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 …
BHUBANESWAR: The unrelenting heatwave conditions have piled insurmountable suffering on the hapless citizens of Orissa. To heap more misery long power cuts and low voltage have become the order of the day. And, while the Government squarely blames the weather for all the problems, a glance at the India Load …
June 22: The Centre this time is serious about implementing the revised Accelerated Power Development and Reforms Programme which will considerably reduce transmission power losses that amount to one third of the power generated in the country. The programme will be implemented in two stages. In the first phase, baseline …
June 21: The Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy, on Sunday asked the APTransco chairman and managing director, Mr Sudhirth Bhattacharya to replace 3.36 lakh transformers and 1.65 lakh distribution transformers across the state in order to boost the power infrastructure in the state. If it is implemented, it would …
For Clean Energy and Access Improvement: The Asian Development Bank has provided financial assistance amounting to US $ 164 mn (approximately Rs. 19 billion) for the implementation of Clean Energy and Access Improvement Project in Sri Lanka. The total investment cost of this project is US $ 188 mn of …
Sri Lanka government is planning to provide electricity for 400 rural villages in the North during the next three years, Minister of Power and Energy, W.D.J Senaviratne said. Minister Senaviratne added that this would be another step of "Uthuru Wasanthaya" program introduced by the government to develop the Northern region …
At least 14 percent of power generated by various power plants in the country was wasted while in distribution owing to technical reasons, the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) sources said. Minister of Power and Energy John Seneviratne said that power wastage was a normal phenomenon in any country but under …
It is an outrageous fact that corporate India faces day after day. In colloquial terms it is called a power shutdown; experts call it an outage or disruption in power supply. Very simply power is not available for use. This disruption or outage, if you please, costs India Inc Rs …
Manmohan Singh By the time you read this, some of the jostling for the key positions in the Cabinet will be over. The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) will be ready to begin its second innings. And everyone will be keenly watching if Manmohan Singh unveils any big bang steps to
In December 2009 representatives from 192 nations will meet in Copenhagen to complete negotiations on a global climate agreement. This paper summarizes why action in Copenhagen is urgently required, what needs to be accomplished in the negotiations, and how an effective climate regime might be designed.
The power situation limped back to normal 96 hours after Cyclone Aila roared past the city. CESC officials claimed normal supply to the entire city resumed by Friday evening.
Kaithal: All offices of Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam in the district will start functioning from Rajeev Gandhi Vidyut Bhawan to be constructed at a cost of Rs 6 crore at Pehowa Chowk here. The construction work on this eco-friendly building will start immediately and it will be completed in …
Smriti Kak Ramachandran NEW DELHI: Faced with a 200-MW shortfall and with no relief in sight from the Damodar Valley Corporation that had assured of providing 400 MW of power, Delhi has now turned to Jammu and Kashmir for help. Anticipating a 200-300 MW shortfall from this coming June to …
New Delhi: Though cyclone Aila has ravaged Sunderbans, it has failed to cut it off completely from the mainland. Phones and a weather warning and climate adaptation system are still functional
Share In Power Generated By Thermal Plants To Be Commissioned After Jan 2011 May Increase To 35-50% Subhash Narayan NEW DELHI THE government may soon remodel its power allocation policy allowing provision of up to 50% power to the home state where a project is located. The higher share would …
Record hydroelectric power generation in Himachal Pradesh due to thawing of glaciers and frozen lakes is good news for Delhi and the rest of northern India. The 20 state-owned run-of-river projects currently generate 7.6 million units daily, "the maximum generation during the peak season", said Sunil Grover, Himachal Pradesh State …
Kolkata: A deep depression on the Bay of Bengal intensified into a severe cyclonic storm and slammed into the coastal belt of West Bengal on Monday, killing at least 23 people and rendering over 150,000 homeless. Cyclone Alia, with wind speed of about 100 km per hour, uprooted trees, disrupted …
Anil Ambani-led Reliance Power will invest over Rs 12,000 crore for executing 2,520-MW hydro power projects in Arunachal Pradesh, to be commissioned in the next Five Year Plan (2012-17). "Reliance Power has signed an agreement with the Arunachal Pradesh government for developing 2,520 MW of hydro power projects in the …
With the completion of an ambitious project of segregating domestic and agriculture load, all villages in Haryana will get three-phase power supply for the entire duration during which power is supplied. The idea behind the move is to ensure that there is no shortage of power for drinking water and …
Sweltering heat radiated by the scorching sun is likely to batter the NE people until the advent of the southwest monsoon. The southwest monsoon is expected to cover the entire region normally by the first week of June. By this time, adding to the woes of the people, power supply …
