SJVN Limited has been given category ‘I’ licence for the inter-state trading of power in the entire country by the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC). According to the CERC order, no objections were received on […]
Nepal Power Exchange Limited (NPEL) has signed a trading agreement with India’s Manikaran Power Limited. Under the agreement, NPEL will sell electricity produced by the domestic private sector to India via Manikaran Power Limited. In […]
Cypark Resources Bhd (Cypark), a renewable and green technology developer, has commissioned a 30MW solar power plant for Viva Solar SdnBhd in Kedah, Malaysia. … Cypark Ref SdnBhd, Cypark’s wholly owned subsidiary, will serve as […]
Adani Power Limited has dropped a compensation claim of about Rs 110 billion to reach an out-of-court settlement with Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited (GUVNL) in a dispute over termination of a power purchase agreement […]
India Clean Energy Holdings, a wholly-owned subsidiary of ReNew Energy Global Plc (ReNew) has raised $400 million through green bonds. … The company has issued senior secured dollar notes at 4.5 per cent. Climate Bonds […]
PTC India Limited (PTC) has been appointed as aggregator for procuring electricity for five years by Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Limited (TANGEDCO).… TANGEDCOhas appointed PTC as the aggregator for their recently floated tender […]
Total outstanding dues owed by discoms to power producers have risen by 4.4 per cent year-on-year to Rs 1,210.30 billion, in January 2022.… The discoms owed a total of Rs 1,159.04 billion to the gencos […]
Total power generation stood at 107.64 BUs in November 2021. At around 39 BUs and 31.97 BUs respectively, the central and state sectors accounted for the major share in conventional power generation. Meanwhile, renewable energy […]
The electricity traded in the day-ahead market in December 2021 was 5,423.27 MUs at the IEX and 0.88 MUs at PXIL. The average market clearing price range was Rs 2.69 per unit to Rs 4.41 […]
The power distribution segment continues to be the Achilles heel of the power sector, adversely impacting the viability of the entire value chain. In the past couple of months, the outstanding discom dues to power […]
Going forward, the share of hydropower in the country’s energy mix is expected to increase and thereby help in tackling climate change. In addition to generating clean energy, hydropower has the potential to be used […]
With the growing installation of internet of things (IoT)-based digital components across the grid, more parameters will be monitored in real time, making data acquisition immensely granular and specific. The exponential growth in requirement for […]
Diesel generator (DG) sets are an important source of power supply for various sectors such as railways, marine, mining, building and construction, and telecom and data centres. Their usage has, however, declined in the commercial […]
Power plants are infamous for some of the worst industrial accidents in history. Perhaps nuclear power plants come first to our mind in this context. While nuclear power accidents such as the Chernobyl disaster in […]
At the recent 5th POSOCO Day event, R.K. Singh, union minister for power, new and renewable energy, spoke about the sector’s achievements, the challenges ahead, and the outlook for the sector. Excerpts… The Indian power […]
With the ongoing energy transition, the energy mix in the power system is undergoing a rapid change. The increasing percentage of intermittent and variable energy sources has presented a plethora of technical challenges in secure […]
The power sector, particularly generation and transmission, witnessed key financings in the year 2021. The financing deals in conventional generation mainly focused on the resolution of stressed assets (Essar Power’s Mahan thermal power project and […]
Toshiba Corporation has launched an innovative 20Ah-HP lithium-ion rechargeable battery cell that delivers high energy and high power at the same time. The cell is ideal for heavy-load applications where high-power input and output are […]
Jindal Stainless (Hisar) Limited (JSHL) has won the Energy Conservation Award 2020 at a state-level event organised by the Haryana Renewable Energy Development Agency. This award is testimony to JSHL’s commitment and innovative efforts towards sustainability and energy […]
Hitachi Energy has achieved the use of 100 per cent fossil-free electricity in its operations. It is the first-step target set out in its Sustainability 2030 plan. The company plans to be carbon-neutral in its […]
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