Category: Power

The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) is planning a 2,000 MWh standalone energy storage system which will be executed by the private sector. The state-owned solar energy focused corporation said the projects will be set up on a build-own-operate (BOO) basis with a 25-year agreement. “SECI has initiated a project for 2,000 MWh standalone […]

State-run power giant NTPC on Monday said its arm NTPC Renewable Energy Ltd has bagged 325 megawatt (MW) solar projects to be set up at Shajapur Solar Park in Madhya Pradesh. “NTPC Renewable Energy Ltd (NTPC REL), a 100 per cent subsidiary of NTPC, has emerged winner at the Rewa Ultra Mega Solar Ltd (RUMSL) […]

Hitachi ABB Power Grids in India on Monday announced commissioning of a 1,800 km long 6GW ultra-high voltage direct current (UHVDC) transmission link from Raigarh to Pugalur. The 800 kilovolt (kV) transmission link has the capacity to meet the electricity needs of more than 80 million people. It stretches from Raigarh in Central India to […]

The turnaround in the power transmission and distribution sector in the past one year in Jammu and Kashmir has helped in achieving reliable, quality, and sustainable electricity supply, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha said on Friday as he dedicated seven power infrastructure projects worth Rs 10.11 crore to the public. The new projects inaugurated by Sinha […]

The momentum of climate action can be accelerated only when there is enough financial and technological support to developing nations, Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav said on Friday. Speaking virtually on the second and concluding day of the 16 th Environment Ministerial Meeting of G20 countries, Yadav sought that the grouping must respond to the […]

The National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) will declare the commercial operation of second 660MW unit of Nabinagar Power Generating Company (NPGC) at Nabinagar in Aurangabad district on Friday. Officials said the 72-hour trial operation of this unit was successfully conducted in March this year. This means the unit officially moves to being part of NPGC […]

India’s Environment Ministry has almost halved the time it takes to clear projects, cheering companies hit by the pandemic and worrying green activists concerned the increased pace may come at a cost. It took an average of 84 days to clear a project in 2021, compared with 162 days the year before, according to data […]

China aims to install more than 30 gigawatts (GW) of new energy storage capacity by 2025, its state planner said on Friday, as part of efforts to boost renewable power consumption while ensuring stable operation of the electric grid system. New energy storage refers to electricity storage processes that use electrochemical, compressed air, flywheel and […]

Close on the heels of Maharashtra, Delhi, Gujarat and Telangana, Rajasthan is also ready to launch the much-awaited Electric Vehicles (EV) Policy. “The EV policy draft is ready and will be sent to the finance department very soon for approval,” Mahendra Soni, Commissioner, Transport Department, Rajasthan government, told IANS. The state government recently announced a […]

State-run Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited (GUVNL) has withdrawn subsidy to small-scale distributed solar projects, affecting about 4000 projects with an aggregate capacity of around 2500 MW signed power. The purchase price of power produced was fixed at Rs 2.83 per unit which was already far lower than other states like Rajasthan and Maharashtra, where […]

A new flight of large-scale climate projects requiring financial backing of about $1 trillion a year will be needed to meet the Biden administration’s carbon goals, a U.S. Energy Department official said in a presentation on Thursday. “The pace at which we are deploying climate solutions is wholly unacceptable,” said Jigar Shah, director of the […]

Domestic electric vehicle makers on Monday welcomed the Rajasthan government’s EV policy announced last week and said these state-level initiatives are expected to increase the awareness of the benefits of EV and its future. Rajasthan last week became the 16th state in the country to roll out an EV policy that will subsidise customers of […]