The state power conglomerate is unable to provide uninterrupted supply to keep alive its automated bill payment machines, forcing consumers to wait for hours in long queues to clear their electricity dues in Dhanbad. As many as 10 of 22 ATP (any time payment) machines of Jharkhand Bijli Nigam (JBVNL) do not have power back-up […]
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PM Modi meets with US energy sector CEOs
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday met the CEOs from the US oil and gas sectors and discussed how to harness opportunities in the area to address India’s growing energy needs. The meeting on Saturday focused on working together for energy security and expanding mutual investment opportunities between India and the United States. “It is […]
Goodbye, Three Mile Island: Remaining reactor shuts down
The money-losing Three Mile Island, the 1979 site of the United States’ worst commercial nuclear power accident, was shut down Friday by its energy giant owner. The end of the 45-year electricity-producing career of Three Mile Island Unit 1 came after Chicago-based Exelon Corp. tried and failed to get financial aid from Pennsylvania in the […]
Axe on CG Power CFO
The board of CG Power and Industrial Solutions has sacked the firm’s CFO V.R. Venkatesh over alleged “misconduct” and breach of trust. This comes after the company removed founder Gautam Thapar as chairman on Thursday. In an announcement to the bourses late on Friday, the company said its board has “terminated the employment of V.R. […]
CG Power board boots out Thapar
CG Power & Industrial Solutions Ltd (CG Power) has sacked Gautam Thapar as the chairman of the company after an investigation unearthed a multi-crore scam in the company. In a regulatory filing to the stock exchanges, CG Power, which provides end-to-end solutions to companies in the power sector, said its board of directors, through a […]
Smart LED streetlights for Salt Lake
The streets in the Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation area are likely to be illuminated soon with smart LED lights, replacing present conventional streetlights, which will not only reduce its electric bill but also lead to reduction of significant amount of carbon emission. Bidhannagar mayor Krishna Chakraborty called the project a “win-win” one and expressed hope that […]
DVC ramps ups solar power capacity
Damodar Valley Corporation plans to increase its renewable energy capacity through floating solar and pumped storage projects. The thermal and hydroelectric power PSU plans to install floating solar projects of capacity 50MW each at all the four locations of its dams — Tilaya, Konar, and Maithon in Jharkhand, and Panchet which is partly in Bengal […]
Ties with Bhutan go beyond hydel power
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday conveyed to the Bhutanese leadership that India was keen to look beyond the hydropower sector — seen as the “fundamental basis” of bilateral relations — and cooperate in areas such as health care, education and science and technology. The message reflected New Delhi’s keenness to accommodate Bhutan’s priorities while […]
GST council meet on EV rates deferred
The meeting of the GST Council, convened to decide on a cut in the tax rates on electric vehicles, has been postponed as finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman was pre-occupied in Parliament, officials said. The 36th GST Council meeting, which was to be held through video conferencing, had only one item on the agenda — to […]
Vakrangee to set-up electric vehicle charging infrastructure across India
The Company has decided to set-up the Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Infrastructure facility through Nextgen Vakrangee Kendra Outlets. Vakrangee has 3,504 Nextgen Vakrangee Kendra’s spread across 19 states, 366 districts and 2,186 postal codes. More than 68% outlets are from Tier 5 and tier 6 cities. Their planned target is to reach at least 75,000 […]
McLeod faces NCLT test
A creditor has hauled McLeod Russel India Ltd before the National Company Law Tribunal in an attempt to initiate a corporate insolvency resolution process (CIRP) against the firm under the Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code. Techno Electric & Engineering Co Ltd moved the petition on Monday before the Calcutta bench of NCLT while seeking to recover […]
When power outage hit New York exactly 42 years ago
On Saturday at 6.47pm, parts of Midtown Manhattan and the West Side went dark. A little more than three hours later, Con Edison announced that power was being restored. On a steamy July night in 1977, exactly 42 years ago, the same thing happened: New York City plunged into darkness, but that time the city […]