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 …
‘Production has fallen to about 30 per cent of the scheduled capacity' The city's gas based power plants have scaled down production, compelled to do so in the absence of the required quantum of gas. A case in point being the power distribution company Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited's Rithala …
Wind power producers Britain and Denmark are studying options to build a power cable between them to import and export renewable energy and increase market competition, the countries' grid operators said on Monday. Britain's National Grid and Denmark's Energinet.dk will publish an initial interconnector study by the end of this …
The generation plan prepared by CEA can be seen as crucial in the context of overall development of the power sector because the same is intended to be used by prospective generating companies, transmission utilities and transmission/ distribution licensees as reference document. Since the omissions and commissions in the power …
Increasing population and resource use in cities is a trend all over the world and India is no exception. It is therefore important to study the cities, especially the megacities from multiple perspectives to improve planning and governance. This paper looks at the broad contours of the electricity landscape in …
With wind-power generation in the state picking up in the last 3-4 days, parts of Chennai, including Kolathur, Villivakkam and OMR, were spared load-shedding Sunday. The districts have been reeling from over 10 hours of daily power cut, while Chennai and suburbs face a two-hour load-shedding. About 2.24 million units …
New Delhi The power ministry has set up a panel to look into various proposals including introduction of appraisal system for central and state electricity regulators. The mandate of the committee is to examine and make recommendations on proposed amendments in the Electricity Act, 2003. Sources said the panel, chaired …
In yet another push for granting open access to all electricity consumers with power requirement of 1 Mw and above, the power ministry, exercising its power under section 107 of the Electricity Act, 2003, has issued directives to the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) stating that regulators have no jurisdiction …
The state government has decided to rid 12 tourist and pilgrim towns of load shedding this summer. These destinations have been favoured because they have recorded a minimal distribution loss of about 15%, but at the same time, Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited ( MAHADISCOM) has decided to impose …
New Delhi State-owned Coal India (CIL) has so far entered into fuel supply pacts with five power firms for minimum assured supply of coal as per a government directive. “So far five firms have signed fuel supply agreements with CIL, including Lanco Anpara Power and Bajaj Hindustan,” a source in …
NEW DELHI: The government has invoked special powers under the Electricity Act and directed the central and state regulators to implement a long-pending reform to allow industrial consumers to buy cheaper power from the open market. The move will help 15,000 large consumers particularly the sick textile, cement and steel …
A section of the residents' welfare associations in the city has decided to protest at the public hearing being organised by the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission this Thursday to register their grievances against the Commission. The DERC is holding a public hearing on the true-up for the financial year 2010-11, …
Jodhpur To help boost private investment inrenewable energy, multilateral lending agency ADB today announced $103 million loan to Reliance Power for setting up a 100-MW solar plant in Jaisalmer district of Rajasthan. "I would like to to inform you that ADB has just agreedto extend financing for Reliance Power's 100-MW …
While power demand has peaked with summer setting in, the state-owned power generation utility has been unable to generate electricity from a 500-megawatt (MW) unit due to coal shortages. The Maharashtra State Power Generation Company Limited (MahaGenco) has a total of 920MW of capacity under planned and forced outages. Maharashtra's …
With power demands amplifying every day, Mumbai needs to adopt energy conservation and management in order to prepare for 2030 Mumbai, being the most densely populated city of India, is in dire need of energy management and for new, more efficient sources of power. As we prepare Mumbai for 2030, …
BHUBANESWAR: Repeated requests by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to the Union Ministry of Power for additional allocation of power from the Central pool has fallen on deaf ears. Facing power crisis for more than two years now, the State Government has been demanding additional allocation of 500 MW from the …
Chennai-based Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd (NLC), a navratna public sector unit, has evinced interest in setting up a 2,000-Mw coal-fired power unit in Odisha through a joint venture (JV) with a state government owned PSU. The proposal envisages an investment of around Rs 10,000 crore. NLC would prefer to put …
LUCKNOW: Already facing shortage of coal, power plants in Uttar Pradesh are also receiving hiccups due to snags that threaten to get prolonged, thereby putting power supply in a grave jeopardy. The latest case pertains to tripping of two units of 200 Mw each at Obra power plant, which may …
In an ambitious clean technology initiative, the Centre is planning to install solar panels in individual households. The power generated will be supplied to the house and excess energy directly transmitted to the grid, according to G. Giridhar, Director, Solar Radiation Resource Assessment, a wing of the Union Ministry of …
While the setting up of nuclear power plants in the country has turned into a flashpoint with locals and environmentalists protesting against them, VP Raja, chairman of the Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC), feels the risks associated with nuclear power projects have been blown out of proportion. Raja, who has …
PDD flayed for being slow in improving performance JAMMU: All categories of the electricity consumers in the State will have to shell out more money as the State Electricity Regulatory Commission (SERC) has approved around 6.2 per cent average hike in the existing power tariff. However, this hike is far …
