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 present coal crisis has affected the Maharashtra power generation utility. While summer sets in, the Maharashtra State Power Generation Company Limited (MahaGenco) has been hit by coal shortage, with stocks dwindling. The 1,130mw Parli Thermal Power Station has coal inventories that will last for only about two days. This …
Draft Central Electricity Authority (Technical Standards for Connectivity of the Distributed Generation Resources) Regulation 2010. For distributed generation resources already connected to the electricity system on the date of commencement of these regulations, the generating company and the licensee of the electricity system to which the generating station is connected …
PowerGrid's southern region transmission system-II has been conferred with the national award for meritorious performance in power transmission ‘system availability.' The award has been instituted by the Union Ministry of Power for the year 2010-11. Mr R.N. Nayak, CMD, PowerGrid, and Mr Bharat Bhushan, Executive Director PowerGrid-SRTS-II, received the award …
Boosted largely by a strong private sector performance, the Power Ministry announced Thursday that a record capacity addition of 54,000 MW is expected in the Eleventh Plan (2007-12). This has been possible mainly on account of a cumulative 19,459 MW of generation capacity that has been added in the final …
New Delhi: The government is examining the option of a financial bailout for power distribution companies, even as it yet again misses the planned target for ramping up generation capacity by over 8,000 MW as the 11th Five Year Plan draws to a close. The government managed to raise generation …
Chinese power equipment major Shanghai Electric Corp (SEC) plans to set up a manufacturing plant in India, which has a huge demand for its products, but the company is concerned about clarity of policies in the country, a top company executive said. SEC has joined hands with France’s Alstom to …
As per the Electricity Act, 2003, CEA is to prepare the National Electricity Plan (NEP) once in five years. The Act stipulates that CEA, while preparing the NEP, shall publish the draft of the same and invite suggestions and objections thereon from licensees, generating companies and the public. Thereafter, the …
The Maharashtra government, caught between the rising mismatch between demand and supply of power and deteriorating finances of power utilities, has introduced an amnesty scheme for payment of dues by consumers. The scheme would be applicable for the recovery of pending electricity bills for various drinking water schemes. State finance …
New Delhi All public-private partnership (PPP) projects in the power transmission sector, including intra-state transmission networks, will now qualify for government grants under the viability-gap funding (VGF) scheme, making them attractive to private sector investors. The VGF scheme, finalised by the finance ministry few years back to promote investment in …
Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFL) to be provided free to 14.62 lakh huts A proposal aimed at strengthening the power transmission network at a cost of about Rs.3,573 crore has been sent by the State government to the Union Ministry of Economic Affairs for seeking financial assistance from the Japan International …
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee is UPA's man with the political Midas touch. He needs to lend some of that magic to lift the economy out of its morass. By the Government's own estimate, the economy is expected to grow by a mere 6.9 per cent in 2011-12, a sharp decline …
It will benefit trade and industry that are reeling under power crisis Industries in Coimbatore region, which are hit by power shortage and had demanded commissioning of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project at the earliest, welcomed the announcement by the State Government on Monday that efforts will be taken for …
A power plant can be set up by developer(s)/co-developer(s) in a SEZ, as part of infrastructure facility in the processing area or non-processing area of SEZ. Such a power plant setup in the processing area will be entitled to all benefits available to developers/co-developers, including fiscal benefits under Section 26 …
Mumbai may be able to get seamless supply of power to tide over the crunch during the summers with Reliance Infrastructure Limited (RInfra) commissioning its loop-in-loop-out (LILO) link, which will enable the flow of around 200 mega watts (MW) to the city. The link, which is on the Maharashtra State …
Across the power sector, alarm bells are ringing, threatening to short-circuit the already unravelling growth story. Manufacturing has pulled down to its lowest in three years, export growth is petering out, while rising input costs and a significant fall in capacity utilisation across sectors have stymied hiring and investment outlook …
Pakistan and India are to begin technical talks for installing the joint electricity transmission system between Amritsar and Dina Nath, Lahore. A delegation from New Delhi will be visiting Islamabad and hold talks on April 1, a senior official told Pakistan Observer. The electricity transmission infrastructure is vital to import …
Iran is keen to explore the possibility of exporting electricity to energy-hungry India after the much-touted tri-nation gas pipeline project with New Delhi slid into limbo. Iran's energy minister Majid Namjou said Iran might well export electricity to India instead of gas. Namjou said that India is one of the …
Noting that the economies of developing countries are being impacted by climate change, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday demanded greater cooperation between Asian and African countries to address the challenge. “We need to tackle the short and long-term environmental challenges that our economies face,” the PM emphasised “in order …
In a significant step towards scaling up the stability of the Indian electricity grid, a decision on rolling out a Rs 239 crore proposal to deploy smart grid devices across the country’s entire power transmission network is to be taken up on Monday. In the run-up to the proposed integration, …
ZAFAR ALAM KHAN says the Madhya Pradesh Government is doing its best to frame the State’s solar energy policy by March and has invited suggestions from investors. The Madhya Pradesh Government is set to promote solar energy generation as part of its efforts to overcome the power crisis in the …
