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 …
The present study analyses the impact of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) on electricity prices, in particular on wholesale power markets across the EU. To study this impact, it uses a variety of methodological approaches, including theoretical, empirical, model, literature and policy analyses. The study shows that a significant …
The Association of Engineers, Assam State Electricity Board (AoE, ASEB) has vehemently opposed the decision of the State Government for handing over the urban distribution circles to the private sector under a franchisee programme. It has described the decision as the product of a
The state electricity board has proposed public-private partnership for the three new thermal power projects, with a total generating capacity of 5000 MW.
CHANDIGARH: The Haryana Government will strengthen the electricity transmission and distribution system in Karnal district under which various developmental activities would be completed with a massive investment of over Rs.100 crore within the next 18 months, Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda announced on Friday. Speaking after laying the foundation stone …
Punjab was forced to undergo long power cuts for upto six hours after two units of the Ropar Thermal plant tripped today, leading to acute shortage of power. The state lost as much as 420 MW power on Friday due to the tripping of the two thermal power generation units …
The public outcry about anticipated accidents and health hazards due to Higher Voltage Overhead Electricity Transmission Lines coming out from a 6.5 mega watt capacity mini hydroelectricity project that crosses through six-far-flung densely populated villages of Branwar belt of Budgam district has no takers in the governor's administration. It is …
If the state power utility accepts the proposal submitted by consumer associations to tide over the power crisis, Thane, Navi Mumbai and Pune areas will get uninterrupted electricity on three working days. Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) had tied up with consumer organisations and the Tata Power Trading …
The state BJP government, during its five- year tenure, has not taken any initiative to increase power generation, alleged the state Congress party here on Wednesday. During these years the government did not conduct survey for power generation projects and nor have taken any approval for any new power project, …
The city and its suburbs were powerless and sweaty for several hours on Monday as a coal crisis struck the Bakreswar plant and the maximum temperature remained a couple of degrees above normal. The West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company said Tuesday could be worse if coal supply did not …
What do a small Italian village, a community of millionaires in Oregon and a town in Austria have in common? Nearly all of their electricity needs are supplied by renewable energy. They are by no means the only ones. A growing number of communities are working towards using only electricity …
One of the key problems with renewables is their intermittent availability. You can only generate energy from the wind when it is blowing, or from the sun when it's shining. Critics argue this is why we will never be able to rely on renewables for the majority of our electricity …
This paper presents a new approach for transmission line protection using a time-frequency transform technique. The transform known as S-Transform (ST) is used for fault detection from the current and voltage signal at the relaying point. ST is an extension of wavelet transform and possesses superior property over the latter …
This paper describes a practical study for obtaining UPS (Uninterrupted Power Supply) to the limited load centers of western Orissa. With the available distribution network scheme, system equipment and co-ordination among them by the utilization of few innovative concepts, an attempt has been established to develop the scheme of un-interrupted …
Even as life is limping back to normalcy in the state capital, most parts of the town did not receive water supply for the fourth consecutive day today as there could be no pumping due to high silt levels. Although there has been some respite from rain, the residents continued …
Residents Hit By Frequent Power Disruptions If you live in south Delhi, then be ready to face regular disruptions in power supply over the coming days. On Sunday evening, many south Delhi colonies, including Greater Kailash I and II, CR Park, Kailash Colony, Kalkaji, Alaknanda, went without power supply for …
The weather gods may have played havoc for the agriculture sector, but this has led to some gains for the power sector in Haryana. For a change, the state power utilities had surplus power today and it sold the power to Tamil Nadu at Rs 8 per unit. Senior officials …
Employees of the Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam today restored the power supply to the district after the police registered a case against 18 villagers of Bilaspur, who had allegedly beaten up the SDO and caused injuries to an employee of the local substation. However, employees of the electricity department …
