Tata Power and Mitsubishi Corporation have inaugurated India’s first grid-scale battery-based energy storage system. The 10 MW grid-connected system, owned by AES and Mitsubishi Corporation, will pave the path for wider adoption of grid-scale energy […]
Fortum India has launched battery swapping for light electric vehicles (EVs) in India. The project comprises 90 NMC batteries of 1.5 kWh, one swapping station with 20 batteries and 30 Zbees, which have been modified […]
Schneider Electric has launched Masterpact MTZ in India. It is the next generation of high-power low-voltage circuit breakers, combining the company’s legendary performance and reliability with new digital capabilities. Masterpact MTZ is a first-of-its-kind air […]
NHPC Limited has signed an MoU with Neyveli Lignite Corporation of India Limited (NLCIL) for power trading in Chennai. As per the MoU, NHPC will offer the surplus power available with the northern and north-eastern […]
Sterlite Power has submitted bids for two storage projects in the recently concluded auction of the Salt River Project (SRP) in Arizona, USA. The bids are submitted for a cumulative capacity of 400 MW. The […]
The 8th edition of Indian Power Stations 2019, an international operations and maintenance conference that is organised annually by NTPC Limited, was attended by over 500 delegates. The conference coincided with the synchronisation of NTPC’s […]
Incorporated in July 2000, post the unbundling of the Rajasthan State Electricity Board (RSEB), Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Limited (RRVUNL) has come a long way. The state-owned generation company has an installed base of […]
Having spent more than three decades with hydro major NHPC Limited, Janardan Choudhary has had a challenging but extremely fulfilling career. “Hydropower development is a challenging task. Working in an environment with logistical problems, often […]
Adani Power Limited (APL), which entered the power generation segment in 2006, has aggressively expanded its footprint and is today one of the largest private thermal power producers in the country, with an installed capacity […]
The hydropower segment has been in the doldrums in the past few years. However, its prospects are expected to improve significantly with a pipeline of almost 10 GW of capacity expected to come up for […]
The new year seems to have brought some cheer to the power sector. On January 1, 2019, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) approved Renascent Power Ventures Private Limited’s (Renascent Power) acquisition of a majority […]
Diesel generator (DG) sets continue to play an important role in meeting the backup requirements of consumers across the domestic, institutional, commercial and industrial segments. Despite high running costs, DG sets are popular across these […]
In a move that is expected to significantly open up the market for cross-border power trading, the government, in December 2018, issued new guidelines for the import/export of electricity, repealing the earlier guidelines issued in […]
A lot needs to be done to bring down AT&C losses to single digits. This last-mile journey is a tough one and involves huge discipline,” notes M. Shenbagam, chief (commercial), Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited […]
Cables and conductors are crucial elements of a transmission and distribution (T&D) network. The cable and conductor market in India has witnessed strong growth over the past few years on the back of expansions in […]
As renewable energy business models transform to cater to the prevailing low-tariff conditions, there is an increasing need for innovative low-cost sources of capital. The overall financing requirement of the sector is also growing as […]
In November 2015, the cabinet had approved the first Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana (UDAY) for the financial turnaround of the discoms. In December 2018, the power minister stated that while UDAY has done well in […]
NTPC raises Rs 40 billion through private placement (India) NTPC has raised Rs 40 billion via bonds issued on a private placement basis. Bids worth Rs 125.2 billion were received against the issue size of Rs […]
While India’s power supply position has improved significantly over the past few years, power quality and reliability continue to be points of concern. Intermittent power supply and frequent outages directly affect the operations and profitability […]
The power sector in India is characterised by distortions due to cross-subsidy charges in electricity tariffs, use of traditional mining methods, and lack of quality and reliable power supply. These distortions have an economic cost, […]
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