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 …
CHANDIGARH: Haryana is one of the first States in the country to get approved power distribution reforms projects for 36 towns which are covered under Part I of the Restructured-Accelerated Power Development and Reforms Programme (R-APDRP) of the Union Government, Financial Commissioner and Principal Secretary Power Ashok Lavasa said here …
REC selects DHBVN for training Sunit Dhawan Tribune News Service Gurgaon, February 23 The Union Ministry for Power has decided to hand over power-related operations at the village level to franchisees selected and trained for the purpose. The Rural Electrification Corporation (REC) of India has selected the Dakshin Haryana Bijli …
Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Limited (KPTCL) will soon place a new policy for the producers of non-conventional energy before the State Cabinet.
New Delhi: North Delhi Power Ltd (NDPL) was conferred with a bronze award in the prestigious National Awards for meritorious performance in power distribution by President Pratibha Patil on Wednesday. The awards have been instituted by the ministry of power. NDPL was presented the award during the ceremony at Vigyan …
Jalandhar: 83 bus stops already set up in Jalandhar, 23 more on cards. Ludhiana too to have similar stops. Each stop to consume average 3,000 units monthly; electricity used by these stops could power a large village for a month In power-starved Punjab, where citizens and industry face 10 to …
Making hay: Taxi drivers in Rawalpindi are charging exorbitant fares from commuters. The shortage of natural gas is good business opportunity for them. The Sui Northern Gas Pipeline Ltd, Pakistan
Government schemes induced growth The Bureau of Energy Efficiency, state electricity boards and electricity supply companies are responsible for popularizing cfls in India.
Chandigarh: The Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (DHBVN) has got the approval for two power development and reform projects at Hisar and Ellenabad, under the Restructured Accelerated Power Development and Reforms Programme (R-APDRP) of the Central government. Anurag Aggarwal, Managing Director, DHBVN said the steering committee for R-APDRP constituted by …
Interview with Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa. "The idea of the 'hobli' level' 'Janaspandana' meetings... was to take government programmes and facilities directly to the rural masses." FOR the B.S. Yeddyurappa-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Karnataka, the year-end holiday season brought some good news. With the BJP winning …
JAIPUR: Rajasthan will start getting an additional 60 lakh units of electricity every day after synchronisation of the sixth unit of the Suratgarh thermal power project which was lit up this past Sunday. The State Vidyut Utpadan Nigam has set the target of starting the 250 MW unit by March …
BHUBANESWAR: The Orissa Electricity Regulatory Commission (OERC) today restricted Gridco, the bulk supplier of power to the distribution companies (distcoms) in the State, from resorting to load shedding and meet the increasing load of the distcoms from sourcing power from captive power plants. The commission
Former Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed has expressed concern over the arbitrary exploitation of water resources of the state that has landed it in a financial mess and caused severe power shortage. Mufti Sayeed said it was an irony that despite being in possession of the richest water resources in …
BHUBANESWAR: Calling for more research and development (R&D;) funding for power sector, especially in transmission, Executive Director of Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (PGCIL) RN Nayak today said Indian industries must come forward so that future planning for power transmission can use all the high-end technologies and nation can …
Mumbai: The state government has claimed to have increased power generation by 860 MW in the past one month. With this, they also claimed that load shedding in the rural and urban areas would be reduced by about an hour daily. However, activists have rubbished the claim and alleged that …
For a city that boasts of a 24-hour power supply, of course only on papers, Lucknow sure has a long way to go. Frequent power cuts, faults that remain unattended for several hours at a stretch and transformers burning at the drop of a hat. One just hopes the forthcoming …
