Category Archives: Power
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Delhi’s power subsidy policy helps rich more than poor
Posted on April 19, 2017 by Diligentia News in Power.Delhi government’s policy to subsidise power for households is undoubtedly among the most generous in the country but it is benefiting the rich more than the poor due to inefficiencies. While poor households on an average get subsidy of around Rs 1,000 per year as they consume less electricity, rich households end up benefiting by […]
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In 10 years, half of India’s energy capacity will be from non-fossil fuel sources
Posted on April 19, 2017 by Diligentia News in Power.Non-fossil fuels — renewables, nuclear and large hydroelectric power plants — will account for more than half (56.5 per cent) of India’s installed power capacity by 2027, according to a draft of the third National Electricity Plan (NEP3). The draft notes that if India achieves its target to install 175 GW of renewable energy capacity […]
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China renewable power waste worsens in 2016 – Greenpeace
Posted on April 19, 2017 by Diligentia News in Power.The amount of electricity wasted by China’s solar and wind power sectors rose significantly last year, environment group Greenpeace said in a research report published Wednesday, despite government pledges to rectify the problem. China has promised to improve what it called the “rhythm” of grid and generation capacity construction to avoid “curtailment,” which occurs when […]
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Solar tender and auction slow down despite installation speeding up
Posted on April 18, 2017 by Diligentia News in Power.While solar installations in India have picked up speed, tender and auction activity have been slowing down over the last few quarters. The slowdown in activity has been disconcerting to developers and manufacturers that have been positioning for much higher levels of activity based on India’s solar installation goal of 100 GW by 2022. Mercom […]
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Govt to give custom, excise duty benefits to boost solar rooftop sector
Posted on April 18, 2017 by Diligentia News in Power.In a boost to India’s lagging solar rooftop sector, the Union ministry of new and renewable energy (MNRE) has decided to give custom and excise duty benefits to it for ensuring high growth. The move will not only bring down the costs of setting up projects but also that of generation. Solar power developers setting […]
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Export power to Pakistan to fill Punjab coffers: IIM-Ahmedabad
Posted on April 18, 2017 by Diligentia News in Power.Many experts see Punjab’s border with Pakistan as a liability because drugs and terrorists sneak through it, wreaking havoc. But a study by India’s premier B-school, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A), sees an opportunity in Punjab’s unique geography. A study , ‘Tariff and related matters: The electricity sector in Punjab’, prepared in May 2016 […]
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Power woes to multiply: Summer yet to peak, but Chandigarh already short of electricity
Posted on April 18, 2017 by Diligentia News in Power.There could be a lot of sweating in store for residents with the UT administration not getting 30MW (around 10% of city’s peak demand of 400 MW) of power it used it used to buy from Jammu and Kashmir every year. UT electricity department superintending engineer MP Singh told HT, “We were drawing power up […]
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Haryana govt promises unhindered power supply in Gurugram this summer
Posted on April 18, 2017 by Diligentia News in Power.Rubbishing media reports of power outages in several areas of the Millennium city, the Haryana Power Utilities said they were fully capable of meeting the peak load this summer season and that there will no outages on account of deficiency in the system or shortage of power availability. The reaction came after a section of […]
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NTPC power generation cost drops 39.5 paise to below Rs 2/unit
Posted on April 17, 2017 by Diligentia News in Power.The state-owned NTPC has managed to bring down its cost of electricity generation by an average 39.5 paise while for the Mauda project, it was a decline of Rs 1.65 per unit, mainly because of improvement in coal quality and supply. Data available with NTPC showed that the overall cost of power generation has come […]
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Government’s coal reforms begin to pay off, reduce power costs
Posted on April 17, 2017 by Diligentia News in Power.Coal sector reforms initiated by the Narendra Modi government are beginning to pay. Initiatives to improve coal quality and efficiency in the supply chain have brought down the cost of power from coal-fired plants in spite of revisions in coal prices, central cess and railway freight in the last three years. Decline in the cost […]
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