New Delhi: State-owned NTPC on Wednesday said it is working on electric vehicle charging infrastructure as it believes that ultimately mobility through EVs will help. NTPC Executive Director Mohit Bhargava said electric vehicle is a good concept but the larger issue is related to the battery.
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Power
Power gencos’ outstanding dues on discoms rise 37 pc to Rs 70,000 cr in Sept
New Delhi: Power producers’ total outstanding dues owed by distribution companies rose around 37 per cent to Rs 69,558 crore in September 2019 over the same month last year, reflecting stress in the sector. Distribution companies owed a total of Rs 50,583 crore to power generation companies in September 2018, according to web portal and […]
Tata, Rockefeller Foundation plan 10,000 microgrids
Tata Power Co. Ltd, in collaboration with the Rockefeller Foundation, plans to develop 10,000 microgrids in India to boost access to affordable and reliable electricity to homes and enterprises across the nation’s vast rural areas. Tata Power will set up a new unit, TP Renewable Microgrid Ltd, to build the microgrids through 2026 that will […]
Kudankulam nuke plant says cyber attack ‘impossible’
Kudankulam: The Kudankulam nuclear power plant (KKNPP) on Tuesday allayed fears of a cyber attack on its systems and said such attacks were not possible. KKNPP training superintendent and information officer R Ramdoss said the reports in the social media about cyber attacks were false and clarified that KKNPP and the other nuclear power plants’ […]
No cyber attack at Tamil Nadu Nuclear plant
Tirunelveli: The Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project has categorically denied any cyber attack on its control system, refuting reports doing the rounds on social media platforms. The sensation has been created by a Haryana-based cyber intelligence specialist, Pukhraj Singh, who, also a former officer of the National Technical Research Organisation, (NTRO), a premier government agency tasked […]
Hyderabad: Power cuts anger city residents
Hyderabad: Though southern discom chairman and managing director G. Raghuma Reddy has been assuring the public that the department can deal with power outages, the public is not assured. Power users are accusing the electricity department of mismanagement and delay in restoring power in several places. Greater Hyderabad has 480 feeders of 33KV which serve […]
Havells, TATA Power come together to ensure safety against hazards of electricity
New Delhi: To ensure safety of users against hazards of electric leakage, Havells India Ltd. And TATA Power-DDL today signed an MoU to strengthen the distribution of electrical protection devices in North and North-Western parts of Delhi. Along with that, both companies have also planned an extensive awareness and training program to encourage adoption of […]
After SC verdict, power, water supply lines to Kerala’s Maradu apartments snapped
Kochi: Power and water supply lines were disconnected on Thursday at the four apartment complexes in Maradu, which the Supreme Court has ordered to be demolished for violating coastal norms. Amid heavy police presence, the power supply was disconnected around 5 am, while the water supply was stopped a few hours later, said residents of […]
Wind energy can light up the entire world
Hyderabad: Renewable wind energy seems to be a long shot for Telangana if it plans to go the Europe way—-which is planning to become the ‘numero-uno’ energy provider by tapping the power of the wind by 2050. According to a study published in the September installment of Energy Policy and quoted on Stephen Johnson’s article […]
Kochi signs climate and energy covenant
Kochi: Kochi, along with six other Indian cities, has signed the Commitment for the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy. The covenant was signed during the first India – European Union Forum being organised in New Delhi on Tuesday and Wednesday. Ahmadabad, Bhavnagar, Gandhi Nagar, Jamnagar, Junagadh and Vadodara are the other cities […]
Aramco arm looks for oil products after attacks: Sources
Singapore/London: Saudi Aramco’s trading arm is looking for oil products for prompt delivery after Saturday’s attacks on Saudi oil facilities, several trade sources said this week. Saudi Arabia is set to become a significant buyer of refined products after the attacks forced it to shut down more than half of its crude oil output and […]
Kochi: Waste-to-power plant to get green approval
KOCHI: The long wait for the waste-to-energy plant at Brahmapuram is going to end soon as the environmental clearance for the project is expected by September end. Environmental clearance for the plant is included in the agenda of State Level Environment Impact Assessment Committee (SLEIAC) scheduled for September 17 (Tuesday). A meeting of the State […]