Category Archives: Power

• Govt advises RINL to foray into renewable energy, reduce dependence on fossil fuels

  Posted on June 22, 2017 by Diligentia News in Power.

  Union Minister of Power, New & Renewable Energy, Piyush Goyal has advised RINL to make a foray into solar and renewable energy to reduce dependence on fossil fuels to generate thermal power. Goyal, who is also the minister for Coal and Mines said the government will provide necessary support and incentive to industries which will […]

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• Major bureaucratic reshuffle; renewable energy secretary Rajeev Kapoor moved to petrochem department

  Posted on June 22, 2017 by Diligentia News in Power.

  n a major bureaucratic reshuffle effected today, as many as 17 bureaucrats were assigned new secretary-level portfolios at various ministries. New and Renewable Power secretary Rajeev Kapoor has been moved to Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals as secretary and has been replaced by Anand Kumar, Managing Director, National Highways Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited. Ajay Kumar […]

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• 845 Megawatt capacity solar power plants installed across India: NTPC

  Posted on June 22, 2017 by Diligentia News in Power.

  The National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) of India has recently revealed that India now hosts solar power capacity worth 845 MW, after the recent addition of the 225 MW Mandsaur Solar Power Project- a 250 MW solar farm located in Madhya Pradesh. The remaining 25 MW will be commissioned as soon as evacuation constraints pertaining […]

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• Ahead of Modi visit, US announces $7.5 million to advance India’s power grid

  Posted on June 22, 2017 by Diligentia News in Power.

  Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the US, the Trump administration said today it will spend $7.5 million to help advance India’s power grid, as part of the two countries’ commitments to ensuring access to affordable and reliable energy. The Ministry of Science and Technology and industry will match the commitment of US’ […]

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• Will Modi keep his Paris pledge or dump it like Trump did? These 3 factors will decide:View

  Posted on June 9, 2017 by Diligentia News in Power.

  As soon as Donald Trump withdrew the US from the Paris Agreement on climate change, eyes turned eastward. Even as the US reneges on its promises, the argument now goes, China and India will show leadership instead; they at least are committed to low-carbon growth. I wouldn’t be so sure, at least where India is […]

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• Private power transmission cos seek more projects via competitive bids

  Posted on June 9, 2017 by Diligentia News in Power.

  Private power transmission companies have written to the government seeking greater participation in project execution via tariff based competitive bidding route (TBCB) and have said most projects still are awarded through nomination basis. In separate letters written to the Ministry of Power by the Electric Power Transmission Association (EPTA) and the Federation of Indian Chambers […]

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• India’s power plants stranded as 50 million homes left in the dark

  Posted on June 9, 2017 by Diligentia News in Power.

  India is scaling back expectations for power demand growth as it struggles to electrify millions of homes despite a glut in generation capacity. The world’s second-most populous nation is building more power plants than it can utilize as state-level distributors struggle to connect 50 million households, according to Ravindra Kumar Verma, head of the Central […]

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• As solar energy booms, Indian manufacturers struggle to compete with China

  Posted on June 8, 2017 by Diligentia News in Power.

  Some of India’s biggest solar equipment makers are facing financial collapse, priced out by Chinese competitors as Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government prioritises cheap power over local manufacturing despite his ‘Make in India’ push. Though President Donald Trump is pulling the United States out of the Paris accord on climate change, India is sticking to […]

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• ‘Renewables least cost option in India, Denmark, Egypt’

  Posted on June 8, 2017 by Diligentia News in Power.

  Renewables are becoming the least cost option in India, Denmark, Egypt, Mexico, Peru and the United Arab Emirates, a global multi-stakeholder renewable energy policy network said on Wednesday. It said record power capacity of 161 gigawatts (GW) added globally and that these countries saw renewable electricity being delivered at $0.05 per kilowatt-hour or less. The […]

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• U.S. solar market to fall 16 percent in 2017, report says

  Posted on June 8, 2017 by Diligentia News in Power.

  U.S. solar installations will fall 16 percent this year, according to a forecast released on Thursday, as utilities slow procurement of projects to meet state mandates and residential systems become harder to sell. Following a banner 2016 driven by expectations that a key federal tax credit would expire at the end of that year, the […]

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