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 …
New Delhi: Tata-backed north Delhi discom NDPL and the US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) on Thursday announced the signing of a pact wherein USTDA will extend a financial grant of US $ 686,447 to NDPL towards implementation of the smart grid technology in its distribution network of North & …
The government is likely to launch over a dozen pilot projects on the use of smart grid technology, in order to give a boost to the lagging power sector. This is one of the key recommendations of an inter-ministerial group focused on smart grid technologies. The group
Stringent action sought against workers Cutting of a tree by workers employed by the Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (TANGEDCO) instead of pruning the branches that touched the overhead electric line on Tea Estate Road in Race Course led to protest by members of non-governmental organisations. It is learnt …
Central Zone Power Distribution Company has released power transformer service book-let for the field. The book-let contains information about transformers as to when special power transformers were installed and when were they taken to store for repairing? Record of repairing of broken-down transformers will be recorded in this book-let. This …
Minister of State for Energy (Independent charge) Rajendra Shukla raised a forceful demand in the Energy Ministers' Conference here today that the criteria added by the Union Government under the 12th five-year Plan that 'actual drawl of coal will be subjected to 85 percent of power being tied up through …
Peculiarities of the electricity system in New York State, including its unusual independent status, would make it difficult and expensive to replace electricity from the Indian Point nuclear power plant if Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo succeeds in shutting it down, experts on the grid warn. The Indian Point nuclear power …
Nine months after the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Co Ltd (MSEDCL) first conducted a survey for electrification of seven villages around the Lavasa Lake City, the state government has finally sanctioned Rs3.88 crore to electrify the villages. An additional four villages have also been included in the electrification list. This …
JAISALMER: It's hard to miss the hundreds of wind mills just as one enters the Jaisalmer district. Winds mills not only make a beautiful view but have also brought a change to the district. Now, the wind mills stand tall as witnesses to the desert district fast developing into a …
Disruption in power supply and lack of awareness among the farmers have made the existing cold storage facilities of the State ineffective, despite there being a growing demand from the farming community and the intelligentsia for more such facilities. The State has so far two cold storage facilities. One cold …
With a view to reducing the technical and commercial loss in power supply to 15 percent, an R-APDRP scheme of Rs. 2216 crore 10 lakh is being implemented in 83 cities having over 30 thousand population in the state. The Power Distribution companies are establishing an IT based metering system …
Gangtok: The Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) has approved projects to the tune of Rs 78.50 crore in the spheres of education, power and water resources in Sikkim. The costs of the projects will be met from the Non Lapsable Central Pool of Resources (NLCPR) fund administered …
Union Minister of State for Power K C Venugopal has urged Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa to clear the roadblock in Kodagu, which has stagnated works on the 440-KV power transmission line between Kozhikode in Kerala to Mysore. Addressing reporters after his meeting with Yeddyurappa in the City on Thursday, …
Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank has directed the Uttarakhand Power Corporation Limited (UPCL) to make arrangements for uninterrupted power supply to consumers in the State.
Agartala: The World Bank would provide a soft loan of Rs 1,100 crore to the Tripura government for improvement of the transmission and distribution of power in the State, official sources said here today. A five-member team of the World Bank headed by senior Energy specialist, Rohit Mittal today met …
The World Bank would provide a soft loan of Rs 1,100 crore to the Tripura Government for improvement of the transmission and distribution of power in the State, official sources said here today. A five-member team of the World Bank headed by senior Energy specialist, Rohit Mittal today met the …
The Central Government is planning to set up five new power transmission lines with private sector participation at an estimated cost of Rs.6,485 crore (worth over $1.40 billion). These planned transmission lines would help power evacuation from the proposed coastal generation projects in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh. The total …
