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 Haryana government will construct 187 new sub-stations of various levels and augment capacity of 163 existing sub-stations over the next three years at a cost of Rs 3,093 crore to match the capacity of the transmission system to the increasing availability of power in the state. Speaking after laying …
The country’s grid managers have been forced to look at rewriting rules in the country’s power transmission business, following a formal move by the State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC) to set up base in India. The government-owned Chinese firm — the world’s largest electrical utility and ranked seventh in …
Shocked at the rising cases of electrocution of elephants in Odisha, the Energy Department has warned that negligence in ensuring safety measures for the jumbos could lead to criminal cases against the top brass of the distribution companies. The Department had earlier asked the distcoms to prepare estimates for the …
Lucknow The recent massive debt recast for power discoms seems to have come as an eyeopener for state governments which long resisted timely tariff hikes in a sector where costs have soared. In an unprecedented move, the Uttar Pradesh government has slammed its electricity regulator for deferring tariff hikes. Citing …
Diesel consumption continues to gallop in the country. In August, the increase was over 10 cent on the back of a worsening power situation. Though “the [diesel] growth moderated a little in August compared to the previous month, but [it] still was high at 10.4 per cent,” says Petroleum Planning …
AGARTALA, Oct 2 – Puja revellers here can hope to enjoy load-shedding free Durga puja this year even though the first unit of Palatana power project does not get operational before the biggest Hindu carnival. To ensure uninterrupted power supply during puja days, Tripura State Electricity Corporation (TSECL) is arranging …
Kerala is endowed with vast small hydro power potential to the tune of about 700 MW. Government of Kerala has issued several guidelines from time to time for the development of small hydro power project since 1992. The measures have encouraged private investment to harness green energy from natural resources. …
A smart grid is an electrical grid that uses information and communications technology to gather and act on information providing intelligence to any electrical grid. It consists of a system of very precise measurements of power system voltages and currents.
Experts Say It’s Eyewash, Want Rates Slashed New Delhi: After three months and anguished howls of protest from consumers, the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) is set to revert to the original slabs for calculating power tariffs. The regulator on Wednesday said that it would hold a public hearing on …
The policy shall be known as the “Andhra Pradesh Solar Power Policy – 2012 ”. Main objectives of the Solar power policy are: To encourage, develop and promote solar power generation in the State with a view to meet the growing demand for power in an environmentally and economically sustainable …
State to receive 5 to 10% extra energy in winters through this arrangement. SRINAGAR, Sept 22: With the power crisis mounting with every passing year in Jammu and Kashmir, the state government has adopted a mechanism of “power barter system” to meet the soaring power deficiency in winters. The initiative …
Mandatory pvt participation, annual tariff hikes, conforming to FRBM limits seen difficult The Union government may be planning to kick-start the next tranche of reform measures by announcing a financial restructuring scheme for power distributors this week, but all states are not enthused. Madhya Pradesh has already successfully restructured the …
New Delhi It’s a throwback to history for the power distribution sector where reforms are a non-starter. The Cabinet will take up a R1.9-lakh-crore debt recast plan for the ailing state-owned discoms on Tuesday in what could be the second such bailout for these entities in just over a decade. …
The Madras High Court dismissed two writ petitions from the Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (TANGEDCO) seeking to quash the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission’s (CERC) amendments seeking to ensure grid discipline. In its writ petitions, TANGEDCO submitted that by the impugned amendments dated March 5, the CERC had narrowed …
Udupi Power Corporation Limited (UPCL), a subsidiary of Lanco Infratech Ltd, has commenced commercial operation of its second unit of 600 Mw in Udupi district of Karnataka. The company had synchronised the second unit a month ago with the grid and was waiting for the completion of 400 Kv transmission …
Capacity of 6,279 MW will be added to State grid by 2014 when new projects will be commissioned: CM The government has asserted that the situation in the power sector would definitely improve by 2014 as various ongoing generation and transmission/distribution projects would be completed by then. Making a statement …
The NSW pricing regulator IPART has called on Canberra to abandon its renewable energy target now that a price has been put on carbon. It has also thrown its weight behind the need to reduce electricity reliability standards to stem spiralling power prices. The Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal also …
NEW DELHI, 14 SEPT: The government today said the southern power transmission grid will be connected with the national grid by the first week of January 2014. “Once the entire southern grid is connected, we will have one frequency across India,” said Power Minister M Verappa Moily He was addressing …
Supply issues comprise one part of the energy conundrum, as we discussed last fortnight. The cost of energy and our ability to pay for it is the other. The matter gets vexed because the rise in price of raw material of all energy sources is accompanied by huge inefficiency in …
New Delhi The power ministry has framed new bidding guidelines to prevent private firms with cheap captive coal mines selling power at steep rates in the open market and reaping windfall profits. Speaking at the Idea Exchange programme of the Express group, power minister Veerappa Moily said the guidelines would …
