Wind power accounts for 8.7 per cent of the total installed capacity base and almost 65 per cent of the entire renewable energy capacity in the country. As per the Global Wind Energy Council, India […]
South Asia is blessed with diverse resources. Nepal and Bhutan are rich in hydro resources, while India has both hydro and thermal reserves. The south Asia region can be commercially connected through a seamless market […]
Anil Sardana, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Tata Power India’s capital city, Delhi, welcomed the New Year with the implementation of the odd-even scheme. This scheme, which sought to reduce Delhi’s air pollution, allowed […]
Andhra Pradesh was one of the pioneer states in the country to initiate power sector reforms as early as 1998. The state government seems to be gearing up to transform the state into a power-cut-free […]
The recently presented Union Budget 2016-17 has struck a positive chord with stakeholders, with the majority of them welcoming the government’s initiatives for the energy sector. It has tried to consolidate the reform processes initiated […]
Lutron Electronics has launched myRoom – a cost-competitive light, temperature and shade control system. The solution combines sleek aesthetics with an intuitive design to control lights, shades and HVAC (heating, ventilating and air conditioning) to […]
Philips Lighting has announced its first connected lighting indoor positioning order in the Middle East with the UAE-based retailer, Aswaaq. The new system uses lights that act as a positioning system and allows customers to […]
Omron has announced the launch of its Total Tamper Detection Solution to address concerns regarding power thefts in the sector. The solution was unveiled by the company at the India Smart Grid Week 2016. The […]
Moxa has introduced its latest industrial internet of things (IoT) solution architecture to help customers tap the potential of industrial IoT. Industrial IoT is being increasingly implemented to achieve energy savings, operational efficiency and improved […]
Supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions Renesas Electronics Corporation has announced the availability of six new intelligent power devices (IPDs) for automotive motor and heater control applications. These devices provide reliable, high-performance solutions compared with mechanical […]
Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (Powergrid) has awarded a contract to RXPE for designing and building the world’s largest STATCOM installations, a key enabling technology for developing power networks and synchronising electricity transmission in […]
Chemical and petrochemical industries, which provide raw material, feedstock and intermediate materials to several other industries, are heavy consumers of energy. As per a report by the Confederation of Indian Industry, the country’s chemical industry […]
RInfra demerges to create REGSPL (India) Reliance Infrastructure Limited (RInfra) has demerged its Mumbai Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution Division; Goa Power Station Division; Samalkot Power Station and Windmill Division into a separate subsidiary called […]
The central government recently concluded the sale of 5 per cent stake in NTPC Limited, garnering about Rs 50.3 billion from it. This was the second largest divestment in 2015-16 after the divestment in Indian […]
The role of project financing has expanded for the transmission segment with the government’s thrust on tariff-based competitive bidding of projects. Each year, an increasing number of projects are being awarded to private players. Given […]
The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has taken a number of initiatives to ensure secure grid operations, in light of the government’s ambitious target of increasing the renewable energy capacity to 175 GW by 2022. […]
Schneider Electric, the France-headquartered multinational conglomerate that commenced operations in the iron and steel industry in 1836, has today evolved into a global energy management and automation specialist. The company entered the Indian market in […]
Set up in 2002, Gulbarga Electricity Supply Company Limited (GESCOM) has played a significant role in reforming Karnataka’s power distribution network through technological developments. The company is responsible for purchase, distribution and retail supply of […]
Rural electrification has been one of the key focus areas of the current government. The central government aims to electrify all villages by May 2018 and provide quality and reliable electricity to all households by […]
The Ministry of Coal (MoC) recently finalised the guidelines for the automatic coal linkage transfer policy to enable the seamless transfer of fuel from old thermal power plants (TPPs) that have been scrapped to new […]
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