Special Anniversary Issue
Storage Solution: PSH could be a catalyst for green power development
The world has been experiencing extreme weather conditions, leading to disasters in a higher frequency and also severity. […]
Month: September 2021
International News
RENERA to build3 GWh lithium-ion battery manufacturing facility in Kaliningrad, Russia
Rosatom – Energy Storage Solutions (RENERA), Rosatom’s integrator company for energy storage business, and the Government of Kaliningrad region have signed an agreement to build a lithium-ion cells and energy storage systems production plant in Russia’s […]
Private Sector
HPCL to set up 5,000 EV charging stations in three years
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) plans to build 5,000 electric vehicle (EV) charging stations in three years to boost wider adoption of EVs in the country. … HPCL plans to leverage its 19,000 fuel retail […]
Central Sector
IIT Delhi develops device to generate electricity from raindrops, ocean waves
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi have designed a device which can generate electricity from raindrops, water drops, water streams, and ocean waves. … The device is called liquid-solid interface triboelectric nanogenerator. […]
Central Sector
CESL plans for 8.5 GW solar capacity over next five to six years
Convergence Energy Solutions Services (CESL) has planned to set up 8.5 GW capacity of solar power over the next five to six years. … The company to looking to raise $200 million, each, for projects […]
Central Sector
Government plans to set up 14 GWh battery storage system in Kutch
The central government has planned to set up a grid-scale battery storage system of around 14 GWh capacity at the renewable energy (RE) park at Khavda, Kutch in Gujarat. … The KhavdaRE park in Kutch […]
Special Anniversary Issue
Sustainable Power for All: Decarbonisation, digitalisation and decentralisation for value generation
The past 18 months could possibly act as a defining moment for the power generation and transmission industry, where the average life of equipment is around 25 years! […]
Special Anniversary Issue
Greening the Grid: Key to meeting India’s renewable energy goals
Covid-19 has altered the world, but it has not stopped the steady march of renewable energy. In fact, during the pandemic, the segment grew faster than it has done in the past. […]
Special Anniversary Issue
A Critical Need: Validation of smart metering systems
The power distribution scenario is changing the world over. Greater integration of renewable energy, growth in rooftop solar and the need for electric vehicle charging are leading to larger variation and unpredictability in the net power demand curve. […]
Special Anniversary Issue
Making the Transition: Opportunities and challenges in the drive towards a low-carbon future
The world needs to limit the average global temperature rise to 1.5 °C. If this is not done, every increment of warming beyond 1.5 °C will result in increasingly destructive and costly implications. […]
Special Anniversary Issue
Energy for All: Call for collaboration to fulfil shared interests
By Rajiv Ranjan Mishra, Managing Director, Apraava Energy Development is meaningless unless it is inclusive and driven by a clearly defined purpose. As a developing country faced with the challenges of reviving economic growth and […]
Special Anniversary Issue
Powering the Planet: OSOWOG seeks to link countries via intercontinental power lines
By Pratik Agarwal, Managing Director, Sterlite Power The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Report, released in August 2021, has issued code red for human-driven global heating. As per the report, if global carbon emissions […]
Special Anniversary Issue
25 Memorable Covers: Power Line covers we are proud of
Selecting 25 memorable covers from a bank of almost 300 is no small task. Especially if many of them are “memorable”. As we revisited our back issues to pick out the best covers, we realised […]
Special Anniversary Issue
What Lies Ahead: A decade of energy storage and tremendous opportunity
Every year, September 22 is observed as World Energy Storage Day globally. Over the years, energy storage has been deemed as the Holy Grail for reducing greenhouse gas emissions as we rally towards electrifying vehicles and decarbonising our energy grid. In fact, energy storage is increasingly being recognised as a diverse asset class of different technologies and applications. […]
Special Anniversary Issue
Energy Transition Strategy: Action plan for decarbonising the power sector
The Kyoto Protocol of 1997 mandated emission reduction targets only for developed nations while allowing developing countries with low per capita emissions to take a voluntary approach towards their emission reduction targets from a “climate justice” standpoint. Nothing substantial has been achieved of the agreed emission reduction commitments made by developed nations nor has the promised assistance ($100 billion per year) to developing countries been delivered. […]
Special Anniversary Issue
Virtual PPAs: Challenges and potential benefits
By Gurpreet Chugh, Managing Director, India; and Sushmita Ajwani, Director, Power and Renewable, ICF International The Government of India, as a part of its Climate Action Plan, has set an ambitious target of 450 GW […]
Special Anniversary Issue
Lighting the Way: SLNP gives an impetus to LED uptake
Light is essential for sustaining human life and enabling productive human activity. Most of the man-made, artificial sources of light use either electricity or fossil fuels and must, therefore, be used judiciously to minimise their impact on natural resources and the environment. […]
Special Anniversary Issue
Capital Need: Access to finance can help India achieve its “RE+” goals
Energy transition is happening but not fast enough to limit the global average temperature rise to 1.5 °C. Power investment will need to rise to help the world achieve the Paris Agreement goals. Compared with the average annual investments projected in the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) Sustainable Development Scenario, the global power sector spending in 2019 was about 35 per cent short of the level required a decade from now. The year 2020 also witnessed lower investment due to the Covid-19 pandemic. […]
Special Anniversary Issue
Snapshots of the Past: Power Line’s celebrations over the years
Power Line’s journey over the past 25 years has been rather eventful. We have had several occasions for celebration, as we marked successive milestones. We bring you here some memories from our 1st, 10th and […]
International News
GE commissions Africa’s first fully digital substation in Senegal
GE Renewable Energy’s Grid Solutions business has commissioned the first ever fully digital high voltage substation on the African continent. The 225 kV substation is located in Thiès, 70 km from Dakar in Senegal. The […]