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 …
76 projects commissioned, 300 are being implemented The Western Ghats, which has made it to the coveted list of World Heritage sites, is facing a serious threat from mini-hydel projects in Karnataka. According to K. Ramesh, a senior officer of Karnataka Renewable Energy Development Ltd. (KREDL), 76 mini-hydel projects have …
Procurers to encash bank guarantee, company appeals against single judge order applies for arbitration on the tariff issue In a setback to the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group-controlled Reliance Power, the Delhi High Court on Monday dismissed a writ petition against a Rs 400-crore penalty notice served by the power procurers …
The new Company Bill proposed by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs will have provisions making corporate social responsibility mandatory for corporates, Union Minister for Corporate Affairs M. Veerappa Moily told reporters here on Monday. Addressing ‘Vithagam’, a seminar conducted by the Coimbatore Branch of Southern India Regional Council of the …
The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) will soon come out with detailed guidelines to develop an ancillary market for power trading. Official sources say such a market is a development over the existing market design in the power trading market. The ancillary power market, an alternative to the existing unscheduled …
Biomass-based power project developers have been facing challenges such as increasing raw material costs, low tariffs, inadequate power evacuation infrastructure etc. While the developers have sought tariff revisions, the issues related to evacuation facilities has not been on the priority list of state governments.
This new ADB report focuses on exposure and vulnerability of the energy sector to climate change. It identifies adaptation options available to each source of energy generation as well as for the distribution and end use of electrical energy. This report aims to highlight and raise awareness on the exposure …
This report is intended as a resource for policy makers in developing countries to make informed policy decisions about the whether, when and how of FITs and to support nationally appropriate policy measures to scale up renewable energy. The report is also intended to improve the understanding of the potential …
The Ministry of Power (MoP), Government of India, under its Plan Scheme ‘National Perspective Plan (NPP) for R&D; in Indian Power Sector’ is promoting research concerning power sector issues. The research project proposals are concerning to development of New Product / Process Development leading to filed implementation.
A task force on Private Participation in Power Distribution was set up under the chairmanship of Member (Power) Planning Commission. The task force was set up to explore the scope and nature of private power distribution with the objective of harnessing private sector investment and the associated efficiencies. The Task …
This new report by Power Grid Corporation of India, covers various studies on transmission infrastructure requirement and other related services for integration of large scale envisaged renewable capacity in 12th Plan. India has huge potential of Renewable Energy (RE) resources such as wind, solar, hydro etc. Most of the renewable …
Fossil fuel-based captive power plants (CPPs) with power demand of 1 MVA (mega volt-ampere) and above are now entitled to open access in Maharashtra. For this, Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company (MahaVitaran) has laid down stringent conditions, including installation of special energy metre, joint metre reading, payment of additional demand …
The R-Infra-controlled discoms, which meet about 70% of Delhi?s power needs, expect 35% jump in turnover Tuesday’s increase in Delhi’s retail power rates would allow BSES, the Reliance Infrastructure-owned electricity distributor here, to garner an additional Rs 2,500 crore as turnover this financial year (2012-13). Also, the company said, Delhi …
Two years ago, Orissa was a power-surplus state with Energy department officials boasting that they could in fact sell power to other states. Not any longer. A pioneer in power sector reforms, Orissa was the first state to privatise its power distribution network. But thanks to zero investment by private …
The Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission on Tuesday announced a 26 per cent increase in power tariff for all domestic consumers. The revised tariff will be applicable starting July 1. The raise in tariff is 24.15 per cent for domestic consumers but another 8 per cent surcharge was added to this, …
Tata Power has urged the Central Government to formulate a policy that allows a private company like it to undertake large capacity hydro electric projects in Bhutan and sell power generated in that country to India. Tata Power has recently had discussions with Bhutan Government officials for development of larger …
Concrete efforts are being made to increase installed power generation capacity in view of rising demand for power in the State. For this, the State Government has chalked out an integrated scheme. Implementation of the scheme has been started. There is a programme to increase power generation capacity by about …
Long cuts, frequent breakdowns and technical snags expose PSPCL’s ill-preparedness for summer season Patiala: With the demand for power shooting up drastically, the state is reeling under severe power crisis. The soaring mercury, heat wave and unscheduled power cuts in almost all parts of Punjab has left the people high …
Bhopal: Minister of State for Energy and Mineral Resources (independent charge) Shri Rajendra Shukla has said that the State Government has been making all-out efforts for improving power sector in the state. He said that Rs. 10 thousand crore are being spent on power distribution in Madhya Pradesh. Consumers of …
Patiala: Union Power Secretary P. Uma Shankar today convened a high-level meeting with officials of power corporations of northern states in Chandigarh to review progress of the Restructured Accelerated Power Development and Reforms Programme (R-APDRP). Secretary Power (Punjab) Anirudh Tiwari said P. Uma Shankar was happy to note that Punjab …
Even as the State and country are reeling under acute power shortage, the 3,000 MW NTPC-Kaniha power plant has regulated its power generation due to less supply of coal. The power plant, according to an official, is in a critical condition with coal stock that would last for just a …
