Power
Hitachi ABB Power Grids bags Rs 124 cr order from BALCO
Power
March 17, 2021
Hitachi ABB Power Grids bags Rs 124 cr order from BALCO
Hitachi ABB Power Grids in India has won an order worth Rs 124 crore from leading aluminium producer Bharat Aluminium…
Revised estimates for transmission & distribution approved
Power
March 16, 2021
Revised estimates for transmission & distribution approved
Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a major step towards economic development of the…
Delhi power DISCOMs seek progressive tariff rationalisation
Power
March 15, 2021
Delhi power DISCOMs seek progressive tariff rationalisation
Power DISCOMs in Delhi have proposed to regulator DERC that there should be a cost-reflective, progressive tariff rationalisation
Power consumption grows 16.5% in first 12 days of March
Power
March 14, 2021
Power consumption grows 16.5% in first 12 days of March
Power consumption in the country grew 16.5% in the first 12 days of this month at 47.67 billion units over…
MSETCL records highest power transmission of 25,800 MW
Power
March 11, 2021
MSETCL records highest power transmission of 25,800 MW
Maharashtra State Transmission Company Ltd (MSETCL) recorded the highest ever power transmission of 25,800 MW at 11.16 am due to…
Barakah nuclear power plant’s second unit licensed by UAE
Power
March 9, 2021
Barakah nuclear power plant’s second unit licensed by UAE
The nuclear regulator in United Arab Emirates has issued an operating licence for the second unit of the Barakah nuclear…
Load shedding in Delhi lowest in last two decades
Power
March 9, 2021
Load shedding in Delhi lowest in last two decades
Load shedding in the national capital has dropped to 0.03 per cent of the total consumption, the lowest in the…
Free power to farmers will continue in Punjab
Power
March 6, 2021
Free power to farmers will continue in Punjab
Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh announced that free power to farmers and subsidised power to the industry will continue…
Average rural power supply duration increased to 18.5 hours
Power
March 4, 2021
Average rural power supply duration increased to 18.5 hours
Minister of Power R.K Singh has informed that the average rural power supply duration has increased from 12.5 hours in…
Average spot power price up 16% at Rs 3.39/unit in February
Power
March 4, 2021
Average spot power price up 16% at Rs 3.39/unit in February
Average spot power price at Indian Energy Exchange (IEX) rose over 16% to Rs 3.39 per unit in February in…
STT GDC India to increasing use of renewable energy
Renewable Energy
March 3, 2021
STT GDC India to increasing use of renewable energy
ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (India) (STT GDC India) announced a partnership with Avaada MHKhamgaon Private Limited, a subsidiary of…
Tata Power DDL rolls out live peer-to-peer solar trading
Renewable Energy
March 3, 2021
Tata Power DDL rolls out live peer-to-peer solar trading
Tata Power Delhi Distribution and Australian tech firm Power Ledger announced the launch of the first live peer-to-peer solar energy…
0.88% growth in power consumption in February
Power
March 2, 2021
0.88% growth in power consumption in February
India's power consumption grew 0.88% in February at 104.73 billion units (BU) due to a slight rise in temperature in…
NTPC Gadarwara project unit to begin operation from March
Power
February 27, 2021
NTPC Gadarwara project unit to begin operation from March
NTPC on Friday said unit 2 of its Gadarwara Super Thermal Power Station will begin commercial operation from March 1,…
Gadkari urges MSMEs to use solar for business efficiency
Renewable Energy
February 27, 2021
Gadkari urges MSMEs to use solar for business efficiency
Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Nitin Gadkari invited MSMEs to avail concessional debt finance to install rooftop solar…
BSES installed over 3,000 rooftop solar connections
Renewable Energy
February 24, 2021
BSES installed over 3,000 rooftop solar connections
BSES DISCOMs have installed over 3,000 rooftop solar net metering connections with a connected solar load of 106 Mwp (Megawatt…
India & AIIB to improve power transmission in Assam
Power
February 24, 2021
India & AIIB to improve power transmission in Assam
India and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) signed a $304 million loan agreement for the Assam Intra-State Transmission System…
Consumers ignored in finalising Electricity (Amendment) Bill
Power
February 24, 2021
Consumers ignored in finalising Electricity (Amendment) Bill
The All India Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF) said consumers as well as employees are being ignored in finalising the Electricity…
Three transformers to energise Noida power supply
Power
February 22, 2021
Three transformers to energise Noida power supply
The third transformer of 400/132kv system will be energised along with two transformers of 132/33 KV system at the 400…
WAAREE commissions 16 MW project for MAHAGENCO
Renewable Energy
February 20, 2021
WAAREE commissions 16 MW project for MAHAGENCO
WAAREE Energies announced the commissioning of 16 MW ground-mounted solar project in Gavhankund, Maharashtra.
CBAK Energy develops Special 26650 battery
Power
February 20, 2021
CBAK Energy develops Special 26650 battery
CBAK Energy Technology announced that it has started the trial production of its special 26650 lithium battery (the Special 26650…
Policy and regulatory framework for DISCOMs in the offing
Power
February 18, 2021
Policy and regulatory framework for DISCOMs in the offing
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the Centre is working to remove problems in the distribution sector and a policy and…
AIPEF demands to put Electricity Amendment Bill in public
Power
February 15, 2021
AIPEF demands to put Electricity Amendment Bill in public
The All India Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF) has demanded that the draft Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2021 must be put in…
VST Tillers develops components for US electric tractor
Renewable Energy
February 11, 2021
VST Tillers develops components for US electric tractor
Bengaluru-based agri-machinery maker VST Tillers Tractors Ltd said that it has developed components for an electric smart tractor built in…
93 NTPC workers still missing in Uttarakhand glacier burst
Power
February 10, 2021
93 NTPC workers still missing in Uttarakhand glacier burst
Union Minister of Power, RK Singh said that 93 workers of National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) Limited are missing, while…