Of the 100 GW of solar capacity target by 2022, 40 GW is to come from rooftop solar. Net metering could play a key role in the uptake of rooftop solar installations. Net metering means […]
The central government has signed MoU with the Nagaland government and the union territories (UTs) of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, and Daman & Diu under the UjwalDiscom Assurance Yojana (UDAY). […]
The Ministry of Power (MoP) is working towards making provisions under the power purchase agreements (PPAs) legally binding. This is to ensure that the discoms have PPAs to cover 100 per cent of their energy […]
The MoP is planning to promote the installation of prepaid meters under the Saubhagya scheme. Under the scheme, the government intends to provide electricity connections to over 30 million households in the rural and urban […]
The central government is mulling over the setting up of a panel to formulate a framework for mandating checks and clearances on foreign companies investing in the Indian power sector. This comes following the malware […]
The central government is planning to launch a “rent a roof” policy to meet the 40 GW of installed solar rooftop capacity target by 2022. Under the proposed policy, solar power developers can rent rooftop […]
In a bid to reduce pollution in Delhi and neighbouring states, the central government has asked NTPC Limited to use 10 per cent of straw pellets in its fuel mix. The utility will procure pellets […]
NTPC Limited has shut down the 500 MW Unit 6 of its Unchahar coal-fired plant in Raebareli, Uttar Pradesh, after an explosion in the boiler on November 1, 2017 affecting around 80 people. Bharat Heavy […]
Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (Powergrid) has commissioned the 220 kV Leh-Khalsti line section of the 220 kV Alusteng (Srinagar)-Leh transmission line, along with the 220/66 kV gas-insulated switchgear (GIS) substations in Leh and […]
Coal India Limited (CIL) is in talks with Indian Railways to increase the daily rake loading from 216 rakes to 250 rakes by March 2018 to address the coal shortage concerns of the power and […]
NTPC is planning to offer fee-based management services to stressed power plants in the private sector. For those stressed plants that are currently under implementation, NTPC will assist the project developers and lenders in completing […]
NTPC is finding power offtakers for its 250 MW Kadapa Solar Park in Andhra Pradesh, which was auctioned in April 2017. The entire capacity was won by Solairedirect, a subsidiary of France-based Engie, at Rs […]
NHPC Limited is reportedly planning to bid for the $2.5 billion 1,200 MW BudhiGandaki hydroelectric plant (HEP) in Nepal. The project was initially awarded to the China Gezhouba Group Corporation; however, the Nepal government recently […]
Indian Railways (IR) has formulated a Rs 350 billion plan to electrify its entire network by 2021. This is expected to generate annual savings of Rs 105 billion in fuel bills. To this end, it […]
The power minister has launched the National Power Portal (NPP), a centralised system that facilitates online data capture and input from generation, transmission and distribution utilities in the country. The NPP will disseminate power sector […]
The union government has decided to allocate an additional 792 MW of power from the central pool to Jammu & Kashmir to meet the high power demand during winters. The peak demand in Jammu & […]
The Bihar government has approved four schemes worth Rs 79.29 billion for strengthening the state’s power transmission and distribution system in order to meet the growing electricity demand by 2021-22. Of the total amount, Rs […]
NITI Aayog has released a proposal for developing electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure in Delhi. The proposal entails the setting up of 135 charging stations across 55 locations within a specified timeline, with first installation […]
Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) has recently disconnected several power connections across the domestic, commercial and industrial consumer categories on account of payment defaults. There were around 36,166 consumers that had defaulted on […]
The Kargil Renewable Energy Development Agency has commissioned the 1.5 MW Biaras small-hydro project in Jammu & Kashmir under the Prime Minister’s Ladakh Renewable Energy Initiative. The project entails a cost of Rs 170 million […]
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