The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC), after deliberating on the contentious issue of transmission pricing for a couple of years, released the draft Sharing of Inter-State Transmission Charges and Losses Regulations, 2019, in October 2019. […]
Coal-based power is the source of almost 72 per cent of power generation in India. Various estimates show that even though renewables may grow, they would not be able to displace coal-based power, which will […]
Angola’s power transmission network developer Rede Nacional de Transporte de Electricidade (RNT) has invited expressions of interest (EoI) for providing engineering services for the construction of the 343 km, 400 kV Huambo–Lubango transmission line and […]
Bahrain-based utility company Electricity and Water Authority (EWA) has awarded a contract to Saudi Arabia-based NESMA Telecom and Technology Limited, a subsidiary of NESMA Holding, for the construction of four 66/11 kV substations — Amas […]
Inox Wind Limited has signed an agreement with AGEL for 50 MW of wind projects at Dayapur in Kutch, Gujarat. The project consists of 25 units of 2 MW wind turbines. The wind turbines have […]
KEC International Limited has secured new orders across different business segments. The firm has secured orders from Powergrid, the Tamil Nadu Transmission Corporation and the Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation, with an aggregate value of Rs […]
BHEL has secured an order worth Rs 2 billion for renovation, modernisation and uprating (RM&U) of four units of the 144 MW Chilla hydroelectric plant (HEP) from Uttarakhand Jal Vidyut Nigam Limited (UJVNL). The units […]
Aditya Aluminium, a unit of the Aditya Birla Group, has set up a 24 MW captive solar PV power project at Lapanga in Sambalpur, Odisha. The project is spread across 144 acres of land with […]
Adani Green Energy Limited (AGEL) has commissioned a 50 MW wind power project in Kutch, Gujarat. The company has a 25-year PPA with SECI for selling power from the project. The evacuation infrastructure connects the […]
ReNew Power Ventures Limited has commissioned a 250 MW solar photovoltaic power plant in Bikaner, Rajasthan. The plant is the second largest solar farm of ReNew Power, with the first being in Maharashtra. Power from […]
The Feedback Energy Distribution Company (FEDCO), a 100 per cent subsidiary of Feedback Infra, has signed an MoU with Australia-based Village Energy to install smart meters and undertake demand-side management measures. Under the MoU, Village […]
Tata Power Renewable Energy Limited has received a letter of award (LoA) from Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited (GUVNL) to develop a 50 MW solar project in the Dholera solar park in Gujarat. This LoA […]
GE T&D India Limited has energised the third of the four poles planned under Powergrid’s Champa-Kurukshetra UHVDC project. This adds an additional 1,500 MW of capacity to the 1,305 km link, which is now transmitting […]
CESC Limited has shelved plans to demerge its generation and distribution businesses into CESC (distribution company) and Haldia Energy (generation company). Reportedly, the West Bengal Electricity Regulatory Commission flagged concerns over asset distribution between the […]
UPPCL has partially shut down three units of 300 MW capacity each at the Rosa thermal power plant (TPP) in Shahjahanpur, and one unit of 110 MW each at the Harduaganj TPP in Aligarh and […]
The Kerala State Electricity Regulatory Commission has notified draft regulations on the power quality for distribution systems. The draft specifies that distribution licensees should meet the quality parameters set by the commission with regard to […]
The Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC) has issued the draft Terms and Conditions for Determination of Renewable Energy Tariff Regulations, 2019. The regulations cover renewable projects commissioned in the state for the generation and sale […]
Tata Power and The Rockefeller Foundation have created an arm, Tata Power Renewable Microgrids Limited, to set up 10,000 microgrids across India by 2026. Tata Power Renewable Microgrids will scale up an innovative microgrid model […]
Kerala State Electricity Board Limited has invited expressions of interest (EoIs) to enter into power-banking arrangements with power utilities and traders. This is being done to tackle power shortages of 300-400 MW in summer. KSEBL […]
The Uttarakhand government has decided to switch over to prepaid power meters in all government buildings. Uttarakhand Power Corporation Limited (UPCL) will soon begin installing prepaid meters in a phased manner. UPCL has over 8,397 […]
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