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 …
Efficient distribution, consumption in works Amitabh Bacchan has a facility installed at his home that lets him monitor power consumption on Google. If you think it is a special gadget installed for the celebrity you are mistaken. Welcome to the world of smart grid, which is gradually moving into our …
Distribution franchisees may be allowed to directly buy and sell power over next few yrs Unable to find solutions to the recurrent bankruptcy of state electricity boards, or SEBs, which is holding up the power sector, the government is working on marginalizing their role. Power distribution franchisees are likely to …
Hooking up the UK’s electricity system to neighbouring countries through a European “supergrid” could bring a host of economic and environmental benefits, but there are “tremendous uncertainties” about the overall value because of the very high costs involved, MPs have reported. The idea of a supergrid, long espoused by renewable …
BHEL will seek to increase capacity by 20,000 MW in 2011-12 in spite of slower growth in foreign markets. Chairman B Prasada Rao said today that the power equipment maker, which added 9,442 MW in the twelve months to March 31, would aim for stronger expansion at a time the …
The festivities like Dussehra, Durga Puja and Divali will serve another purpose this year apart from celebrations as they will be used by the Resident Welfare Organizations (RWAs) to stage protests against the power tariff hike. The main features of the festivals will include showcasing Durga killing the demons of …
Bhopal : A new facility has been introduced to facilitate consumers whose rural industrial category connections of ten kilowatt load have been disconnected permanently or temporarily due to non-payment of dues. According to Central Region Power Distribution Company, it has put in place a new facility to reconnect ten kilowatt …
Negotiations with Pvt, Public Sector Insurance companies today JAMMU, Sept 18: As the defects liability period of the contractor is ending in December this year, the 450 Mega Watts (MW) Baglihar Hydroelectric Project on river Chenab in Ramban district is being fully insured very shortly with Jammu and Kashmir State …
Amid rising concerns about the poor financial health of power distribution companies, electricity tariffs are likely to go up in many states in coming months, says a report. Power distribution companies (discoms) are estimated to have incurred a whopping loss of . 70,000 crore last fiscal on account of the …
Fuelled by the Delhi government’s move to allow a CAG audit of power discoms, protests by the city’s Residents’ Welfare Associations (RWAs) against the hike in power tariff have been growing. On Sunday, the Delhi RWA Forum organised two meetings, in Jama Masjid area and Paschim Vihar. A day earlier, …
Ranchi, Sept. 15: The state’s power regulator has issued a showcause notice to Jharkhand Electricity Board for not complying with its directives on timely responses to consumer grievances and threatened to slap prescribed fines amounting to Rs 1 lakh or more. Jharkhand State Electricity Regulatory Commission (JSERC) has given JSEB …
South Asian nations agreed on Thursday to work to promote closer energy links for electricity grids and power generation, a senior energy official said. Energy ministers from the South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation (SAARC) - bringing together Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka - finished …
Bhopal : Power demand is at its lowest presently. Consumers in entire state are being supplied power 24-hours. Due to rainy season, all the reservoirs of hydel power plants have reached their highest levels. Old thermal power plants of the state as well as five power plants of the Central …
LUCKNOW: Will the two major schemes - 10% rebate on house tax and one time settlement scheme (OTS) on power dues -- be extended? Though the Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) and UP Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL) maintain a strict 'no', buzz is that the two schemes might be extended at …
Turkey has signed a political agreement with Egypt to build a backbone cable connecting the two countries' electricity grids across the Mediterranean, making it the latest nation to agree to build a future electricity market similar to the European Union's, Turkey's Energy Minister Taner Yildiz said. Inteviewed while on a …
Around 60 Resident Welfare Associations (RWAs) across south Delhi and east Delhi have decided to force Delhi Electricity Regularity Commission (DERC) and Delhi government to roll back the recent 22 per cent hike in power tariff. They are not going to pay the increased charges in the coming billing cycle. …
After more than a decade of delays, the Koodunkulam Atomic Power Project will attain criticality in the next quarter. Speaking to The Hindu here on Tuesday, Power Secretary P. Uma Shankar said 1000 MWe would be added in the next quarter and another 1000 MWe in the last quarter of …
Petition filed before state power regulatory commission The Punjab Government’s decision to allow extension units at the Talwandi Sabo and Rajpura thermal plants has been challenged. A petition has been filed before the Punjab State Electricity Regulatory Commission (PSERC), saying the move is against the interests of the state. The …
The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) and NTPC on Tuesday signed a joint venture and shareholder agreement here to set up a 500-MW (2 x 250 MW) coal-based power plant at Sampur in East Sri Lanka at an investment of $700 million. This will be NTPC's first overseas venture. The agreement …
CAG report blasts Delhi govt for not keeping pace with rising power demand in city. Closure of IP plant and delay in launch of Bawana power plant has triggered a severe power shortage in capital The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has slammed the Delhi government for poor power generation …
Absence of timely decisions and slow execution put the 1,500MW Pragati phase III power project in Bawana at least eight months behind the schedule, the CAG report has found. Although the mega project was widely publicized to improve Delhi’s power generation by the Commonwealth Games in October 2010, the first …
