By Anurag Johri, Managing Director and Lead, Utilities, Accenture India It is well established by now that digital transformation is no longer a choice but an imperative for thriving in the post-pandemic economy. For successful […]
In a recent development, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has extended the time limit for 10 power projects by 36 months in order to furnish the documents required for becoming certified “mega” projects […]
Norway-based Scatec ASA has refinanced USD37 million of non-recourse project debt for its Dam Nai wind farm in Vietnam The refinancing operation, facilitated by Vietcombank, enabled Scatec to achieve improved project return through a reduced […]
The state government of Odisha has sought viability gap funding (VGF)for promotion of hydropower pump storage plant (PSP).. A committee set up by the Union power ministry to look into the demand is likelyto give […]
Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Limited(TANGEDCO) plans todouble the power production in the state by 2030 as well as upgrade the distribution system for an uninterrupted power supply. Currently, the power production in the […]
Convergence Energy Services Limited (CESL) has announced the lowest ever prices discovered for 5,450 electric buses across five cities. The lowest price discovered for a 12-meter bus is Rs 43.49 per km, and a 9-metre […]
NTPC Limited has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Energy Vault Holdings, Inc for gravity-based energy storage technology The objective of the MoU is to collaborate and formalise a long-term strategic partnership for deployment […]
India and Maldives have proposed to establish transmission interconnection for renewable power transfer as part of One Sun, One World, One Grid (OSOWOG) initiative to facilitate Maldives’ energy transition programme. Both the countries have proposed […]
Power utilities are increasingly embracing new and emerging IT-based technological systems such as cloud computing, powerline communications, internet of things (IoT), digital substations, blockchain, remote monitoring solutions, data solutions based on artificial intelligence and machine […]
India has announced ambitious plans of setting up 500 GW of renewable energy capacity by 2030. This revised target (up from 450 GW previously) was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Climate Change […]
Power transmission operator, National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP), has allocated PHP160 billion for capital expenditures until 2025, mostly for projects that will ensure the stability of electricity supply throughout the country. Of this […]
Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has signed an agreement with the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay to jointly undertakeresearch and development work in the green hydrogen value chain Both the institutions have collaborated to contribute towards […]
The Maharashtra government plans to import coal and acquire a coal-mine from Chhattisgarh for power generation, in view of the continuing power crisis and ongoing load-shedding in large parts of the state. Coal is not […]
The National Institute of Wind Energy (NIWE) of India and Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) ORE Catapult of the UK have signed a joint declaration of intent to establish a five-year collaboration programme for the development […]
Green Infra Wind Energy Limited (GIWEL), promoted and owned by Sembcorp Green Infra Limited,has won Railway Energy Management Company Limited’s (REMCL) auction for 50 MW of wind power. The capacity was awarded following a tariff-based […]
In a meeting, the union minister for power and the union minister for railwayshave discussed short term and long-term strategies for dealing with increasing power demand. The power minister has urged all stakeholders at the […]
The maximum all India power demand met at 14:51 hours on April 26, 2022 was 201.066 GW. It has surpassed last year’s maximum demand met of 200.539 GW which occurred on July 7, 2021. The […]
At the COP26 global climate summit in Glasgow in November 2021, India set an ambitious target to reach net zero emissions by 2070. Further, it announced that it would increase its non-fossil energy capacity to […]
The African Development Fund (ADF), the concessional arm of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB), has granted a USD5.5-million technical assistance grant to commence the roll-out of the flagship ‘Desert to Power’ initiative in the […]
Grid Corporation of Odisha (GRIDCO) has signed a power sale agreement (PSA) with NTPC Limited in Bhubaneswar for the purchase of clean energy. Under the PSA, GRIDCO would acquire 200 MW of solar power through […]
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