Two atomic power generation units with 1,000 MW capacity, owned by Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) at Kudankulam in Tamil Nadu account for most of the 5,820 MW forced shutdowns of power plants […]
Adani Green Energy has commissioned a 100 MW wind power project capacity in Kutch, Gujarat, through its subsidiary AWEKTL.… With this project, the company’s operational wind generation capacity will be 497 MW and total operational renewable capacity will rise to 3,345 MW. […]
India’s solar solution firm Fourth Partner Energy and Indonesia’s Indika Energy have tied up to provide solar, battery storage and EV solutions to the South East Asian nations. … Indika Energy will hold 51 per […]
IndiGridhas signed a share purchase agreement to acquire a 100 per cent equity stake in NER II Transmission from Sterlite Power for about Rs 46,250 million.… The acquisition would boost IndiGrid’s asset under management (AUM) […]
The market for cables and conductors in India has grown exponentially over the years and is bound to increase in the future. Policy and regulatory initiatives and government schemes such as the Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram […]
The Ministry of Power (MoP) has issued the Electricity Late Payment Surcharge (LPS) Rules, 2021. LPS refers to the charges payable by a distribution company to a generating company or electricity trader for power procured […]
With growing urbanisation and space constraints, power transmission faces the problem of having to install more transmission lines while facing space limitation issues. To this end, various technological advancements have been made in the transmission […]
In line with the digitalisation of power networks, utilities are investing heavily in rolling out advanced metering infrastructure to replace electromechanical meters. This is expected to bring a wide range of benefits to both stakeholders […]
Despite the Atmanirbhar liquidity package offered to discoms for loans against their receivables, the overdue amount of states is still at high levels. As per the PRAAPTI portal, the monthly trends in discoms’ overdue amount […]
Total power generation stood at 119.88 BUs in January 2021. At around 40.57 BUs and 34.16 BUs, the central and private sectors respectively accounted for the major share in conventional power generation. Meanwhile, renewable energy […]
The electricity traded in the day-ahead market in February 2021 was 5,124.18 MUs at the IEX and 7.44 MUs at PXIL. The average market clearing price range was Rs 2.85 per unit to Rs 4.54 […]
Brajesh Singh has over 34 years of experience in the power generation industry. He spent a large part of his career, from 1985 to 2016, at NTPC. Thereafter, he joined Tata Power and worked […]
Dr Murhari Sopanrao Kele is a leading industry expert and analyst, with 32 years of experience in power distribution, in both public and private utilities in states such as Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Tripura. He […]
Sanil C. Namboodiripad has over three decades of experience in the power sector. He started his career with NTPC, where he worked for 18 years in the commissioning and O&M of gas-based power plants. Thereafter, […]
A 2004 batch IAS officer of the Bihar cadre, R. Lakshmanan is currently chief executive officer of REC Power Distribution Company Limited (RECPDCL), a role he took over in January this year. He is also […]
Transmission Corporation of Telangana Limited organised an online, interactive live training programme, titled “Transmission System: Safety, Maintenance and Restoration Techniques” (TS-SMART). The programme aimed to provide training to all 2,775 workmen looking after the operations […]
Siemens recently organised the Asia Pacific Energy Week with the theme “Shaping the Energy of Tomorrow”. The two-day virtual event, held on March 9-10, 2021, saw more than 2,500 participants that included regional and global […]
Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited (Tata Power-DDL), which supplies electricity to a population of 7 million in North Delhi, has launched a virtual assistant named Roshni, with the objective of enhancing the digital experience of […]
Convergence Energy Services Limited (CESL), a wholly owned subsidiary of Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL), has unveiled the Gram Ujala programme. Under this programme, CESL will distribute high quality LED bulbs at an affordable price […]
The Covid-19 pandemic has disrupted businesses across the world. However, a silver lining amidst the grey clouds of the pandemic would be the acceleration of digital adoption across sectors including power utilities. As we embark […]
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