The Delhi Government has extended its existing electric vehicle policy till December 31, Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot said on Saturday. He said the Cabinet has approved the extension of the existing policy and all incentives including subsidies under it would continue. The Delhi Electric Vehicles Policy 2020 expired on August 8. The policy notified in […]
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9 months on, installation of solar plants yet to begin in Chandigarh
Wait for free rooftop solar plants is likely to get longer as the UT Administration is yet to finalise the build, operate and transfer (BOT) period for the operation of these plants. The UT Administration recently directed the Chandigarh Renewable Energy Science and Technology Promotion Society (CREST) to fix the build, operate and transfer (BOT) […]
Adani Green Energy nominee director quits
Adani Green Energy Ltd (AGEL) on Friday said Ahlem Friga-Noy, a nominee director representing TotalEnergies on the Board of the company, has tendered her resignation. TotalEnergies has nominated a new nominee director in place of Ahlem Friga-Noy, AGEL said in a regulatory filing. “Ahlem Friga-Noy nominee Director (representing TotalEnergies) on the Board of the company […]
Cabinet approves Rs 20,773.7 crore for transmission line to evacuate power from 13 GW renewable energy project in Ladakh
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved Rs 20,773.7 crore to set up a transmission line for evacuating power from 13 GW renewable energy project in Ladakh. Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his Independence Day speech announced setting up a 7.5 GW Solar Park in Ladakh. After an extensive field survey, the Ministry of New and […]
Rs 20K-cr project to transmit solar power from Ladakh
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) today okayed a grid power line of 5 giga watt (GW) capacity at the cost Rs 20,773 crore to evacuate power from the 13 GW solar power project in Ladakh to Haryana’s Kaithal district. The CCEA was chaired by PM Narendra Modi. The Union Government will bear 40% […]
Stolen LED lights: Unidentified persons booked
Following the complaint filed by the Municipal Corporation against the alleged theft of 34 LED streetlight bulbs from Southern Bypass Road near CRPF Colony flats, the police booked unidentified persons for the crime. A case under Sections 379 and 427 of the IPC has been registered at the Dugri police station against unidentified persons. Earlier, […]
PSPCL set to host 45th AIESCB Athletics Meet
Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) is set to host the 45th All-India Electricity Sports Control Board (AIESCB) Athletics Meet. It is set to kick off at the National Institute of Sports (NIS) here tomorrow. It will be a two-day event. Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer, Sports Minister Punjab, will be present during the opening ceremony […]
PSPCL Director Distribution reviews 220 KV sub-stations
The Director Distribution of Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL), Daljit Inderpal Singh Grewal, took stock of the ongoing work at 220KV substation Dhandari Kalan and 220KV substation Lalton Kalan here on Thursday. At these two substations, work is in progress for augmentation of old ACSR with new HTLS conductor feeding the 66KV substations in […]
SJVN gets nod for 100-MW solar project
SJVN chairman Nand Lal Sharma today said that the SJVN had received a Letter of Award (LoA) for 100 MW solar power project from Rajasthan Urja Vikas Nigam Limited (RUVNL) at a tariff of Rs 2.62 per unit. Sharma said the project was secured through SGEL, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SJVN, on Build Own and […]
Cabinet approves royalty rates for lithium, two other strategic minerals
The Centre on Wednesday said it has approved royalty rates of 3 per cent each for lithium and niobium and 1 per cent for Rare Earth Elements (REEs). The decision on the royalty rates for the three critical and strategic minerals was taken by the Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, according to […]
Israeli strikes demolish entire Gaza neighbourhoods as only power plant in territory runs out of fuel
Palestinians in the sealed-off Gaza Strip struggled to find any safe area on Wednesday, as Israeli strikes demolished entire neighbourhoods, hospitals ran low on supplies and the territory’s only power plant ran out of fuel, deepening the misery of a war sparked by a stunning and deadly assault by Hamas militants. Air strikes smashed entire […]
Theft of LED bulbs, poles on Southern Bypass continues
In the absence of any checks, the Municipal Corporation’s streetlights are disappearing continuously from the Southern Bypass Road in Ludhiana, raising many eyebrows. The MC has now written to Dugri police to register an FIR against unidentified miscreants regarding the theft of LED streetlight bulbs from the area. MC officials claimed that the theft took […]