Category: Power

Collector K. Bhaskar has asked the APTransco and APEPDCL to complete work on providing electricity connections to the plots developed at MSME Park at Gurrampalem by month-end. At the meeting of District Industries Promotion Committee, Mr. Bhaskar said that the work should be completed by the deadline without fail. The Collector further said that as […]

Jyothishmathi Institute of Technology and Science (JITS) has emerged as the first educational institution in integrated Karimnagar district to install a 190 kw solar rooftop system to encourage green power and protect the environment. Set up at a cost of Rs. 1.4 crore, this solar system is expected to generate approximately 2.85 lakh units of […]

There is no increase in power tariff for any category of consumers in Andhra Pradesh for 2019-20, for the fifth year in a row, except for railway traction. The Andhra Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (APERC), which announced the retail supply tariffs for 2019-20 here on Friday, also provided some relief to about 39.42 lakh consumers […]

Chairman of the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board Gunturu Nageswara Rao has said that a new electricity policy would be introduced in the country soon. Mr. Rao, who inaugurated Srujanankura, a national-level tech extravaganza and Anveshan, south zone inter-university student research convention, at Vignan’s Foundation for Science, Technology and Research (VFSTR – Vignan Deemed to be […]

here is no increase in power tariff for any category of consumers in Andhra Pradesh for 2019-20, for the fifth year in a row, except for railway traction. Andhra Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (APERC), which announced the retail supply tariffs for 2019-20 here on Friday, also provided some relief to about 39.42 lakh consumers in […]

Clean energy producer ReNew Power on Thursday said it had secured a fresh debt financing of up to $350 million from the U.S. government’s development finance institution Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC). This follows an earlier round of financing when OPIC granted a loan of $250 million to ReNew Power in March 2016, according to […]

The growing penetration of renewable energy into the distribution system without sufficient storage technologies is emerging as a big challenge, GITAM Deemed to be University president M. Sribharath said on Thursday. Speaking at a workshop on transition of power sector in India to meet futuristic energy needs, challenges and issues, he pointed out that due […]

Power supply to Triveni, Statue, and General Hospital in the Puthenchantha electrical section, and Jawahar Nagar and Bhagavathy Nagar in the Vellayambalam electrical section limits will be disrupted from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday owing to maintenance work, according to a press release from the Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB).

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on Wednesday approved Phase-II of the Grid Connected Rooftop Solar Programme that aims to achieve a cumulative capacity of 40,000 MW from rooftop solar projects by 2022. The programme will be implemented with a total central financial support of ₹11,814 crore. The Phase II programme provides for central financial […]

Kolkata-based module manufacturer and solar EPC player Vikram Solar, on Tuesday commissioned a 200 MW solar power project for Andhra Pradesh Power Generation Corporation (APGENCO) near Tadipatri in Anantapur district. The plant segregated into two blocks of 100 MW each for better management and higher efficiency, will power nearly 1,50,000 homes once connected to the […]

The effort to clean up India’s thermal power plants running on coal has never really taken off, despite the Ministry of Environment notifying emission limits for major pollutants such as suspended particulate matter, sulphur oxide, nitrogen oxide and mercury in December 2015. Considering that the cumulative impact of these pollutants on the health and well-being […]

In view of maintenance works to be carried out at Kavundampalayam sub-station, there will be no power supply from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on February 20 in the following areas: Nallampalayam, Housing board, AR Nagar, Thamami Nagar, Driver Colony, Samundeswari Nagar, Suguna Nagar, Union Road, Ashok Nagar, Murugan Nagar, Bharathi Nagar, Dhayal Street, Fire […]