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 …
She also wants entire power from Kudankulam project to be dedicated to Tamil Nadu Foreseeing a worsening of power crisis, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Tuesday wrote to the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh seeking allocation of 2,830 MW of power from Central generating stations to the State as an interim arrangement …
The state cabinet on Monday gave its approval for the creation of Bihar Grid Company Ltd for which an agreement would be signed between the Bihar State Power (Holding) Company Ltd or its associate company and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (PGCIL), in a bid to strengthen the power …
In a deft move which could put an already beleaguered Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the defensive, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has demanded the entire 2830 MW power generated by Central installations to be allocated to the State which faces a peak time deficit of 4,000 MW. This …
With the Centre citing transmission constraints, Tamil Nadu on Tuesday demanded that the entire power generated by Central generating stations totalling 2,830 MW in the state be allocated to it as an interim measure to tide over the power crisis. Facing a power deficit of 4,000 MW by Tamil Nadu, …
State Government to set up 187 new sub-stations The Haryana Government will set up 187 new sub-stations and augment capacity of 163 existing sub-stations during next three years at a cost of Rs.3,093 crore as part of its exercise to strengthen power transmission and distribution system. Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh …
The Odisha Environment Congress (OEC)-2012 concluded on a high note on Saturday with major recommendations and suggestions in the lines that match the strategy of the State Government in view of the Chief Minister’s advocacy for green energy sources and declaration of formation of a Green Energy Development Corporation. The …
Central and state power regulators recently discussed what needs to be done to make competition in retail sale of power a reality for the citizen. The Union power ministry had recently proposed amending the Electricity Act of 2003 to separate the supply and retail-wire businesses. The Forum of Regulators (FoR), …
The Maharashtra government has ordered an inquiry against Torrent Power, a distribution franchisee of the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company (MahaVitaran) in the powerloom town of Bhiwandi. A committee expected to be led by a MahaVitaran senior is to probe alleged excess recovery from consumers, fast running of power meters, …
While Tamil Nadu is celebrating Karthikai, the Tamil month of lights, the state’s power situation is turning from bad to worse. This capital city is witnessing around two hours of daily power cut, while the outskirts as well and rural parts are reeling under outages of up to 16 hours …
Southern parts of Tamil Nadu more suitable for producing solar power Awareness should be created among villagers about generation of solar power, said M. Jayachandran, Deputy Director, Central Electrochemical Research Institute(CECRI), Karaikudi. Inaugurating the 10kw capacity solar power generation unit at Shanmuganathan Engineering College, Arasampatti near Thirumayam on Wednesday, Dr. …
Power plants producing 50,000 mw, or nearly a quarter of India’s total capacity, will have to cut tariffs as the Calcutta High Court has said regulators cannot fix provisional tariffs for new units, which consumers say are abnormally high. The court has quashed the regulation that empowers the Central Electricity …
Analysts expect further gains in KEC International and Kalpataru Power The outlook for transmission line companies has improved as competition in the domestic market has eased further and the international markets provide huge growth opportunity. The number of players qualified for the country’s largest power transmission company, Power Grid’s new …
The power distribution companies in Haryana have come up with an offer to increase power supply to villages to 20 hours a day, bringing it at part with urban areas, provided they co-operate to reduce the Aggregate Technical and Commercial Losses (AT&C;) on their feeders to 25 per cent or …
The government plans to enact a law soon to make states accountable for power distribution, Union Power Secretary P Uma Shankar said on Wednesday. “The State Electricity Distribution Responsibility Bill is in the process of drafting,” Shankar said at an event organised by industry lobby Assocham in Delhi. “The gap …
The government unveils an ambitious, and expensive, plan to make the power sector greener. No one should accuse David Cameron’s coalition government of timidity: the ambitions attached to its new energy bill, unveiled as The Economist went to press, are vast. The bill is designed to remake Britain’s electricity market …
We investigate how weather affects the UK’s electricity network, by examining past data of weather-related faults on the transmission and distribution networks. By formalising the current relationship between weather-related faults and weather, we use climate projections from a regional climate model (RCM) to quantitatively assess how the frequency of these …
The contribution of transmission access pricing in promoting renewable energy is akin to the role of a pit crew member in a Formula 1 race. It is out of the spotlight, but can make or break the outcome. This study attempts to refocus that spotlight onto the less-seen role transmission …
CESC Limited will take over power supply services from the Jharkhand State Electricity Board (JSEB) by early next year. JSEB consumers feel this new arrangement will remove their long-standing grievances and discontents against the state’s power board. The Member (Distribution), JSEB, CD Kumar told Business Standard on Thursday that in …
Leader of Opposition in the Legislative Council Dadi Veerabhadra Rao on Sunday said the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) would burn effigies representing the Congress Government all over the State on November 26, marking its protest against the ‘anti-people policies’ of the ruling party and its failure on virtually every front. …
Solar power plants, to be promoted under the Tamil Nadu Government’s policy on solar energy, may not face the problem of evacuation some windmills face. Solar power is more dispersed than wind power and the Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (Tangedco) and Transmission Corporation (Transco) have about 1,350 substations …
