delhi, he said with the commissioning of Palatana power plant’s first unit, Tripura has a …
Mumbai/New Delhi : Despite a budget surplus of just Rs 27 crore in FY13 and a planned surplus of Rs 184 crore in FY14, Maharashtra on Monday announced a Rs 7,200-crore annual cut in electricity prices, triggering chances of copycat power cuts across states. Haryana also announced a power cut …
Once again, linear projects to get forest clearance without consent of village gram sabhas Environment and forest minister Veerappa Moily on Wednesday rolled back a major hurdle in the forest clearance process for projects like roads, transmission lines and pipelines that pass through villages and forest land, reintroduced in July …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Shobha Phadanvis Vs State of Maharashtra Ors. dated 13/01/2014. M/s. Adani Power Maharashtra Ltd. intends to establish its power generation plant 3 x 660 MW capacity at Tiroda, Tq. Tiroda, District : Gondia. For the purpose of evacuation of Power …
The government has allocated Rs950 million for construction of transmission network from Thar to Matiari and UCG Block-V 8-10 MW pilot project led by Dr. Samar Mubarakmand during the current fiscal year 2013-14. Official sources told APP here, a sum of Rs. 50 million was earmarked for construction of transmission …
Lieutenant-Governor Najeeb Jung on Monday warned power distribution companies that their licences may be cancelled if they didn’t abide by rules and cooperate with the CAG audit. In his address at the Delhi Assembly, Lt-Governor Jung said, “A CAG audit of the power distribution companies in the national capital from …
In exercise of powers conferred under clause (h) of sub-section (1) of Section 79 read with clause (g) of sub-section (2) of Section 178 of the Electricity Act, 2003 (36 of 2003), and all other powers enabling it in this behalf, the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission hereby makes the following …
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), on Thursday, relaxed the criteria for power generation projects to qualify as mega power projects. This will qualify 15 additional projects for the benefits under the mega power project policy. “To avail of the benefits under the (Mega Power) policy, the developer must …
Move To Benefit Those Using Up To 400 Units/Mth New Delhi: Moving at a feverish pace to fulfill the second most important of his poll promises, chief minister Arvind Kejriwal gave 80% of the capital’s electricity consumers cause to ring in the new year with much cheer. They will be …
In exercise of the powers conferred under section 181 of the Electricity Act, 2003 (36 of 2003) and all other powers enabling it in this behalf, and after previous publication, the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission hereby makes the following regulations, namely: These regulations shall be called “Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission …
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has recently provided a loan of US$60 million for improving Myanmar's power distribution network with an aims to ensure better access to electricity by some 480,000 households in four regions - Yangon, Mandalay, Sagaing and Magway. An ADB expert said that repairing and strengthening existing …
Nepal Electricity Project Director Gopal Babu Bhattarai on Thursday laid a foundation stone of the construction of 400-KV transmission line tower under Nepal-India Electricity Transmission and Trade Project. Around 830 transmission line towers will be constructed from Hetauda to Inaruwa via Dhalkebar under the project. Each tower will have the …
The United States has committed $15 million in financing towards the Central Asia-South Asia electricity transmission project (CASA-1000) that will bring electricity from Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan to Pakistan and Afghanistan. “We believe CASA-1000 can be a potentially transformative project, helping create a regional energy grid that connects Central and South …
This Report of the Standing Committee on Energy deals with the action taken by the Government on the Observations/ Recommendations contained in the Thirty-Seventh Report (Fifteenth Lok Sabha) on Development of National Grid. The Thirty-Seventh Report was presented to Hon’ble Speaker, Lok Sabha on 25th May, 2013. The Report was …
The United States has committed $15 million in financing towards the Central Asia-South Asia electricity transmission project (CASA-1000) that on completion would help bring electricity to Afghanistan and Pakistan. While announcing the funding the State Department expressed the hope that the US financial support for CASA-1000 would help leverage other …
Even as the Government of Tamil Nadu had earlier set a target of setting up 1,000-Mw solar power in 2013 and implementing three per cent solar purchase obligation (SPO), the state has missed the target for the first year due to various reasons, said S Nagalsamy, member, Tamil Nadu Electricity …
Could dent utility earnings, ease rates for consumers, say analysts; incentives sought to be linked to plant load factor The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has announced a set of proposals for new five-year rate guidelines. If implemented, experts say, these could dent the earnings of power utilities but reduce …
The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission’s (CERC) recommendations in the draft regulations for 2014-19, if accepted, may bring down tariffs marginally across the country but will hurt central power companies and spell more financial trouble for state utilities. Tariff regulations are reviewed every five years. The existing regulations will expire on …
