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 …
Poor monsoon last year has affected power generation in Odisha. With water levels falling in the reservoirs of hydro-power projects, electricity generation has dipped. People staying at home have to bear power cuts for an hour every day. Factories are facing three hours of power outages. Industries have been warned …
Soaring temperatures took a toll on power supply in the state capital today as overheated transformers at the Hatia grid forced the Jharkhand State Electricity Board (JSEB) to enforce blackouts throughout Ranchi as a precautionary measure. Grid officials said due to intense day time temperatures and the subsequent rise in …
The continuing hot spell across the state has claimed three lives today. A 53-year-old man, Sanat Kumar Brambha, fell ill near Liluah auto-rickshaw stand in Howrah while he was on his way to work. He was declared brought dead when taken to the TL Jaiswal Hospital. A doctor of the …
Unfortunate citizens of Kolkata, given the power situation during summer in the state, continued to struggle with endless sessions of powercuts today, as there was a shortfall of around 400 MW of power across the state. As if that was not enough, the hot and uncomfortable weather that prevailed today, …
Mumbai: Even as the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd (MSEDCL) continues to reel under financial strain with non-payment of dues up to Rs8,000 crore, the state government seems to have added to its woes. The government is yet to shell out over Rs600 crore for the 1,500 MW power …
LUCKNOW: Hitting out at the Mayawati government for miserably failing in managing the power sector and rampant corruption plaguing the UP Power Corporation Ltd, chairperson of UPCC media cell Vivek Singh said that he has shot off a letter to the Centre requesting it to withhold further aid to the …
Privatisation of electricity distribution in Agra might lead to anything in the future but currently, Torrent Power Ltd has made positive changes for denizens afflicted by the apathy of sarkari karmacharis. On first day after taking over the power distribution system in Agra on the intervening night of March 31 …
LUCKNOW: Get ready to shell out 50 paise more for every unit of electricity you consume. The UP Electricity Regulatory Commission (UPERC) on Thursday announced the hike in power tariff for various categories of consumers. The new tariff would come into force seven days after the state government declares it …
To offset power demand in summers, the Chandigarh Administration has worked out an exchange model with the Jammu and Kashmir government. Under an agreement with the Administration, the state would spare 30 Mega Watts (MW) of electricity for the city during summers
After much delay, Torrent Power Limited is set to take over power distribution and bill collection in Agra from state-owned Pashchimanchal Power Corporation on April 1. This will be the Mayawati government
The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India in its latest report has detected a wasteful expenditure of worth Rs 16.86 crore by the Power Development Department (PDD) on construction of a transmission line from Jammu to Udhampur. Improper planning of the department concerned resulted in idle expenditure of such …
BHUBANESWAR: The CPI State council on Sunday resolved to extend support to the proposed rally by the Posco Pratirodh Sangram Samiti at Balitutha on April 1 against the Posco steel project. Member of the CPI
- Nandigram in another protest, land scarce for substations ANSHUMAN PHADIKAR Tamluk, March 28: Farmers in East Midnapore have refused to give land for power substations needed to electrify about 2,800 villages, demanding more than double the price being offered in some places. Among the seven substations planned in East …
Mumbai: The government has been claiming a load-shedding free Maharashtra by 2012, but the provision in the budget indicates otherwise. Three of its major power generation plants, with consolidated generation of more than 4,000mw, are expected to be commissioned not before 2014-15, the budget document states. The government expects 1,200mw …
New Delhi: Only recently, the Delhi government had assured the Supreme Court that the capital was power surplus and would not face any power cuts in the summer. But that claim may have been made too soon. The reservoir at Tehri hydel station in Uttarakhand is running low and may …
BHUBANESWAR: The Orissa Electricity Regulatory Commission (OERC) on Saturday hiked power tariff by 30 per cent after keeping it unchanged for a decade. The last tariff hike was effected in 2001-02. As per the new tariff order, the average bulk supply tariff (BST) has been increased from Rs 1.22 per …
