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 …
Much to the discomfort of the consumers already facing frequent power cuts, rising price of coal in the international market, reluctance of state electricity boards (SEBs) to buy costly power generated from imported coal have forced several power companies to cut down their overall electricity generation. The demand for power …
Three agreements between Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) and Dada Dhuniwale Khandwa power project an undertaking of Madhya Pradesh power generating company and Madhya Pradesh power generating company limited were signed for purchasing 4620 megawatt electricity at electricity board headquarter, Jabalpur today. Total 5940 megawatt power purchase agreement has been …
This working paper evaluates cost and performance trends related to carbon dioxide (CO2) capture from power generation, based on extensive analysis of data from major engineering studies published between 2006 and 2010. Since individual studies use different methodologies and boundary conditions, study estimates for over 50 CO2 capture installations are …
SUGAR COMPANY TO BUILD A SERIES OF PLANTS IN UTTAR PRADESH Our Bureau LUCKNOW SUGAR major Bajaj Hindusthan has committed 22,500 crore investment in power projects in Uttar Pradesh over the next 4-5 years. The company on Tuesday entered into an MoU with the UP government to set up a …
Raising serious concern over the proposal for another power tariff hike by the Assam State Electricity Board (ASEB), aggrieved organisations and individuals have decided to move the Gauhati High Court with a PIL against the earlier tariff hike of 13 paise per unit in June 2010. Engineer JN Khataniar, Consumers
Due to increase in revenue of Madhya Pradesh Electricity Companies and decrease in expenses along with reduction in commercial and distribution losses, the financial condition of the State Electricity Board has bettered. Comparing to October 2009-2010 the revenue in October 2010-11 was 25 per cent more. In October 2009-10 the …
P B Jayakumar / Mumbai December 6, 2010, 0:15 IST China Light and Power (CLP), the largest foreign power company in India, has planned a lot of investment in the country in coal-based power generation, wind energy and transmission projects. The Hong Kong-based CLP
ON March 9, the country's leading industry captains, attending the first meeting of the Assam Investment Advisory Board in Guwahati, said they were impressed by the emergence of a
This report provides an overview of the joint Ministry of Power-UNDP project that seeks to improve access to clean energy and demonstrate mechanisms to manage more effectively, energy and electricity at district levels in Chhattisgarh and Orissa. Access to clean energy is an important ingredient of any energy and development …
A new World Bank Report says decentralizing power generation and distribution to the local level through the distribution grid of the state utility by using renewable energy sources will help reduce prolonged outages and increase electricity supply in rural areas. If such sources replace kerosene and diesel for localized generation …
With a view to further strengthen infrastructure in Gurgaon for adequate and qualitative power supply, the Haryana Vidyut Prasaran Nigam (HVPN) and the Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (DHBVN) have an ambitious plan of Rs 1,000-crore to add 27 new substations having a total transformation capacity of 1,600 mva. Out …
Setting in motion the trade of renewable energy, the government has launched a certification process for the clean energy sector. This will help power distribution companies like Tata Power, Reliance Infrastructure and the Maharashtra government
To reduce electricity losses due to outdated technology and theft, the power ministry has sanctioned more than Rs 10,000 crore to modernise grids. Power utilities in 1,400 towns will use the funds to install sophisticated electric meters that constantly monitor an individual’s power consumption; the utilities will also undertake energy …
Permanent electric connections would be given to the Kani tribe village of Valiya Ela at Pechipparai in Kanyakumari district on an outlay of Rs. 2 crore, said Collector Rajendra Ratnoo. Mr. Ratnoo said that the 200-odd dwelling units in the village did not have electricity connection since the Tamil Nadu …
JAIPUR: Rajasthan Energy Minister Jitendra Singh on Monday said his department was giving the highest priority to release of power connections to agricultural consumers and would provide 65,000 agricultural connections by March next year. This will dispose of the farmers' applications received by the three power distribution companies in the …
While the global financial crisis appears to have had little impact on the flow of funds to South Asia’s power sector, the sector still needs up to $150 billion in additional investments to meet its growing electricity demand by 2015 says this report by World Bank’s Energy Sector Management Assistance …
The power sector in Madhya Pradesh is all set to take a giant leap in the field of power generation in the years to come, as the recently concluded Khajuraho Global Investors
Chandigarh: Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said today that water conservation was topmost on the government agenda during its second term in office and urged the newly elected representatives of zila parishads and municipalities to extend help in creating awareness on the issue. Hooda was speaking at a programme organised …
