Category: Power

Power supply will be disrupted to parts of the city on Wednesday and Thursday due to maintenance work to be undertaken by the electricity department. According to a press note, on Wednesday, there will be no power supply between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. to the following areas: V. Manavely, Odiyampet, Thirumal Nagar, Jayakrishna Nagar, […]

To ensure that clean transport is driven by clean energy, Bangalore Electricity Supply Company (Bescom) is looking to utilise solar energy to power electric vehicle

By installing rooftop solar power plants in 662 buildings with a total capacity of 3,030 kilo watt (KW), the Greater Chennai Corporation plans to save Rs. 1 lakh per day on its power bill. Through the funds from the Chennai Smart City mission, the Corporation is implementing the solar energy project at a cost of […]

Power supply will be disrupted in parts of the city on Tuesday between 10.30 a.m. and 3 p.m. because of maintenance work in 22kV Vadhanur feeder. The affected places are Kodhathur, K. Manavely, Thirukkanur, Kondareddipalayam, part of Kunichempet, part of Mannadipet and surrounding areas.

Power bills for consumers in Maharashtra are likely to go up as the Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission’s (MERC) hike for power distributors came into effect on April 1. The Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL), which supplies power to over 2.5 crore residential, commercial, and industrial consumers will increase the electricity tariff by 6% […]

Kochi Metro Rail Limited (KMRL) is set to source 40% of its power requirements from solar energy, for which it will commission a 2,719-kW capacity solar farm located on the marshy land abutting the metro coach maintenance yard at Muttom on Monday. The new solar panels have been placed in an area of four hectares […]

The Kerala High Court has appointed an amicus curiae to assist the court for resolution of issues in a petition filed by a woman accused in solar scam cases for a directive to the government to hand over the probe into her allegation of rape against Hibi Eden, MLA, to an officer not below the […]

All bill collection counters of the Electricity Department will function on the holidays falling on Saturday and Sunday to enable consumers to pay current consumption charges. The counters will function from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., the department said in a press note.

Amnesty International has faulted the electric vehicle industry for selling itself as environmentally friendly while producing many of its batteries using polluting fossil fuels and unethically sourced minerals. Manufacturing batteries can be carbon intensive, while the extraction of minerals used in them has been linked to human rights violations such as child labour, a statement […]

The Enforcement Directorate on Friday searched the premises of Chanda Kochhar, former MD and CEO of ICICI Bank, and Venugopal Dhoot, Videocon Group chief, in connection with the alleged sanction of credit facilities in violation of rules and in return for a quid pro quo. The searches were carried out at Mumbai and Aurangabad in […]

Due to the maintenance work in 22KV Kanuvapet feeder, power supply to the following areas shall be interrupted on Saturday between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. The affected places are V. Manavely, Odiyampet, Thirumal Nagar, Jayakrishna Nagar, Ambedkar Nagar, I.O.C Road, Thiruveni Nagar, Thillai Nagar, Uthiravakinipet, V. Thattanchavady Main Road, Thanducarai and surrounding areas.

EverSource Capital along with National Investment and Infrastructure Fund of India (NIIF) have partnered U.K. government’s CDC Group to invest $330 million in Ayana Renewable Power (Ayana), the renewable energy platform founded by CDC. EverSource Capital, a joint venture between Everstone Capital and Lightsource BP, manages Green Growth Equity Fund (GGEF) that has NIIF and […]