Sustainable Finance: Government concludes sovereign green bond sale of Rs 160 billion
To achieve its net zero goals, India is focusing on generating additional global financial resources. To lower the carbon emissions of the economy, the Union budget for 2022-23 announced the issuance of sovereign green bonds […]
Financial Briefs: India and overseas
NTPC Green Energy to raise up to Rs 90 billion through rupee-denominated term loan NTPC Limited’s arm, NTPC Green Energy Limited (NGEL) has invited bids for a rupee-denominated term loan of up to Rs 90 […]
Boosting Bioenergy: Challenges and solutions for project financing
In recent times, meeting carbon neutrality targets has become a priority for many countries. This holds true for India as well, with the country committing to achieving net zero emissions by 2070. Bioenergy can play […]
Budget Reactions: Green growth takes centre stage
In the Union Budget 2023-24, the finance minister complimented the country for making rapid progress towards achieving its net zero target by 2070. The budget focuses on green growth. Key announcements included the National Green […]
Creating a Carbon Market: Emission trading mechanism to facilitate climate action
The Ministry of Power recently notified the Energy Conservation (Amendment) Act, 2022, amending the Energy Conservation Act, 2001 in order to empower the central government to put in place a carbon market and specify a […]
Green Growth: Industry reactions to Union Budget 2023-24
As a part of the Union Budget 2023-24, the finance minister has announced several key measures that build on the government’s focus on green growth. Key announcements National Green Hydrogen Mission will facilitate the transition […]
Reducing Carbon Impact: India’s cogeneration and trigeneration initiatives
India has implemented a number of energy efficiency initiatives in an effort to lessen its carbon impact. This includes implementing projects based on cogeneration and trigeneration. Over the past year, the Government of India has […]
Renewables Rise: Increasing share in C&I captive capacity
The captive capacity of Indian commercial and industrial (C&I) units is on the rise owing to the increasing affordability of variable renewable energy and the growing adoption of technologies such as IoT and data analytics. […]
UJVNL: Driving hydropower growth in Uttarakhand
Incorporated in 2001 by the state government, Uttarakhand Jal Vidyut Nigam Limited (UJVNL) has been playing a key role in meeting the power requirements of Uttarakhand. The company is responsible for hydropower generation through the […]
Jakson Green: Making big strides in the green hydrogen space
From an energy product firm in 1947 to a fully diversified energy group in 2022, the journey of India-based infrastructure major Jakson Group has spanned the fields of distributed energy, solar, battery energy storage systems […]
Evolving Grid: Role of digital substations, SCADA and WAMS technologies in transmission
The Indian power grid is becoming increasingly complex owing to the integration of large-scale renewables, growth in decentralised generation, penetration of electric vehicles and rise in digital loads. This necessitates electric utilities to take steps […]
Digital Transformation: Smart metering programme gains traction across the country
Smart meters are becoming increasingly prominent in the power distribution segment, owing to their ability to improve the operational and financial performance of the utilities. As of February 2023, the total number of smart meter […]
Expanding Scope: MoP issues draft proposal to operationalise DA-SCED
The Ministry of Power (MoP) has recently issued a draft proposal to expand the scope of security constrained economic despatch (SCED) to include more plants and run day-ahead operation of security constrained economic despatch (DA-SCED). […]
Computing Charges: FoR’s model regulations for green energy open access consumers
The Forum of Regulators (FoR) has notified the Model Regulations for Calculation of Open Access and Banking Charges for Green Energy Open Access Consumers, in line with the Ministry of Power’s (MoP) Electricity (Promoting Renewable […]
Smart Metering Update: Government schemes and deployment challenges
Smart meters provide remarkable solutions to increase the operational efficiency of discoms. Due to a plethora of proven commercial benefits offered, discoms have been adopting smart meters increasingly and this has created a huge market […]
Picking Up Pace: Smart metering implementation update
Smart meter implementation has been a major focus, for discoms and policymakers in recent years, as a means of addressing the issue of commercial losses. One of the most important government programmes for the installation […]
Smart Grid Status: NSGM progress and experience so far
The implementation of smart grid technology is the need of the hour to meet consumer requirements for secure, reliable and affordable supply as well as to balance the electricity grid with the increasing penetration of […]
ELECRAMA 2023: Views of Industry Leaders
ELECRAMA, the flagship industry event organised by the Indian Electrical and Electronics Manufacturers Association (IEEMA), was held on February 18-22, 2023, at Greater Noida. The event, themed “ReImagine Energy – For a Sustainable Future”, showcased […]
ABLOY for trust in Electric Power
Growing GDP of every nation leads to demand for various critical infrastructure resources and power happens to be one of them. Indian power sector is facing two major challenges such as uncertainty in fuel supply […]
Ducab sustaining ‘sustainable’ growth
Over the last 40 years, UAE-based Ducab has evolved from being a local cables manufacturer to a leading provider of world-class solutions to the global energy sector. Ducab already holds the undisputed position of being […]
Power Trading: At the Indian Energy Exchange, Power Exchange India Limited and Hindustan Power Exchange in January 2023
The electricity volume traded in the Indian Energy Exchange’s (IEX) day-ahead market in January 2023 was 4,947.96 MUs. The average market clearing price range was Rs 3.88 per unit to Rs 8.69 per unit. The […]
Power Trading
The electricity traded in the day-ahead market in December 2022 was 4,977.44 MUs at the IEX. The average market clearing price range was Rs 3.68 per unit to Rs 6.56 per unit at the IEX. […]
Power Generation: Monthly statistics year on year
Total power generation stood at 131.03 BUs in December 2022. At around 44.65 BUs and 38.43 BUs, the central and state sectors respectively accounted for the major share in conventional power generation. Meanwhile, renewable energy […]
