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 …
VISAKHAPATNAM: If one were to hear television noises in remote parts of Visakhapatnam district, one must not be surprised. Living in the dark has become a thing of the past in several remote areas in the district. The Andhra Pradesh Eastern Power Distribution Company Limited (APEPDCL) has made this possible …
Instead of incentivising distribution companies, the government must reward developers who create capacity When your achievement is 8-9% of your target, things are not quite all right. That is the reality of the rooftop solar business in India today. Against a target of 10,000 MW for March 31, 2018, the …
Capacity utilisation of thermal power plants remained subdued in April-December period this fiscal at 59.7 per cent even as the electricity demand grew at 5.8 per cent, rating agency Icra said. The domestic electricity demand has grown by 5.8 per cent during April-December 2017-18 period mainly led by a significant …
ReNew Power has raised Rs 2,235 crore through a non-convertible debenture (NCD) issue which will be utilised for repaying its existing loans and business expansion. The issue had two parts with the first, a credit enhanced NCD worth Rs 760 crore and the second, a multi-issuer cross-collateralised rupee bond involving …
The power ministry, in a statement in the early hours of Wednesday blamed the outage on fire at a gas pipeline system which interrupted gas supply and affected the national transmission grid. “The sudden loss of generation due to interruption in gas supply from these stations caused the national transmission …
JAIPUR: After surviving without power for ages, light finally shone on this Rajasthan village this New Year, that too powered by solar energy. Neglected by the government and administration, it finally took a group of medical students from the SMS Medical College in Jaipur to bring electricity to Rajghat village …
State regulator Tamil Nadu Electricity and Regulatory Commission (TNERC) has issued draft guidelines which make scheduling and forecasting of wind and solar energy mandatory for connecting to grid and levy of penalty for deviation. The move follows similar regulation in states like Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Rajasthan and is as …
Windhoek – The Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) region is by far energy insecure with more than 50 percent of the population without access to clean and affordable energy while electricity supply is neither adequate nor stable, SADC Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Kuda Ndhlukula has said. This …
Natural hazards can affect the electricity supply and result in power outages which can trigger accidents, bring economic activity to a halt and hinder emergency response until electricity supply is restored to critical services. This study analyzes the impact of earthquakes, space weather and floods on the power grid recovery …
The Central government is coming up with the reverse auction of 2,000 MW of wind power projects connected to the inter-state transmission system. The Central government is coming up with the reverse auction of 2,000 MW of wind power projects connected to the inter-state transmission system. The Solar Energy Corporation …
UNCTAD’s Least Developed Countries Report focuses on transformational energy access for the LDCs, where 62 per cent of people have no access to electricity, compared with 10 per cent across other developing countries. Today, the majority of people worldwide who lack access to electricity live in LDCs — a proportion …
India’s attempts at generating electricity from renewable sources have got a boost from the World Bank in the form of a $98-million loan agreement. The government signed the agreement with World Bank on Monday along with a $2-million grant agreement. Under the agreement, the Shared Infrastructure for Solar Parks Project …
This report examines the rapid electricity market transformation now taking place in India, showing how renewable energy and energy efficiency measures can help the country, soon to be the world’s most populous, avoid the mistakes China made in its dash for coalfired electric generation growth in the first years of …
HOVING into view behind a row of eucalyptus trees, the twin cooling towers of the Sahiwal power plant, a 1,320-megawatt facility in central Pakistan, are so large they seem other-worldly. Yet it is not only size that makes an impression. Labourers built the entire plant in a record 22 months, …
PowerGrid Corporation of India is planning to bid for transmission packages in Brazil on engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) basis by December-end, as the company looks for opportunities abroad on account of poor thermal power generation activity within the country in the last couple of years. PowerGrid Corporation of India …
The electricity sector in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is in the grip of an apparent paradox. Although the region continues to hold the world’s largest oil and gas reserves and has been able to maintain electricity access rates of close to hundred percent in most of its …
NASHIK: In a first, chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday launched a pilot project that seeks to provide 12-hour power supply to 600 farmers in Ralegan Siddhi through 2MW Solar Agriculture Feeder Project. The project is built in a PPP (Public Private Partnership) between State Power Generation Company Limited (MSPGCL) …
The Electricity Act, 2003 is the overarching policy of India that governs country's electricity sector India should expand provisions under its electricity policy to facilitate cross-border power trade among SAARC nations as South Asia has poor electricity access, an Asian Development Bank report said. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said …
Bijnor: At a time when the Union government has revealed its plans to electrify each household in the country by 2018, as many as 427 villages in Bijnor alone – which were to be electrified by 2015 – continue to live in darkness. The delay, officials say, has happened due …
Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Ltd vs Solar Semiconductor Power dated 25/10/2017. The issue before the Supreme Court is whether the Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission, in exercise of its inherent powers, could have extended the control period for the Solar …
