Category: Power

India is taking the lead to promote a regional approach to energy needs and working assiduously to promote the sub-region comprising itself, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Myanmar as an energy hub, Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said on Wednesday. In his remarks at the inauguration of the South Asia Group on Energy (SAGE) at the […]

Ministry of Power, vide Gazette Notification dt. 9 March 2021 notified ‘Central Transmission Utility of India’ (CTUIL), a Government Company and wholly owned Subsidiary of POWERGRID, as the ‘Central Transmission Utility’ (CTU) to undertake and discharge all functions of CTU pursuant to the provisions of the Electricity Act, 2003 or any regulations or directions of […]

In yet another boost for India’s domestic solar manufacturing industry, the government has issued an all-Indian list of modules and manufacturers to be used for its projects. This approved list of models and manufacturers (ALMM) released by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) on Wednesday comes a day after the announcement of the […]

JSW Energy has inked a business transfer agreement with JSW Cement for the sale of 18 megawatt (MW) thermal power plant at Salboni, in West Bengal for Rs 95.67 crore. Earlier, the board of JSW Energy had approved the sale of 18 MW thermal power plant at Salboni to JSW Cement Ltd on a going […]

Inox Wind on Tuesday said it has signed a binding agreement with Integrum Energy Infrastructure for 92 mega watt (MW) of wind power projects. In a regulatory filing, Inox Wind has signed a binding agreement with Integrum Energy Infrastructure Pvt Ltd to supply, erect and commission 92 MW of wind power projects comprising 2 MW […]

Scrapping incentives, including up to Rs 7,500 per vehicle for auto and light commercial vehicle, is being provided by the Delhi Government under Delhi Electric Vehicle Policy 2020, Parliament was informed on Monday. The Delhi government notified the Delhi EV Policy 2020 on Aug 7, 2020, with an intention to promote the adoption of clean […]

The two 1,000 MW atomic power generation units of Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) at Kudankulam in Tamil Nadu account for the bulk of the 5,820 MW forced power plant shutdowns in the Southern states. The two big atomic power plants are not generating power. On Friday afternoon, the first unit stopped operations […]

Chief minister Yogi Adityanath said selfreliance in the power sector is important for making UP ‘atmanirbhar’ and in the last four years the government has succeeded in increasing transmission capacity by 53% to 25,000 MW. The CM inaugurated two sub-stations of 220 KV and nine sub-stations of 132 KV constructed at a cost of Rs […]

State-owned thermal power stations collectively generated 8,104 MW power for Maharashtra on Sunday. Energy minister Nitin Raut announced that this was the highest ever achieved. It will help meet the rising demand during summer as electricity consumption has now increased 53% as compared to initial Covid-19 lockdown months. His tweet on Sunday morning read, “Today’s […]

Adani Green Energy on Monday said its arm Adani Wind Energy Kutch Three Limited (AWEKTL) has commissioned a 100 megawatt (MW) wind power plant located at Kutch, in Gujarat. With the successful commissioning of this plant, the company has an operational wind generation capacity of 497 MW. The commissioning was five months ahead of schedule, […]

Nuclear power is responsible for 10 percent of the world’s electricity production, but it remains a controversial source of energy, a decade after the tsunami that triggered the Fukushima nuclear crisis. Here is a look at the state of nuclear energy around the world: – Fewer reactors – “It was an industry in serious crisis […]

Average spot power price at Indian Energy Exchange (IEX) rose over 16 per cent to Rs 3.39 per unit in February in the day ahead market (DAM), over the same month a year ago. “The day-ahead market (DAM) traded 5,124 MU (million units) volume and saw a notable 19.5 per cent Y-o-Y growth in February’21. […]