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 …
New Delhi: Facing a crippling electricity shortage, the government on Tuesday sought to speed up the start of production at nearly a dozen power projects that have been stalled due to regulatory clearances and absence of coal linkages. During a late evening meeting in North Block, convened at the behest …
The Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (Merc) would conduct a public hearing on mahadiscom’s proposal for power tariff hike in the city on Wednesday. It would be held at Council Hall at 10am. NGO Sajag Nagrik Manch (SNM) had undertaken a campaign to make citizens aware about the proposal and also …
The shine’s come off India’s factory output data in recent times. In August, industrial production rose a lower-than-expected 4.1%, the slowdown manifesting in nearly all sectors. It now looks as if the lights are about to go off, literally. There have been rolling blackouts across the country courtesy coal supply …
GUWAHATI, Oct 12 – The shortfall in State’s power supply is continuing, leading to scheduled load-shedding by the Assam Power Distribution Company Ltd (APDCL) all over the State, Assam State Electricity Board (ASEB) sources said here today. According to the sources, the shortfall in power supply was 161 MW and …
Two days after it imposed planned load-shedding across the state, the Maharashtra State Electricity Board on Tuesday announced 16-hour power cuts for industries starting Wednesday. The load-shedding for industries will be imposed once a week — on different days in different areas — coinciding with days when plants observe their …
Himachal Pradesh on Monday decided to extend its agreement with Power Trading Corporation (PTC) to trade state’s surplus power in the market by another year. The agreement was to expire on October 31. A decision to this effect was taken in a cabinet meeting presided over by Chief Minister Prem …
New Delhi: The city continued to be hit by long power cuts, leading to water crises in many areas, even as the Delhi government blamed poll-bound UP for aggravating the problem while promising to end the outages in a day or two. Residents of Vikaspuri in west Delhi had barely …
Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries are set to spend around $54 billion in the near future to increase the capacity of their electricity networks by 32,000 MW, a new report has said. The report issued by the Kuwait Financial Centre (Markaz) indicates that the GCC states — namely Oman, Qatar, …
The government aims to phase out costly rental power plants from 2014 with new projects coming into operation. Implementation of the plan will reduce production cost and the government subsidy in power sector as rental units use high cost imported oil. According to Power Development Board (PDB) sources the subsidy …
These relate to power supply, housing, technical education, among others Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati laid the foundation for 484 projects worth Rs. 6,035 crore on the occasion of the fifth death anniversary of Bahujan Samaj Party founder Kanshi Ram on Sunday. The main function was held at the imposing …
The power shortfall in the city touched 1,000 megawatts on Sunday, with outages reported from all parts of the Capital for durations of 1 to 2 hours. Power Minister Haroon Yusuf has, meanwhile, requested National Thermal Power Corporation to restore pool quota of supply to the city. The power companies …
A new power plant in Outer Delhi that could provide for a seventh of the city’s daily average electricity requirement is likely to start operations by the end of this month. The Central government has allocated gas supply for the Bawana power plant, which has been ready for operations but …
On BSP founder Kanshiram’s fifth death anniversary, Chief Minister Mayawati unveiled 484 development projects worth Rs 6,035 crore at a programme organised at Kanshiram Smarak Sthal on VIP road today. Mayawati reached Kanshiram memorial around 10.30 am. She lit candles near the bronze statue of Kanshiram, erected along with her …
Anil Ambani-owned Reliance Power on Monday said it would earn Rs.2,000 crore by trading carbon credits from its Tilaiya ultra mega power project (UMPP) in Jharkhand in the first ten years of its operations. In a statement issued here, it said the Tilaiya project had got approval for carbon credits …
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will extend a loan of $750 million for the national power transmission improvement project of Power Grid Corporation of India. The loan will finance the project for bulk transmission of 3,000 megawatts of electricity from independent power producers in Chhattisgarh to areas in the north, …
The private sector has not fully utilised the allocation of coal blocks to them, said a senior official from the Ministry of Power. The official added, private sector would produce only 20 per cent of the estimated coal production from the blocks. Speaking at the Southern Regional Power Conference 2011, …
This report provides insights on the potential and key drivers for energy efficiency within the power sector value chain - generation, grids, commercial, residential and industrial use of electricity- including nine business cases and policy recommendations.
GUWAHATI, Sept 29 – The Assam Power Distribution Company Ltd (APDCL) is going to purchase additional 100 MW of power from the spot market “at even higher prices” to bridge the gap between demand and supply of power. The APRCL has also stated in a statement here that it is …
The Central share of power has come down by 1200 megawatts due to closure of 11 units of Central Grid’s National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC). This has affected power supply in Madhya Pradesh resulting in less supply in the evening. Six out of seven units of NTPC’s Korba unit and …
French firm Areva's Indian arm Areva T&D;, now part of Alstom Grid, on Tuesday announced that it had bagged a contract from Anil Ambani-owned Reliance Power for the execution of a solar power project. Areva T&D; India's transmission business has been awarded a Rs. 40 crore contract by Reliance Power …
