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 …
Acting on the Chaturvedi Committee recommendations, the power and finance ministries are converting 50 per cent of the losses of the power distribution companies (discoms) into state government bonds. Banks will be asked to extend the tenure of short-term loans to discoms with a moratorium on interest. The Chaturvedi Committee …
Despite global slowdown, US manufacturing giant General Electric (GE) announced that its new manufacturing facility in Pune would develop localized products and solutions for the energy sector in its first phase of operation commencing in 2013. The Government of Maharashtra and GE signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The new …
Mumbai Tata Power has put on hold all new imported-coal-based projects, its chief financial officer said, warning that it would be a challenge for the company to meet its target of a five fold increase in generating capacity by 2017. The country’s power generators have been slow to add much-needed …
SHILLONG: In order to improve the power transmission and distribution infrastructure in the Northeastern region, the Centre has sought $1.5bn from the World Bank. Meghalaya along with the other northeastern states are going to benefit from this project the information document of which will be ready by the beginning of …
Tata Power Co Ltd, India’s largest private power producer, is looking at bidding for projects in countries with easy regulatory norms, with South and West Asian nations being high on the priority list, a top official said. The company has already set up a crack team of “seed staff”, which …
The fall in hydro-power generation in some northern states has affected the power scene in Punjab. As of now, Punjab has about 45 lakh units of power les than it had in the corresponding period last year. Last year, Punjab had got 45 lakh units from Nathpa-Jhakri, which has now …
Revamping of power distribution network in 283 towns JAMMU: Noting that Jammu and Kashmir has embarked on minimizing the Transmission and Distribution losses, the Planning Commission of India has given a positive response to the State Government on funding Rs 1245 crore worth project proposals aimed at revamping the power …
A Group of Ministers (GoM) has pitched for relaxing the Forest Rights Act (FRA) norms for expeditious setting up of power transmission lines, a move to spare project developers from seeking mandatory concurrence from gram sabhas. It has asked the environment ministry to revise the FRA norms in consultation with …
* Calls for review of Central power sharing formula SRINAGAR: Terming imposition of water utilization charges on power generation companies as a right decision of his Government, Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah today said that he would like the NHPC to re-look its terms and conditions regarding the implementation of hydro-electric …
June 11: Large parts of the state reeled under prolonged power cuts today after six units of DVC-operated thermal power plants at Bokaro and Chandrapura tripped as a result of technical snags. The disruptions were so severe that power supply to the railways and to coal mines of Bharat Coking …
Introduction of pre-paid power supply in Manipur’s core area has resulted in tremendous improvement in billing and collection besides reducing the load demand by more than 50 per cent. This came to light during the State level workshop on “Issues and Challenges in Power Supply Management in Manipur” jointly organised …
LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh cabinet, on Thursday, ratified the decision to give a maximum 18- month grace period to nine pending power projects in the state, the MoUs for which were filed during the BSP regime. A decision to this effect was taken by the Energy Task Force earlier this week. …
Since May 25, windmills have contributed 31 to 34 per cent of the total power consumed in the State every day. Tamil Nadu has nearly 7,000 MW of installed wind energy capacity and peak generation from these windmills has remained above 3,200 MW for the last 12 days. According to …
LUCKNOW: An ailing power sector got a dose of more than Rs 8,000 crore in the state budget tabled by chief minister Akhilesh Yadav on Friday. While less than half of this -- Rs 3429.48 crore -- will be spent on strengthening the distribution network and adding generation capacity, Rs …
This report reviews emerging approaches by transmission utilities and regulators to cope with the challenges of expanding transmission infrastructure for renewable energy scale-up. Proactive planning and regulation of transmission networks are emerging as premier approaches to ensure that transmission networks are expanded efficiently and effectively. Linking planning with clear and …
To support the Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21), Resources for the Future was asked to provide a critical review of methodologies for accounting for the true costs of electric power across the available generation technologies. By true costs, economists mean the social costs of electricity, accounting …
SRINAGAR: Additional Secretary of Union Ministry of Power Davinder Choudhary convened a high level meeting of officers of NHPC, JKPDC and civil administration of the State here today to discuss execution of Hydro Electric Projects planned during 12th Plan and taken up by various agencies in Jammu and Kashmir. Principal …
Various schemes for J&K; in pipeline: Farooq SRINAGAR: Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah on Monday highlighted the importance of harnessing new and renewable energy potential of the State to accommodate the electricity needs in remote and far-flung areas emphasizing on installation of adequate Transmission System (TS) to extract and distribute power. …
A Group of Ministers (GoM) will examine threadbare the environment ministry's proposal to categorise certain coalfields as "inviolate areas" when it meets on May 30. It will also seek answers from the ministry on whether it can constitute more forest advisory committees for granting faster green clearances besides relaxing norms …
Kolkata The Prime Minister’s Office is asking state-run power utilities to follow the West Bengal model in terms of tariff. The said model keeps a margin after realising the real cost of production. The move may have been prodded by the Planning Commission, which is pushing the Centre to raise …
