State discom Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) has reportedly written to all major solar and cogeneration power plant developers, seeking a discount bin tariffs. The Punjab government is reportedly planning to renegotiate the contracts […]
Sterlite Power has refinanced the loan for its Gurgaon Palwal Transmission Limited project. The project became fully operational in April 2020. The new financing to prepay the existing project loan of Rs 8 billion has […]
BSES Rajdhani Power Limited (BRPL) has completed the electrification works at the world’s largest Covid care centre in record time to ensure seamless power supply. Over 100 workers and officials of BRPL worked round the […]
What are some of the promising automation solutions for utilities to manage and reduce their energy consumption? What are the benefits and cost savings? The government of India is taking various steps in transforming the […]
High transmission losses are the biggest cause of revenue losses for utilities. In the transmission and distribution (T&D) system, transformers play an instrumental role of scaling down high voltage energy and making it usable for […]
Established in November 2010, following the division of the erstwhile Tamil Nadu Electricity Board (TNEB), Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Limited (TANGEDCO) is responsible for power generation and distribution in the state of Tamil […]
Private participation is often regarded as the panacea for all the issues plaguing the power distribution segment – weak financial performance, high operational losses and poor customer service. Over the years, two modes of private […]
The Gulf Energy Development PLC of Thailand has purchased two wind power farms of 50 MW capacity each worth $200 million in Vietnam. The company entered into a share purchase agreement with Dien Xanh Gia […]
The Tamil Nadu state government has urged the central government to instruct Rural Electrification Corporation (REC) and the Power Finance Corporation (PFC) to release Rs 206.22 billion sought by Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation […]
NTPC Limited has appointed consulting firm EY as an advisor for acquiring Reliance Infrastructure Limited’s Delhi electricity distribution businesses. In May 2020, NTPC had evinced interest to buy Reliance Infrastructure Limited’s 51 per cent stake […]
Adani Transmission Limited (ATL) has signed a definitive agreement with Kalpataru Power Transmission (KPTL) for acquiring the latter’s project-specific SPV, Alipurduar Transmission Limited at an enterprise value of Rs 12.86 billion.  ATL expects to complete the acquisition in […]
Coal India Limited (CIL) and NLC India plan to jointly develop solar power assets of 3,000 MW with a likely investment of around Rs 120 billion. CIL and NLC India would form a JV to […]
In a letter to the Prime Minister’s Office, the Association of Power Producers (APP) has sought more time to install emission control equipment at power plants, citing various constraints, including COVID-19 followed by supply disruptions […]
The Ministry of Power (MoP) has notified an order issuing directions to protect security, integrity, and reliability of strategically important critical power supply system and network in the country. As per the ministry, the vulnerabilities […]
Maharashtra State Electricity Transmission Company Limited (MSETCL) is the largest state transmission utility in the country. It has a network spanning around 50,000 ckt. km of extra high voltage (EHV) transmission lines as well as […]
In a major mishap a boiler explosion took place at state-run power major NLC India Limited’s power generation unit in July, leading to worker fatalities. The cause of the accident is still under investigation. However, […]
The union government announced a series of economic measures and a Rs 20 trillion stimulus package under the AtmaNirbharAbhiyaan to revive the Covid-battered economy. The package includes a mega Rs 900 billion liquidity injection for […]
India’s utility-scale solar parks have proved to be a successful model, withstanding many policy hurdles and implementation issues. Many of the solar parks in the country have a capacity of over 1 GW and are […]
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