Category Archives: Power
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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 16, 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 Ranks 2nd in the ‘Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Index’, Says An EY Report
Posted on May 16, 2017 by Diligentia News in Power.India has moved up to the second spot this year, from the third spot for the last two years, in this year’s ‘Renewable energy country attractiveness index’, said a report released by EY globally. This as per the E&Y report is primarily due to a combination of strong government support and increasingly attractive economics. As […]
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World Lags on Clean Energy Goals
Posted on May 15, 2017 by Diligentia News in Power.It may be the 21st century but more than three billion people still use fire for cooking and heating. Of those, one billion people have no access to electricity despite a global effort launched at the 2011 Vienna Energy Forum to bring electricity to everyone on the planet. “We are not on track to meet […]
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Cheaper, greener way to grow semiconductor films found
Posted on May 15, 2017 by Diligentia News in Power.Scientists have developed a greener and cheaper way to make single-crystalline semiconductor films, components at the heart of our electric gadgets, including smartphones, computers and solar panels. The fastest integrated circuits feature transistors consisting of germanium films on silicon. However, such materials are typically only prepared at elevated temperatures, with complex machinery that involve hazardous […]
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If we simplify process of tariff fixing, it will reduce corruption: Piyush Goyal
Posted on May 15, 2017 by Diligentia News in Power.With the NDA government’s efforts to make India a power surplus and energy secured nation, electricity will never be a political subject, says power, coal, renewable energy and mines minister Piyush Goyal. The government has put in place an honest and transparent system in the energy sector that will be irreversible, he told ET’s Sarita […]
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India jumps 73 spots to 26 rank in World Bank’s power list: Piyush Goyal
Posted on May 15, 2017 by Diligentia News in Power.India has climbed up to the twenty-sixth position in World Bank’s electricity accessibility ranking in the current year from 99th spot in 2014, Power Minister Piyush Goyal has said. “Our ranking has improved to 26 position from 99. So, it is truly very redeeming feature and satisfying for me that Prime Minister’s vision particularly to […]
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Punjab, Haryana to face shortfall of cheapest BBMB power in summers
Posted on April 28, 2017 by Diligentia News in Power.With the cheapest power from Bhakra Nangal and Beas projects all set to fall in the first quarter due to depleted level of water at reservoirs, the power utilities in Punjab and Haryana will have to spend extra buck to maintain adequate supply. Due to less rains in the catchment area, the prevailing water level […]
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Wind power capacity addition outpaced predictions last year: ICRA
Posted on April 28, 2017 by Diligentia News in Power.Capacity addition in the wind energy sector was much better than predicted by ICRA last year. This was largely attributable to a bunching up of commissioning in March 2017. This in turn was the result of removal of generation based incentive (GBI) benefit and reduction in accelerated depreciation (AD) benefit with effect from April 1, […]
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Solar installation to touch 10 Gigawatt as module prices fall further: Mercom
Posted on April 28, 2017 by Diligentia News in Power.Solar installations in India is expected to reach approximately 10 GW as it becomes one of the most important solar markets in the world, after China and the United States, Mercom India has forecast. Fuelled by slowdown in China’s demand the industry is expecting module prices to decline slightly in the second quarter and a […]
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Tangedco defaults payment, Vallur units stop supply
Posted on April 27, 2017 by Diligentia News in Power.A week after sounding a warning, NTPC, a joint venture partner of the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board (TNEB), has stopped supply of 1,000MW power from its two thermal plants in Vallur to the state power utility owing to nonpayment of `1,156 crore in dues. On Wednesday, the joint ture company in which venture company in […]
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