The government on Saturday announced a slew of relief measures, including three-month moratorium for discoms to pay to gencos , to ensure 24X7 electricity supply during the lockdown period. From last August, the goverment had made it mandatory for discoms to issue Letter of Credit to get power supply from gencos. Besides discoms were given […]
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Fire at CESC station hits areas off Bypass in Calcutta
A fire at an 11KV distribution centre of CESC on Friday evening caused a power outage in phases across several parts of the city’s southern and eastern fringes. The blackout, that made the ongoing lockdown worse, started around 5.40pm. Till 9pm, several houses in Patuli, Garia and Santoshpur were still without power. The utility said […]
Power cheer for Dhanbad after crisis
The power supply situation in Dhanbad has significantly improved after the lockdown. Suspension of operations by various small industrial units and commercial establishments has led to a 30 per cent reduction in power load and a resultant improvement in supply. Households are now getting round-the-clock electricity that is necessary to operate TVs, laptops, home theatres […]
Energy boost for Assam kids
Schoolchildren in Assam are gearing up for national glory with their model of a zero-energy city, created for National Science Day. National Science Day is celebrated in India on February 28 to mark the discovery of the Raman effect by Indian physicist and Nobel laureate C.V. Raman on February 28, 1928. Hundreds of school students […]
Power-repair blues for most of Ranchi
Power supply in many parts of the state capital was erratic from 8am to4pm on Tuesday due to replacement of equipment in unit No.1 of the Hatia grid. The affected areas were Radium Road, Kutchery, Deputy Para, Deendayal Nagar, DC’s office, Morabadi, Club Road, Sujata Chowk, Pey Pey Compound, Main Road, Line Tank Road, Jail […]
Probe heat on CG Power
Fraud enmeshed CG Power and Industrial Solutions (CG Power) on Wednesday sank deeper into the red for the three months ended September 30, 2019, even as the management warned the numbers could be subject to significant revisions in the wake of a welter of investigations being conducted by the company itself as well as a […]
Demand for power plunges
India’s annual electricity demand in 2019 grew at its slowest pace in six years with December marking a fifth straight month of decline, government data showed. Power demand rose 1.1 per cent in 2019, the smallest rise since 2013, data compiled by the Central Electricity Authority showed. December demand for electricity fell to 100.81 billion […]
Adanis, NTPC defer green goal
Top Indian coal-fired power generators Adani Power and NTPC have sought two-to-three-year extensions of deadlines to install emissions-cutting equipment at some plants, according to documents reviewed by Reuters, even as the country battles rampant pollution. The requests mean the two biggest power producers in India are pressuring the government to delay emissions targets for a […]
Empty coffers, dry taps in Bagbera
Over 3,000 families in Bagbera locality of the city are going without water since Monday evening as utility company Jusco snapped its power connection to a pump-house in Bistupur from where drinking water is supplied. Since Monday evening, over 3,000 households have been left high and dry. Drinking water to Bagbera Colony and adjoining areas […]
IITG to tap energy from tap water
Looking for alternate sources of energy? Look no further than the water in your home, to generate power on a small scale. Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati researchers have developed materials to produce small amount of energy from water. These new ways of producing energy can be employed in households to support the concept […]
DVC told to pay Reliance Infrastructure
The finances of Damodar Valley Corporation may not come under pressure following the power company losing an arbitration case against Reliance Infrastructure (Rel Infra) for which it will have to pay Rs 1,250 crore to the Anil Ambani-company. The corporation is contemplating a legal route and the matter may escalate to a higher court after […]
Grids key to renewable energy goal
The government’s ambitious target to meet more than half of India’s energy requirements from renewable sources within 10 years rests on a stable grid network that can meet the fluctuations in weather patterns. According to an Assocham-Pwc study, the feasibility of ramping up the contribution of renewable energy to 54 per cent of the total […]