Adani Green Energy Limited (AGEL), the wholly-owned subsidiary Adani Renewable Energy Holding Eight Limited (AREHEightL), has been awarded a 600 MW wind-solar hybrid power project by Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI). … AREHEightL participated […]
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has bagged orders worth Rs 32 billion for electro-mechanical (E&M) works for a hydroelectric project in Andhra Pradesh and E&M works of pump-motor sets for lift irrigation schemes (LIS) in […]
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $231 million loan for the construction of the Lower Kopili Hydroelectric Power (LKHEP) plant by Assam Power Generation Corporation. … This loan is the third and largest […]
Power Finance Corporation (PFC) has raised its borrowing limit from Rs 900 billion to Rs 1,180 billion for 2020-21 to accommodate the moratorium granted to borrowers as per RBI guidelines. … The company now plans […]
IntelliSmart Infrastructure Private Limited, a joint venture of EESL and the National Investment and Infrastructure Fund, has signed an MoU with Infosys Limited to develop a sustainable energy digital platform to accelerate digitalisation and integrate […]
India has committed to an ambitious target of developing 175 GW of renewable electricity capacity by 2022, of which it had already installed 90.39 GW by November 2020. Currently, environmentally conscious governments have instituted policies […]
With the increasing penetration of renewable energy in the power system, real-time system operation is faced with the challenge of balancing this variable generation. Wind and solar generation leads to steeper ramps, deeper turndowns, and […]
The restructuring efforts of the debt-laden IL&FS Group’s power arm, IL&FS Tamil Nadu Power Company Limited (ITPCL), moved forward last month with one of its creditors, PTC India Financial Services (PFS), approving the resolution plan […]
Total power generation stood at 105.44 BUs in November 2020. At around 35.36 BUs and 31.06 BUs respectively, the central and private sectors accounted for a major share in conventional power generation. Meanwhile, renewable energy […]
B.B. Mehta is a power sector veteran with more than 36 years of industry experience. As chief load despatcher and director, state load despatch centre (SLDC) currently, he is in charge of efficient and secure […]
Telangana State Power Generation Corporation Limited (TSGENCO) was incorporated in 2014, when the pre-existing state of Andhra Pradesh was bifurcated to form a new state, Telangana. Since then, the genco has been continuously expanding its […]
PFC’s maiden taxable bond issue oversubscribed Power Finance Corporation (PFC) launched a Rs 50 billion taxable non-convertible debenture (NCD) issue on January 15, 2020. The issue was subscribed nearly nine times and closed for subscription […]
Bhaskar Sarkar is CEO of Tata Power Trading Company Limited (TPTCL). He has over three decades of experience in the power sector, and has been working with the Tata Group for the past 16 years. […]
While the most widely used gensets are diesel based, with increasing environmental concerns related to diesel generators as well as the rising diesel prices, the share of natural gas-based gensets is expected to grow in […]
Diesel generator set (genset) suppliers and manufacturers are constantly in the process of developing innovative technology and modifications to refine traditional diesel gensets. Over the past few decades, diesel gensets have become the primary choice […]
While the Indian power sector is struggling to provide extensive, uninterrupted and reliable grid supply, diesel gensets have assumed greater significance as the preferred power backup option in sectors such as agriculture, construction, infrastructure and residential. […]
January Issue 2021
Anil Saboo, chairman and managing director of Elektrolites Power Private Limited, a venture he launched in 1981, is currently president of the IEEMA. He is also chairman of ELECRAMA 2020, and an executive council member […]
Government initiatives such as Make in India, Atmanirbhar Bharat, the performance-linked incentive (PLI) scheme are expected to generate a high demand for backup power supply from the manufacturing industry. Apart from this, a high demand […]
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