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 …
Indian Electrical & Electronics Manufacturers’ Association (IEEMA), the apex association of electrical equipment manufacturers in India, said that the prospects of exports of the ‘Made in India’ looks good for the domestic players and is expecting doubling exports in the Three Years. India’s INR 1.30 lakh crores electrical equipment industry …
A state run Chinese electric power engineering company has offered to build two high-voltage power transmission lines from the under construction Rampal power plant, officials said. The East China Electric Power Design Institute, a leading global electric power company, offered to build the two transmission lines at a cost of …
ABB India is looking at significantly increasing its presence in the solar energy space as the Union and several State governments have lined up mega expansion of solar energy capacity. As prices of oil and coal go up steadily, experts feel, solar power could become an affordable and sustainable source …
India is a country of continental size and this is helpful in balancing the variable output of renewable energy sources located in few states by integrating them into all India grid. The inter state and inter regional transmission infrastructure is already being developed and it is expected that all the …
India is a country of continental size and this is helpful in balancing the variable output of renewable energy sources located in few states by integrating them into all India grid. The inter state and inter regional transmission infrastructure is already being developed and it is expected that all the …
Dhaka and New Delhi are likely to begin high-level talks in November on possibilities of producing hydro-electricity in the Indian state of of Arunachal by a joint investment and power transmission to India’s other parts through Bangladesh giving some electricity to this country, officials said. Bangladesh is trying to hold …
Extreme events, uninsured losses & informal sector vulnerability: a case study of Mumbai - A presentation by Archana Patankar at the 4th National Research Conference on Climate Change, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, October 26-27, 2013.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the government signed Wednesday a loan agreement for $12 million in additional financing for the cross-border electricity interconnection between Bangladesh and India. With the additional finance, ADB provided a total of $112 million for implementing the $199 million SASEC (South Asia Sub-regional Economic Cooperation) …
The 1,000-MWe nuclear plant generated 160 MWe before being halted for routine check. The first 1,000-MWe unit of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project, now but one stage away from commission, was on Tuesday synchronised with the southern regional grid. Initially, at 2.45 a.m., the first reactor generated 75MWe and gradually …
Bihar government has prepared a master plan for the next 10 years to augment and strengthen power transmission network in the state. Under the plan, various works have been identified in the light of projected demand for power. Bihar expects power availability in the state to go up to 6,000MW …
An Act to consolidate the laws relating to generation, transmission, distribution, trading and use of electricity and generally for taking measures conducive to development of electricity industry, promoting competition therein, protecting interest of consumers and supply of electricity to all areas, rationalisation of electricity tariff, ensuring transparent policies regarding subsidies, …
Eight million people affected, 17 lives lost; Ganjam bears brunt of cyclone Cyclone Phailin, which made a landfall on the southern coast of Odisha at around 8:30 pm on Saturday at a windspeed of 200 km an hour, affected a cultivable area of 0.5 million hectares and damaged 80 per …
The state energy department has already floated a tender in this regard on September 25 The state government today launched the Rs 2,600 crore scheme to strengthen power distribution network and provide seamless electricity supply across the state. The scheme envisages setting up of 500 power substations. In the first …
The government will set up wind and solar farms in Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu in the first phase of the . 43,000-crore green energy corridors project that aims to add 30,000 mw to the national grid by 2020. The first phase of the Indo-German project is expected to cost . …
Several farmers of the area today sat on a dharna and blocked the traffic on the Ludhiana-Chandigarh road. They were protesting against the laying of power line by the Power Grid Corporation of India without paying compensation to the affected farmers whose land falls under this line. The farmers led …
The ten members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) – along with China and India – are shifting the centre of gravity of the global energy system towards Asia. Energy demand in Southeast Asia has expanded by two-and a-half times since 1990, its rate of growth among the …
Bihar has the highest T&D; losses in the country. According to the government data, the state loses almost half of its power even before it reaches to the consumers Bihar government has decided to invest Rs 28,000 crore in the next five years on revamping the power sector in the …
It will involve 1,850 km of transmission lines, 3 new 400 kV substations and 9 new 220 kV grid substations The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will lend $500 million to set up a transmission network that will carry power from clean energy projects in Rajasthan. "ADB will provide $500 million …
The ministry envisages aggregate transmission and commercial losses coming to below 15% by 2017 The Union power ministry proposes to establish a National Smart Grid Mission (NSGM) by 2014, on the lines of the National Mission for Electric Mobility launched recently by the ministry of heavy industries. The objective is …
Jayalalithaa asks PM's intervention to release Rs 1,500 cr from NCEF to support projects In its bid to address lack of proper wind power evacuation infrastructure in the state, the Tamil Nadu government plans to take up projects with a total cost of Rs 5,998 crore. However, to take this …
