Inadequate power supply in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) means that only 37 per cent of sub-Saharan Africans have access to electricity. Those with access are prone to experience problems with regular power outages. In many sub- SSA countries, electricity access rates are decreasing because electrification efforts are slower than population growth. …
The Centre is planning to levy heavy penalties on States that overdraw electricity and imprison their Chief Secretaries to curb the practice that cause grid failure. “I am contemplating now [a] heavy fine and also a provision to imprison authorities and Chief Secretaries for disobeying that... Perhaps, we need to …
The Union Power Ministry has decided to integrate the southern grid with the national grid in January 2014, Minister for Power and Corporate Affairs M. Veerappa Moily said here on Sunday. He said it was scheduled earlier for December 2014, and the Ministry had now decided to advance it. Restructuring …
The two-member panel asked by the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) to probe the twin national grid collapses on July 30 and 31 has said prevention of such occurences requires strict adherence to grid discipline. A CERC official told Business Standard the report was given last Thursday. It has blamed …
Power ministry advised to do away with unscheduled interchange charges for deviating states. The official panel set up to probe the country’s worst blackouts on two successive days has suggested stern enforcement of grid discipline and barring state utilities from drawing even a single unit of additional power to prevent …
To avert a total breakdown of the grid system and prevent a major blackout in future, the northern grid States have formulated a 12-point plan including installation of automatic demand management schemes. At a recent meeting held at the Power Ministry, the plan was agreed upon by a dozen States …
Political will required to ensure all the parties sharing the power grids follow certain rules, the co said. Global conglomerate GE has said that Indian power transmission system is quite robust compared to many developed nations, and a "political will" is needed to reinforce discipline to avoid situations like the …
The Power Ministry today proposed to carry out an independent audit of transmission grids within three months, a move that comes amid massive failures of grids last week that affected half of the country’s population. The decision was taken at a meeting here chaired by Power Secretary P. Uma Shankar …
A 22-year-old entrepreneur is bringing electricity to villages through a technology that produces and stores renewable energy on location, reports Peerzada Abrar. Twenty-two-year-old Yashraj Khaitan finds it difficult to explain to his parents what exactly he is doing in a remote village in Rajasthan. One year ago, as a fresh …
This Presentation on "Facing the Sun: Policy for sustainable grid-connected solar energy" was delivered by Jonas Hamberg, Centre for Science and Environment, during the round table on solar energy policy, on 29 June 2012, organised by CSE in New Delhi, describing briefly the findings of the report on the same …
This document contains the basic information to serve as guide for adopting the renewable energy by common man.The document has two parts: 1) Biogas for Common Man, and 2) Solar Photovoltaic Power for Urban Households.
Power distribution company Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited is getting ready to implement a new initiative that will not only save the company money, but will also save the grid from collapsing when the demand rises exponentially and the frequency falls on account of heavy overdrawal. The company has got …
New Delhi: In violation of government norms, a single company, Lanco Infratech has allegedly cornered 40% of the contracts bid out for the first phase of the National Solar Mission, garnering projects with assured revenue of Rs 13,000 crore over the next 25 years, including a large subsidy that the …
For the Government of India the first phase of the national solar mission has been a grand success. It not only managed to attract industry to invest in the generation of an energy considered costly, but also dramatically drove down the cost of producing this energy. In its celebration, little …
Country’s varied topography, space constraint make it an uphill task, they say. The telecom industry is finding it difficult to implement the recent directions issued by the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) on cutting carbon emissions. DoT had issued directions on January 4, wherein it asked the service providers to frame …
Kolkata-based crystalline photo voltaic module maker as well as EPC contractor; Vikram Solar Group, announced the commissioning of 2 MW grid-connected solar power project at Khaora, in Chhattisgarh. While solar PV modules are manufactured by Vikram Solar at its facility at Falta Special Economic Zone near Kolkata; the EPC contracts …
Government asks service providers to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. With an aim to minimise carbon emissions from the fast-growing telecom sector in India, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has asked service providers to frame a Carbon Credit Policy, detailing methods to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The directions were issued on …
Grid-connected solar power is a new and rapidly growing sector in India – from almost nil grid- connected solar power in 2009, the country will have 2.5 gigawatts (GW) by 2014, if all goes as per plan. It has already installed about 1.0 GW and the Union government plans to …
The ministry of new and renewable energy expects that 400 MW solar power will flow to the grid by the end of this financial year as many projects awarded last year are nearing completion, two government officials said. The ministry has so far achieved 183-MW generation capacity since the solar …
Northern Rajasthan is quickly becoming a hub for solar energy in India. The 15th October was the deadline for some of the first major projects of 5 Megawatt capacity each and most plants are now feeding into the electricity grid. The capacity under construction in Rajasthan will put the states …
