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 …
Extending co-operation with Saarc countries, the Cabinet cleared three major proposals aiming to strengthen energy, roads and rail transport The Union Cabinet on Thursday cleared three major schemes for strengthening the country's power transmission and distribution (T&D;) network. It also cleared three major co-operation projects on energy and transport of …
Says `no-go' areas would be sacrosanct, except in exceptional circumstances The government-appointed panel headed by former cabinet secretary TSR Subramanian has recommended the return of the dreaded “no-go“ areas for industrial activity such as mining in forest belts with strict enforcement, although the forbidden zones would be much smaller. It …
Cutting-Edge Technology To Ease Peak-Hour Power Demand The Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) would soon launch a pilot run to encourage consumers to switch over to energy efficient solar inverters. KSEB had initiated steps to do away with inefficient and power guzzling electric inverters last year that draw and waste …
Ministry of new and renewable energy's new target is to increase such installations by five-fold to 15 GW by 2019 via solar parks after land acquisition delays this year India is expected to add solar power capacity at more than twice the speed of this year in 2015, after a …
Nov 01, Colombo: The Sri Lankan government has recognized the need to enhance the power sector capacity to cater to demand of the emerging economic activities as the country's energy sector struggles to meet growing demand for electricity at a low cost and acceptable reliability rate. Accordingly, the state owned …
In tune with its commitment for development of North Eastern States, the Centre has sanctioned a comprehensive scheme amounting to Rs. 4,754.20 crores for strengthening of transmission and distribution system in Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim. The scheme has been prepared by Central Electricity Authority (CEA) in consultation with Power Grid …
India has led the developing world in addressing rural energy problems. By late 2012, the national electricity grid had reached 92 percent of India's rural villages, about 880 million people. In more remote areas and those with geographically difficult terrain, where grid extension is not economically viable, off-grid solutions using …
This Haiti Sustainable Energy Roadmap—developed in partnership with Haiti’s Bureau of the Minister Delegate to the Prime Minister for Energy Security—explores the issues involved in building a sustainable electricity system based on domestic energy resources and capable of providing modern electricity services to all Haitians. It assesses the potentials of …
Punjab is all set to get a major boost in solar power generation tomorrow with the inauguration of north India’s largest 34 MW solar power plant at Panjawa village in Lambi Assembly segment in the district. “After the inauguration of this plant, Punjab would be generating nearly 60 MW through …
We previously reported an association between childhood leukaemia in Britain and proximity of the child’s address at birth to high-voltage power lines that declines from the 1960s to the 2000s. We test here whether a ‘corona-ion hypothesis’ could explain these results. This hypothesis proposes that corona ions, atmospheric ions produced …
Visakhapatnam: Five days after Cyclone Hudhud wrecked havoc, relief and restoration works are still underway and Vizag is still reeling under darkness due to power blackout. The death toll rose to 38. On Thursday, power was restored in areas like Pendurthy, Anakapalle, Tarluvada and Araku and electricity department officials are …
Visakhapatnam: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu said the exact financial loss caused by Cyclone Hudhud is yet to be calculated even as initial estimates indicate that it can go up to Rs 70,000 crore. The situation in north coastal districts is still grim and all efforts are being …
The Odisha state government will submit a detailed report to the Union Government by October 16 on the losses due to cyclone Hudhud. This was informed by Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) Pradipta Kumar Mohapatra on Tuesday. Accordingly, the Collectors of the concerned districts have been asked to send their reports …
Ecotricity, one of the new breed of independent energy suppliers, has teamed up with Skanska, the construction group, in a bid to build £500m worth of onshore windfarms in the UK within five years. Dale Vince, the founder of Ecotricity, said it had taken his firm 17 years to build …
The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) is playing wish-fulfilling genie to the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). In an effort to improve the business climate in the country, the PMO accepted a wish list of 60 proposals which would help streamline clearances for industry from CII and 30 of them have …
More than 97 per cent villages of Chhattisgarh have been electrified so far. As many as 12 districts of the State have been completely electrified while more than half of the districts are about to be declared completely electrified, officials stated. Managing Director of Chhattisgarh State Power Distribution Company Limited …
The Odisha government does not foresee any immediate impact on power supplies because of the Supreme Court’s order cancelling 214 coal blocks allotted between 1993 and 2010. “For our state, there will be no immediate impact of the apex court’s order. The power stations of NTPC and a few independent …
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government will work to provide 24x7 power supply to the people of India during its tenure and work towards making India "generator and inverter free," Piyush Goyal, Union Minister of State (with independent charge) for Power, Coal and New and Renewable Energy said. Delivering The Economist's …
The draft Scheme for development of Solar Parks and Ultra Mega Solar power projects published by Ministry of New and Renewable Energy. MNRE through this scheme plans setting up 25 solar parks, each with a capacity of 500 to 1000 MW; thereby targeting around 20000 MW of solar power installed …
There is a need to promote Renewable Energy technologies as per EA, 2003, National Action Plan on Climate Change, National Tariff and Electricity Policy and various other schemes of government. DERC (Net Metering for Renewable Energy) Regulations, 2014, is a step forward in this direction to create regulatory environment conducive …
