The government of Uttar Pradesh has announced a 50 per cent reduction in power tariff on agricultural use. The order announced by the state government divided the targeted consumers into four categories – metered, unmetered, […]
The central government has approved the scheme on green energy corridor (GEC) phase-II for intra-state transmission system (InSTS) for addition of around 10,750 ckm of transmission lines and 27,500 MVA transformation capacity of substations. The […]
Energy trading on power exchanges is an emerging domain in the field of renewable energy. In countries across the world, green power exchanges are in their nascent stages and are yet to find their place […]
With the growing integration of renewable energy into the grid, hydropower is expected to play a major role in addressing the intermittency and balancing requirements. The International Hydropower Association (IHA) has recently recognised India as […]
Gagan Bihari Swain, director, finance and corporate affairs at GRIDCO Limited, has extensive experience in the areas of finance and regulatory reform. Prior to GRIDCO, he headed the department for regulatory, strategy, legal and government affairs […]
Growing environmental concerns are increasingly putting limits on the use of diesel generator (DG) sets in cities, while better availability and quality of grid power are also lowering the need for the utilisation of DG […]
Power generation companies are facing a growing number of challenges, from increased market complexity and demand, to regulatory compliance, sustainability objectives and uncertainty spurred by Covid-19. The pandemic forced the industry to switch to remote […]
PT Pertamina Geothermal Energy (PGE) and PT Medco Power Indonesia (MPI) have signed a head of agreement study to develop geothermal power plant projects across Indonesia. Over the next 24 months, both firms will evaluate […]
Industrial Promotion and Investment Corporation of Odisha Limited (IPICOL) and GAIL (India) Limited have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for cooperation in the areas of green hydrogen, green ammonia and renewable energy (solar/wind) for […]
The central public sector enterprises (CPSEs) under Ministry of Power (MoP) have incurred capital expenditure (capex) of Rs 403.95 billion during April-December 2021, which is 47 per cent higher as compared to capex incurred during […]
NHPC Limited has signed promoters agreement with Green Energy Development Corporation of Odisha Limited (GEDCOL) for development of 500 MW floating solar power projects on different water bodies in Odisha. With signing of promoters agreement, […]
The Ministry of Power has completed seven years of distributing and selling LED lights under its flagship Unnat Jyoti by Affordable LEDs for All (UJALA) programme. The MoP has distributed 367.8 million LED lights under […]
Taking its clean energy transition goals seriously, the US government is making efforts to provide federal funds for accelerating the growth of the clean electricity and power transmission sectors. To help realise its ambitious climate […]
Renovation and modernisation (R&M) of hydroelectric projects (HEPs) is a cost-effective way to deal with technological obsolescence. It restores lost capacity and improves the availability, performance, reliability and efficiency of the plant. It also helps […]
R. Narayan Kumar’s career has been largely built around harnessing the natural elements – air, wind and sun. He has spent 16 years of his 27-year-long career in the renewable energy space and before that […]
Natural gas gensets are quieter and cleaner as compared to diesel-based gensets. The availability of natural gas in large quantities, relatively lower price of natural gas as well as growing concerns over carbon footprint and […]
The Indian power market is making strides towards next-level transition, which is likely to be completed in the next three to six years. The focus of this transition is to have competitive market mechanisms and […]
The state-owned power utility, Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA), has operationalised the 132 kV New Modi (Parbat)–Laha Chowk (Kaski) line.… The line has been charged by connecting a 30 MVA power transformer at a 132/33 kV […]
Amp Energy India has commissioned a solar project of 30 MW capacity for Bosch Limited. … The solar project would be provided from Amp Energy India’s open access facility in Mallatvillage, Raichur district of Karnataka. […]
Thermax Limited has bagged an order of Rs 5.46 billion from a public sector power company to set up two flue gas desulphurisation (FGD) systems for their two units of 500 MW capacity each in […]
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