Category Archives: Power

• From cheaper power to higher availability, mark out UDAY but operational improvement still to come

  Posted on May 18, 2017 by Diligentia News in Power.

  My article “Fixing Discom’s Finances” on July 9, 2015, suggested a way forward for commercial viability. Subsequently, the government introduced a comprehensive program UDAY in November 2015. The scheme comprises three parts; (i) financial re-engineering of debt of Rs 4.3 lakh crore; (ii) provisioning of cheap power through the higher availability of coal/swapping of coal, […]

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• Blackout in Bengaluru as power station collapses

  Posted on May 18, 2017 by Diligentia News in Power.

  Wednesday’s rain in several parts of the city resulted in the collapse of Hoody station of Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Limited, plunging most areas in Bengaluru East and North into darkness for several hours from 6pm. With at least nine sub-stations supplying power to the city failing, some areas in West Bengaluru and the CBD […]

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• ISRO to help Adani Group hike solar power production

  Posted on May 18, 2017 by Diligentia News in Power.

  In a first, the Space Application Center (SAC) of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has signed an agreement with asubsidiary of the Adani Group to provide solar insolation data from its satellites. As per the agreement signed between SAC-ISRO and Adani Green Energy Limited, the former will provide information about daily solar radiation — including […]

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• Iowa senator slams energy chief for grid study undermining wind energy

  Posted on May 18, 2017 by Diligentia News in Power.

  Iowa’s Republican senator on Wednesday raised concerns that U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry has commissioned a “hastily developed” study of the reliability of the electric grid that appears “geared to undermine” the wind energy industry. In a letter sent to Perry, Senator Chuck Grassley asked a series of questions about the 60-day study he commissioned. […]

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• Energy storage market for off-grid renewable energy in India to touch Rs 16,500 crore by 2022: CEEW

  Posted on May 17, 2017 by Diligentia News in Power.

  The energy storage market for off-grid renewable energy in India would be worth Rs 16,500 crore by 2022, according to a report released by the Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) during the Solar India Expo 2017. CEEW, the policy and research partner for Solar India 2017, shared the key findings of the analysis […]

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• India ranked second in renewable energy attractiveness index

  Posted on May 17, 2017 by Diligentia News in Power.

  India has moved up to the second spot from third position in this year’s ‘Renewable energy country attractiveness index’ released by EY. This is primarily due to a combination of strong government support and increasingly attractive economics, EY said in a statement. According to the statement, India continued its upward trend in the index to […]

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• Piyush Goyal wants no hindrance to possession of electricity connections

  Posted on May 17, 2017 by Diligentia News in Power.

  Power Minister Piyush Goyal today endorsed the idea of providing electricity connection to consumers other than property owners like tenants and said it does not create any right over ownership. “Electricity connection does not prove the ownership of the property. Some states are afraid that providing power connections would lead to claims over properties,” Goyal […]

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• IIEST creates India’s first smart grid project

  Posted on May 17, 2017 by Diligentia News in Power.

  The Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology (IIEST) has successfully created the country’s first smart grid project, which will generate power from renewable sources of energy. The project will soon be inaugurated by President Pranab Mukherjee, IIEST Director Prof Ajoy Kumar Roy said. “The smart grid will be synchronised to generate power from solar, […]

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• Towards “Power For All”

  Posted on May 17, 2017 by Diligentia News in Power.

  Provisioning of continuous and quality power supply to more than 250 million households (families) in the country is indeed a great challenge. Though electricity falls under the concurrent list of the Indian constitution, the Union Government has taken up this challenge as an opportunity to get connected with every citizen. Various developmental measures in the […]

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• Performance of concerted reforms: Arvind Panagariya on three years of Modi sarkar

  Posted on May 16, 2017 by Diligentia News in Power.

  After a pause of 10 years, economic reforms returned to the policy agenda in 2014. In the last three years, the Narendra Modi government has moved on nearly all fronts: macroeconomic stability, infrastructure, energy, corruption, direct and indirect taxes, foreign direct investment (FDI), closure of sick units, disinvestment, agriculture, urban development, cooperative federalism and social […]

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