By Dr U.R. Prasad, Advisor (Economics), Central Electricity Regulatory Commission The spot electricity market is a wholesale marketplace where electricity is bought and sold for immediate or very short-term physical delivery, typically within the same […]
By Omkar Dhanke, Research Analyst; and Debajit Palit, Centre Head, Centre for Climate Change and Energy Transition, Chintan Research Foundation India’s civil nuclear programme has long been anchored in strategic objectives, technological autonomy and clean […]
By Dr Rajib Mishra, Executive Director (D), IRADe; Dr Navpreet Saini, Senior Research Analyst, IRADe India’s long-term development ambitions are reshaping the country’s industrial landscape. Targets such as achieving a $5 trillion economy, becoming the […]
By Subhro Paul, Central Power Engineering Service, Director; and Praveen Kumar Sahukari, Central Power Engineering Service, Deputy Director, Central Electricity Authority India aspires to become Viksit Bharat by 2047, which will necessitate sustained economic growth […]
By Kumaresh Ramesh, Intern; Dominic Scott and Raj Addepalli, Senior Advisers; and Alejandro Hernandez, Programme Director, Regulatory Assistance Project Financially settled contracts (FSCs) offer multiple advantages compared to traditional physical power purchase agreements (PPAs). While […]
By P. Phani Kumar, Divisional Engineer, Telangana Generation Corporation Limited In thermal power plants (TPPs), ash generated from coal combustion is categorised into fly ash and bottom ash. Fly ash, which constitutes approximately 70-80 per […]
By Dr Sapan Thapar, Associate Professor, TERI School of Advanced Studies Projected to be the fastest-growing economy this fiscal, India will require enabling support from all factors of production to maintain its momentum towards Viksit […]
By Parikshit Pareek, Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Roorkee, and S.K. Soonee, Senior Adviser, Independent Consultant, Founding CEO of POSOCO (now Grid-India) By the end of this decade, India’s data centres could consume as much […]
By Dominic Scott, Senior Adviser; Raj Addepalli, Senior Adviser; and Alejandro Hernandez, Energy Systems Innovation Program Director, Regulatory Assistance Project (RAP), with thanks to Sushil Kumar Soonee and Deborah Bynum, RAP, for their assistance The […]
R.V. Shahi, Former Power Secretary The developed nations of the world – the initial G-7 countries – initiated and acquired maturity on economic development during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Their development agendas, riding on […]
Gurdeep Singh, Chairman and Managing Director, NTPC Limited The global coal gasification market is undergoing a strategic transformation, driven by the twin imperatives of energy security and the low carbon transition. Valued at $13.87 billion in […]
Alok Kumar, Former Union Power Secretary and Director General, All India Discoms Association With COP30 approaching, India is expected to announce its updated Nationally Determined Contributions up to 2035 soon. There will be exhortations for […]
S.K. Soonee, Former and Founding Chief Executive Officer, Power System Operation Corporation Limited (now GRID-INDIA); and Debasis De, Former Executive Director, National Load Despatch Centre, GRID-INDIA The successful implementation of Security Constrained Economic Despatch (SCED) […]
At a recent Power Line conference on “AI in Electricity Grid”, senior representatives from leading transmission and distribution utilities discussed the current status, challenges and future plans for artificial intelligence (AI) deployment in the power […]
For decades, studies of Indian coal have shown that it is typically low in sulphur and high in ash, except for certain reserves in the north-eastern states. […]
India stands at the crossroads in its path to energy sovereignty with fossil fuels continuing to contribute 68 per cent to electricity production. […]
By Arun Kanchan, Former Director/CEO, Torrent Power, BSES Rajdhani Power Limited, BSES Yamuna Power Limited and Bajaj Energy Limited; and Sarang Kanchan, Associate Partner, Takshashila Consultants Indian discoms in 2025 and beyond India’s discoms continue […]
By Srinivas Tumuluru, Executive Director, Engineering, GRID-India India’s grid is one of the largest and the most complex in the world. It operates across a network of five regional grids – Northern, Western, Southern, Eastern […]
By Prankur Patel, Assistant Director, Central Electricity Authority The installation of flue gas desulphurisation (FGD) systems across India’s coal-based thermal power plants (TPPs) has emerged as a controversial topic in recent years due to rising […]
By Rishika Ranga, Consultant, Energy Policy and Regulations Group, CSTEP India’s electricity sector, characterised by centralised generation and long-term power purchase agreements (PPAs), is facing challenges due to the growing decentralised renewable energy (DRE) market. […]
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