Punjab has fixed the industrial power tariff rate at Rs 5 per unit for five years with effect from November 1, 2017, as part of the new Industrial and Business Development Policy, 2017. The move […]
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has secured a Rs 204 billion, engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) order from Telangana State Power Generation Corporation Limited (TSGENCO) for the 4,000 MW Yadadri supercritical thermal power project. The […]
The purpose of this analysis is to evaluate the operation of India’s power grid with 175 GW of RE in order to identify potential cost and operational concerns and actions needed to efficiently integrate this […]
The Ministry of Power has formulated an Integrated Rating Methodology for evaluating performance of State Power Distribution utilities on a range of parameters covering operational, financial, regulatory and reform parameters. The rating exercise is on […]
The energy efficiency market in India saw some significant developments in the past one year. To begin with, the trading of Escerts kicked off recently. Escert trading was launched on the power exchanges last month […]
The electricity traded in the day-ahead market at the IEX and PXIL in September 2017 was 4,087 MUs and 280 MUs respectively. The average market clearing price range at the IEX was Rs 2.62 per […]
The total power generation stood at 112.55 BUs in August 2017. At around 38.57 BUs and 32.32 BUs, the central and private sectors respectively accounted for the major share in conventional power generation. Meanwhile, renewable […]
Futuristic Approach Reji Kumar Pillai, president, India Smart Grid Forum, is transforming India’s massive and complex grid to meet the needs of future generations… Working in the office of the India Smart Grid Forum (ISGF) in […]
Sanjay Teotia, senior vice-president (VP) and head, power transmission, Essel Infra, has been spearheading operations at Essel Infra since 2016. He is responsible for the top line and the bottom line of the business, and […]
Munjal Rangwala took his family business forward by adding a new dimension to it in 2010, when he founded Harsha Abakus Solar Private Limited as a joint venture between Abakus Solar AG, a German photovoltaic […]
A solar enthusiast, as he likes to call himself, Vivek Chaturvedi is currently leading the expansion of DSM’s solar activities in India, which has been identified by it as one of the key growth markets […]
For the diesel genset business, it is an exciting time in India,” says Gagan Chanana, director, powergen and distribution business, Jakson Group. “The market is growing at a fast pace due to increased infrastructure activity, […]
Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (Tepco) and Chubu Electric Power have received approval from the Japan Fair Trade Commission to integrate their coal- and gas-fired power plants under the joint venture (JV), JERA Co. The […]
Finnish company Wärtsilä has secured a contract to provide generating equipment for United Mymensingh Power’s 200 MW power plant project in Mymensingh, Bangladesh. Scheduled to be completed in June 2018, the plant will supply electricity […]
Siemens has received a contract from the China Machinery Engineering Corporation (CMEC) for the supply of a complete power island for a 1.3 GW combined cycle, gas-fired power plant in Punjab, Pakistan. Valued at Euro […]
Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has awarded a contract to Siemens for the supply of shunt reactors in Oman. The contract involves the installation of four shunt reactors for the Oman Electricity Transmission Company’s (OETC) 400 […]
In a bid to develop the electric vehicle (EV) sector and reduce pollution, China will soon start phasing out fossil fuel cars. It has also set a 10 per cent minimum sales quota of new […]
The Brazilian government has sold the hydroelectric power operating licences for four projects to Chinese and European bidders for $3.8 billion, amounting to 10.1 per cent above the minimum asking price. China’s State Power Investment […]
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