Power Priorities
Next steps for the new government
The power sector’s record in the past five years has been somewhat mixed. While the sector has […]
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Power Priorities
Stepping In
Supreme Court’s cancellation of RBI circular provides relief to gencos
The Supreme Court recently struck down the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) circular dated February 12, 2018, […]
Secure Supply
Case for hybrids
Poonam Verma, Partner, and Aparajita Upadhyay, Associate, J. Sagar Associates What is a hybrid power plant? Hybrid […]
Open Borders
Bangladesh explores regional power trade opportunities
Mohammad Hossain, Director General, Power Cell, Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources, Government of Bangladesh Bangladesh […]
Views of Jatindra Nath Swain
Managing Director, Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI)
“There is a need to devise a balancing mechanism” The intermittency and grid integration challenges of renewables […]
Green Hydro
Renewables status to give a boost to segment growth
To give a major leg-up to the ailing hydropower segment, the government, in March 2019, approved a […]
Separating Content and Carriage
Recharging the power sector
Ashok Sethi, Chief Operating Officer and Executive Director, Tata Power The distribution segment, which is a […]
Demand-side Management
Saving utility customers money by reducing energy consumption
India’s building sector energy consumption is expected to grow by an average of 2.7 per cent per […]
INNOVATIVE FINANCING OPTIONS FOR GREEN ELECTRONS IN INDIA
Sunil Wadhwa, Managing Director, GE T&D India Limited
As the Government of India (GoI) continues the momentum on rapid industrialization for driving development to become […]
Stress Relief
Will Pilot Scheme-II facilitate power procurement?
Following the reasonable response to the first round of medium-term power purchase agreement (PPA) auctions in 2018, […]
Interview with K.N. Vyas
“Enabling steps to increase nuclear capacity”
From an installed nuclear base of less than 7 GW, the government is looking to expand the […]
Views of Balraj Joshi
“Hydro is expected to receive a major fillip in the coming times”
NHPC Limited, the country’s largest hydropower producer, is optimistic about the sector’s growth story. Hydropower is expected […]
Budget Priorities
Views of industry experts
The Interim Budget 2019-20 was overall unremarkable and did not see any major announcements for the power […]
Decrypting Blockchain
Use case in energy trading
If we glance around us, almost everything we see needs energy to function. The fact is that […]
Second Lap?
In November 2015, the cabinet had approved the first Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana (UDAY) for the financial […]
Turning the Corner
Sector prospects begin to look up
The year 2018 saw the power sector delivering a fairly good performance on the back of the […]
Revisiting UMPPs
Do we need such large thermal capacities?
In view of the increasing power demand, the power ministry is reportedly mulling a proposal to bid […]
Making Progress
Views of sector experts
In the past year, the power sector has witnessed significant growth, including the achievement of 100 per […]
Towards Power for All
Developers’ perspective
The power sector witnessed impressive growth in renewable energy capacity during the past year. Initiatives to increase […]
Dealing with Debt
Discoms’ perspective
The distribution segment has been high on the government’s reform agenda for the last few years. While […]