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 …
Wind generation provides support to TN power grid. Over the last few days, wind power has contributed to 9-10 per cent of the daily consumption of about 185-200 million units of electricity. R. Balaji Chennai, April 23 Wind speeds have picked up over the last few days enabling wind generation …
The city continued to witness power cuts in different areas following the private power distribution companies resorting to load-shedding on rotation basis. Delhi saw a peak load of 3434 MW in the last 24 hours, while the discoms resorted to load-shedding to the tune of 125 MW. Delhi Transco officials …
Years of research to find cures to chronic diseases have gone waste because of frequent and long power cuts in 24/7 laboratories that need to maintain sub-zero temperatures to preserve samples.
KOLKATA : The state government has sought a detailed report from the CESC regarding the unprecedented power cuts in the city yesterday. The chief secretary, Mr Asok M Chakrabarti, today said at Writers
Shishir Prashant / New Delhi/ Dehra Dun April 20, 2009, 0:58 IST States refuse return power due to general elections. Uttarakhand is facing acute electricity crisis with the state-run power corporation finding it tough to buy it from other states even at higher rates. Uttarakhand
China and India are almost equals in coal reserves, but China digs out five times more coal for power than India, and so in 2007 it could add 100,000 MW of capacity
TE Narasimhan / Chennai April 19, 2009, 0:52 IST Severe power shortage has hit industrial production in Tamil Nadu. Companies said production could be down as much as 30 per cent. Sectors like textile, leather and salt appear to be among the worst hit. Industry associations Industry associations put the …
A power crisis stares Bengal in the face as state-run plants have been forced to bring down generation because of dwindling supply of coal. The situation was further compounded today as a 250MW unit at Santaldih developed a snag. The combined shortfall in Calcutta and the districts shot up to …
How do you choose between a wilderness and a power station? The tough choices associated with large-scale renewable energy projects are dividing the green movement.
Ranchi, April 16: The prevailing power crisis and the endless hours of blackouts will continue even after polls are finally over on April 23 in Jharkhand.
Seven states yet to unbundle their state electricity boards Sudheer Pal Singh / New Delhi April 17, 2009, 0:55 IST The government could complete its six-year-old initiative to unbundle state electricity boards (SEBs) into separate entities for power generation, transmission, distribution and trading business by June 30 this year. The …
JAIPUR: Rajasthan faced a shortage of 1-crore units of electricity on Tuesday amid the demand for power rising with the onset of summer and the decline in the Northern Grid
The state electricity board today disconnected power connection of two industrial units, Rama Steel at Jharmajri and Affi Pharmaceuticals at Thana, in the Baddi-Barotiwala-Nalagarh industrial area after these were found erring on pollution-control norms. The steel unit was reportedly given an opportunity to rectify the lapses as, during a surprise …
CENTRAL TRANSMISSION utility PowerGrid Corp on Tuesday said it will borrow $2 billion (about Rs 10,000 crore) from the World Bank and Asian Development Bank to part finance Rs 55,000 crore investment plans till 2012. PowerGrid would get the global apex monetary body
MOVING in to make states comply with an existing rule to have a certain portion of their power grid reserved for green energy, the government is planning to set up a renewable power exchange that would issue certificates to surplus states which can be sold to deficit states looking to …
A demand-supply mismatch has plunged the city and its neighbouring districts into prolonged periods of power-cuts that officials fear will continue for the next few days. To add to the residents
MUMBAI: Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) Anil Kakodkar said an inadequate uranium supply had made the task of maintaining the pace of the nuclear power generation programme a very challenging task. "There has been a mismatch. Initially, we had plenty of uranium but no processing facilities. But today …
JAIPUR: Over a dozen prestigious power companies have evinced a keen interest in marking their presence in the power transmission in Rajasthan after the domain was opened to the private sector. The Rajasthan Vidyut Prasaran Nigam had recently invited tenders for private participation in the transmission sector. The representatives of …
