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 …
BANDIPORA: Minister for Agriculture and Cooperatives Abdul Aziz Zargar said that government is committed to provide all basic facilities to the people of the state. He said road connectivity, adequate drinking water facility, power, health and education are the top most priority sectors of the government. Minister was addressing a …
CERC wades into Centre's battles with MayawatiUttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati's political battles with the Congress-led upa government may escalate in the coming days, because of an unusual development. The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (cerc) has threatened to curtail power supply to UP for non-payment of dues for overdrawing from …
CONSTRUCTION of 10 lakh houses for the poor and lower middle class and a load-shedding free Maharashtra will be on the agenda of the state government for the next two years, Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh announced in Mumbai on Wednesday. He said that whatever land the State government has freed …
Frequent cuts in power supply are due to less availability of electricity in entire northern region, but the situation is likely to improve in the coming days, said sources in Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (DHBVN) here today. The DHBVN authorities said due to sudden increase in temperature in the …
Frequent and unscheduled power cuts for long hours as well as low voltage created havoc for majority of the tea estates of Assam and industry sources said that if the situation does not improve soon, most of the gardens would face serious problems soon. Tea Industry sources told The Assam …
The India Infrastructure Report 2008 discusses: competitive bidding models for infrastructure projects and critical factors required for a minimum subsidy model to succeed; models on auction bidding for rural infrastructure, e-governance, and multi-channel delivery mechanism; tolling and payment mechanism models for roads, railways, and airports; models for public service financing …
Three units of Birsinghpur-based Sanjay Gandhi Thermal Power Station had shut down between 2.30 and 2.45 pm due to some snag in frequency system on Friday. But the snag was overcome within two hours and the three units started generating power as earlier. Meanwhile, the work of repairing a 500 …
Haryana power utilities will spend Rs 239 crore for reforms in power sector in Gurgaon by 2011. While stating this, a spokesman of Haryana power utilities said under this ambitious plan, new sub stations will be set up and the capacity of existing sub stations will be augmented and new …
If steady supply of power at reasonable rate is made available, Assam will be able to attract investments to the tune of at least Rs 2,000 crore within two years, observed the chairman of the Assam State Council of the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII), Abhijit Barooah. Talking to The …
Haryana Power Utilities will spend Rs.239 crore by the year 2011 to initiate power reforms in Gurgaon district, an official spokesman said here on Saturday. He disclosed that under this plan, new sub-stations would be set up and the capacity of existing sub-stations would be augmented. Also, new transmission lines …
The Power Ministry seems to have faltered in its first month of the crucial 2008-09 financial year. It announced on Thursday that contrary to expectations, the target of addition to power generating capacity for April 2008 will be missed. The Ministry had set a target of 310 MW for April …
Kashmir Valley's power woes including voltage problems may finally end as the Power Grid Corporation has integrated the power-hungry Valley with the rest of country. "Barring four states in the southern region, power can now move from anywhere to Srinagar and vice versa", an official of Power Grid Corporation told …
Assam is reeling under severe power crisis as the shortfall in availability of power during the peak load hours is around 230 MW and it is around 170 MW during the off-peak load hours, forcing the Assam State Electricity Board to take recourse to frequent power cuts. However, the situation, …
Frequent power cuts coupled with unbearable heat, Delhiites had a tough day on Wednesday as electricity demand shot up to 3158MW. Due to low frequency in northern grid, less than standard 49 hz, as the neighboring states overdrew the electricity, power failed around 50 times during the day, Delhi Transco …
The BJP will package its "good governance' plank with the "great betrayal' to present itself as a "viable alternative' to other parties in Karnataka. The party's manifesto, to be released on Thursday, will be a "viable good governance charter', as opposed to the "populist manifesto' already brought out by the …
If the power department is to be believed, the regular interruptions in power supply that have been plaguing the city in the last few days are likely to stop from Wednesday. Till late in the afternoon on Tuesday, large parts of the city faced power cuts ranging from 15 minutes …
Come summer and most of the States in the country go through a period of power cuts or unscheduled load shedding to bridge the gap between peak demand and supply. The targets for power generation during the last two five-year Plans have just not been met, and the chasm between …
Acute power shortage has once again gripped the State, causing miseries to the consumers besides hitting trade and industry hard. While insufficient generation of power coupled with a decrepit transmission and distribution (T&D;) network has been at the root of the problem, a spurt in theft of tower parts and …
