Category: Power

New Delhi, Jun 19 () The solar industry needs to act proactively to ensure efficient use of water for cleaning of solar panels and justify the ‘environmentally-friendly’ tag, consulting and research services provider Bridge To India said Wednesday. The statement has come against the background of an advisory issued by the New and Renewable Energy […]

NEW DELHI: The government is set to use special powers under the Electricity Act of 2003 to ensure regulatory passage for a clutch of inter-state transmission lines with the objective of preventing solar and wind power projects worth Rs 40,000 crore from getting stranded. Top government sources told TOI the power ministry will invoke Section […]

CHENNAI: Power supply will be suspended in Red Hills and Kadaperi areas of Chennai from 9am to 4pm on Thursday (June 20) for maintenance work. Power supply will be resumed before 4pm if work is completed, according to a release from the Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation. Areas where power will be cut: Red […]

NEW DELHI: India on Saturday put renewable energy at the centrestage of the G20 dialogue on energy transition and global environment for sustainable growth. Addressing counterparts from 20 major economies assembled in Japan’s Karuiawa city, power minister R K Singh leveraged India’s rapid expansion of renewable power capacity and successful energy justice programme to underline […]

NEW DELHI: State-run engineering firm BHEL on Sunday said it has won two orders worth Rs 800 crore for setting up solar energy capacity of 200 MW, and its solar photovoltaic portfolio has touched 1,000 MW mark with these orders. Valued at over Rs 800 crore, the orders have been secured from the state-run power […]

NEW DELHI: A smart public electric vehicle charging station, set up by BSES Rajdhani Power Limited (BRPL), was on Tuesday inaugurated at South Extension-II market by Delhi Power Minister Satyendar Jain. The tentative total cost of charging, including the cost of electricity and the overheads (parking charges, recovery of equipment cost ), is expected to […]

NEW DELHI: As there is no relief from the scorching heat, the peak power demand in Delhi broke all records of this season on Monday and touched a high of 6686 megawatt. The peak power demand was recorded at 11.23pm on Monday, a power discom official said.

NEW DELHI: Executives from 20 top-line solar power gear makers and project developers have descended on Leh — popularly known as the ‘roof of the world’ — to check out the proposed sites for a 7,500 MW (mega watt) solar power project the Centre wants to build in Jammu & Kashmir’s Ladakh region at an […]

NEW DELHI: The government has agreed to allow flexibility in the mix of sources for achieving the target of 175 GW (giga watt) renewable energy capacity by 2022, power and renewable energy minister RK Singh said on Tuesday after a brainstorming session with counterparts from states. “The overall target of 175 GW remains the same. […]

New Delhi, Jun 11 () Union minister R K Singh Tuesday held a meeting with ministers and officials of renewable energy-rich states and discussed with them various issues facing the sector and ways to achieve the target of 175 GW capacity. The government has set an ambitious target of installing 175 GW of renewable energy […]

Hyderabad: Telangana Southern Power Distribution Company Limited (TSSPDCL) officials busted a racket of illegal sale of items from one of its stores. After unearthing the scam, the discom suspended one of its employees and lodged a police complaint. Officials intercepted a DCM van near Balanagar crossroads on Thursday evening and found a mild steel angle […]

HYDERABAD: City-based Atomic Mineral Directorate for Exploration and Research (AMD), which has adopted state-of-the-art exploration techniques to search for strategic minerals, found three lakh tonnes of uranium oxide reserves and 1,200 million tonnes of beach sand mineral resources in the country. “More significantly, the quantum leap in uranium resource augmentation by AMD from around one […]