New Frontiers For the past two years, Rajiv Srivastava was based in Singapore as chief operating officer (COO) and head, sales strategy and operations, Hewlett-Packard (HP), for the Asia-Pacific and Japan region. One day, he […]
A. Gopal Rao, chairman and managing director (CMD), Northern Power Distribution Company of Telangana Limited (TSNPDCL), brings to the table over 37 years of experience in the power sector. He started his career in 1969 […]
Puneet Munjal has around three decades of experience in the power sector. He started his career with NTPC, where he worked for almost a decade, before moving to the private sector in 1997. He worked […]
For Himachal Pradesh, hydropower holds immense significance for its economy and the state government is committed to promoting it. According to Manasi Sahay Thakur, director, energy, with the Himachal Pradesh government, “The state has limited […]
Gilan Sabatier is the general manager for GE Renewable Energy in South Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. He has been in this role since early 2018. In the past, he has led […]
The transmission and distribution segments, which are fundamental to the power sector’s performance, are gearing up for growth and transformation. In the distribution segment, utilities are taking a host of new initiatives for revamping their […]
While renewable energy capacity is growing at a fast pace, transmission-related issues have been hampering further progress in recent times. There is a mismatch in the construction timelines between transmission capacity addition and renewable energy […]
In the past few years, there has been a marked slowdown in the ordering activity of boiler, turbine and generator (BTG) equipment. During 2018-19, only one main plant equipment order was finalised. The build-up of […]
One of the government’s top agendas for the power sector is distribution segment reforms. In a strong move, the Ministry of Power (MoP) has recently mandated discoms to open and maintain a letter of credit […]
Uttarakhand has an estimated hydropower potential of around 25 GW, however, only 4 GW has been brought online so far. Due to low resource utilisation and the state’s growing power needs, it ends up purchasing […]
Asset management involves a strategic and systematic approach to managing physical assets, with a focus on business and engineering processes for resource allocation and utilisation. This enables better decision-making based on quality information and well-defined […]
For India’s coal-fired power plants, which continue to have a majority share in installed capacity and power generation, lowering carbon emissions remains a priority. Over the years, supercritical technologies have become the preference for most […]
One of the recent notable achievements in the power sector has been near 100 per cent household electrification in the country under the Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana (Saubhagya). All states except Chhattisgarh […]
India’s Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) aim to base 40 per cent of the total installed power generation capacity on non-fossil fuel resources by 2030, with international support on technology transfer and financing. This includes […]
Over the past couple of years, there has been an increasing focus on the implementation of smart meters in the country. It is a key component of various central government schemes and programmes such as […]
The power sector is witnessing a paradigm shift with the expansion of the distributed generation segment, the increasing share of renewables in the energy mix, the growth of electric vehicles, and the declining costs of […]
Coal-based power continues to dominate the Indian power generation segment. These plants account for over 63 per cent of India’s total installed generation capacity. However, the declining plant load factors (PLFs) are a cause for […]
Lekela, a renewable power generation company that delivers utility-scale projects across Africa, has reached financial closure of the 250 MW West Bakr project in Egypt. The construction on the project will commence soon and it […]
Power transmission utilities are increasingly adopting newer technologies for the expansion of the transmission network in order to manage right-of-way (RoW) constraints, ensure efficient power transmission and improve the performance of the existing network. In […]
Digitalisation is playing a key role in the upgradation of conventional power plants, which will help meet the changing market requirements. A digital power plant offers efficient and cost-effective power generation, reduces maintenance expenses and […]
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