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 …
Shifting generation mix, increasing focus on sustainability and advancement in technological interventions driving operational efficiency in the power sector will require significant coordination between policymakers, investors and consumers to drive successful transformation of the sector, PWC said in a paper released. Indian power sector: Key imperatives for transformation, suggests interventions …
The Ministry issued Wind-Solar Hybrid Policy on 14.05.2018 (along with its amendment on 11.10.2018) with the objective to provide a framework for promotion of large grid connected wind-solar PV hybrid system for optimal and efficient utilization of transmission infrastructure and land, reducing the variability in renewable power generation and achieving …
This paper develops a qualitative assessment framework that allows policy makers to understand the complexity of power sector transformation and to analyse their country’s position in the transformation process, including key challenges impacting the integration of vRES and examples for technically feasible solutions.
To implement 5 million smart meter projects French power multinational EDF (Électricité de France) is upbeat on India across several areas including renewables, nuclear power, transmission and distribution systems, and smart grids. The company, which had bagged a mega project to deploy five million smart meters in Bihar and Andhra …
With green energy rising, thermal producers may have to adjust operations The Centre has advised thermal power producers to prepare for a scenario in which there will be a larger scale grid integration of renewable energy. Simply put, the total power demand will be met by a higher share of …
The new tender seeks to set up 6 GW of solar plants, against 2 GW of manufacturing units. After repeatedly postponing the last date for receiving bids for the manufacturing-linked solar scheme, the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has tweaked its bidding requirements. The new tender seeks to set …
Electricity outages are common in low/middle-income countries and have been shown to adversely affect the operation of health facilities; however, little is known about the effect of outages on the utilisation of health services. Original Source
Despite marked strides in green energy propped up by policy initiatives, more reforms in the pipeline should be sped up, US-based think-tank IEEFA noted in the study Renewable energy needs a reforms push from the newly elected government to achieve the envisaged target of 275 Gw by 202, a study …
Agra: If power situation has seen a marked improvement in the past two years, it is because of relentless effort of the state government to fulfill its promise to provide 22-hour supply to rural areas and 24-hour supply to urban centres. Its effort to strengthen the power supply infrastructure in …
The power transmission system to evacuate electricity from 25,000 MW of solar and wind plants in western India will cost Rs 12,682 crore and will have annual tariff impact of Rs 2,156 crore in the first five years. The infrastructure would be built for 8.9 giga-watt (GW) solar generation capacity …
Thailand, aiming to assess the flexibility of its electricity mix in line with national expansion plans, has engaged with the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) to carry out an initial FlexTool study. Along with the current investment plan, the Thai authorities wished to consider more ambitious levels of renewables in …
Once electricity connections are given, to improve quality of life and promote economic activities, it is essential to ensure sufficient and affordable electricity supply, delivered with good quality, and supported by good service. Improving quality of service requires capital investment, but more than that, significant progress is possible through improved …
This development comes at a time when the thermal power sector is saddled with 40,000 MW of stressed assets Stranded power-generating projects will now have to bear the cost of abandoning the allied transmission system. In its latest order, the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) directed power-generating companies (gencos) to …
L&T;, which builds solar power plants for energy companies, among other things, is working on enhancing services with its own robotised module cleaning system and containerised storage solutions. As part of ‘L&T; Construction’, a division of Larsen & Toubro Ltd, the company is an active player in the ‘solar EPC’ …
In February 2019, Bridge to India published its report for the fourth quarter of 2018. The country’s total solar power generation capacity stood at 28.06 GW (see chart alongside). This included 3.86 GW for rooftop solar (https://bridgetoindia.com/report/india-solar-compass-q4-2018-february-2019/) . True the pipeline included another 17.66 GW that was under implementation as …
States have been providing misleading data to save on transmission charges of electricity, a report published by the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) pointed out. A CERC task force formed to review the methodology of computing charges for using inter-state transmission systems (ISTS) pointed out that under the existing system, …
SA’s drive to boost the renewable energy sector has received a boost following the signing of a $300m loan agreement between the New Development Bank (NDB) and Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) designed to support the sector. The NDB and Eskom also formally signed the loan agreement for the …
Rwanda will construct 18 new electricity substations with the aim of reinforcing the country's energy sector to ensure sufficient and reliable energy access, Rwandan Minister of Infrastructure Claver Gatete said Thursday. "We aim to increase the number of power stations in the country from 27 substations and to 45 by …
Kunal Chandra, managing director of Proinso India, the Indian arm of the UK-based solar solutions provider, said going ahead, some of the important events that will drive demand in the solar market would be a procurement drive in Europe, new solar policies in Latin American countries and new markets in …
India has awarded tenders for 12 GW of transmission lines since December, while bids for a further 16 GW will be launched by the end of June. India will launch $5 billion of transmission-line tenders in phases, beginning in June, to route a targeted 175 gigawatts (GW) of power from …
