Category Archives: Power

• Discom engineer death: Why power thieves fear no one

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

  Monday’s incident in which a discom engineer lost his life and four others were seriously injured while fleeing a mob in west Delhi’s Jaffarpur is not a one-off case. A few weeks ago, a 15-member power theft detection team was roughed up in Mundka as well. Such attacks are on the rise and they are […]

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• Government fears solar developers may delay projects to ‘gain’ from fall in tariffs

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

  With the steep fall in solar tariffs in the last two years, the ministry of new and renewable energy (MNRE) has written to all states to ensure that solar developers do not get “undue benefits” from the development by insisting that solar projects meet the deadlines initially set for them without any extensions. Tariffs have […]

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• Mizoram to set up 20 Megawatt solar park

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

  Mizoram’s Solar Power Project Approval Committee (SPPAC) has approved the proposal for setting up of a 20 MW solar park today. The project will be implemented by the state power and electricity department and Zoram Energy Development Agency (ZEDA), an official statement said. A meeting chaired by Secretary for Power and Electricity H Lalengmawia discussed […]

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• Wind, solar do not harm power grid reliability-draft U.S. study

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

  The growth of renewable power, including wind and solar, has not harmed the reliability of the U.S. electricity grid, according to a draft U.S. Department of Energy study, echoing the findings of grid operators across the country. The conclusion of the draft, dated July and viewed by Reuters, could ease fears in the renewable energy […]

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• Low solar tariffs raise questions on viability of projects: Sajjan Jindal

  Posted on July 14, 2017 by Diligentia News in Power.

  Low solar power tariffs discovered in recent rounds of bidding for solar power projects has raised questions on the viability of projects, Sajjan Jindal, Chairman and Managing Director of private power producer JSW Energy, has said. “We are now seeing a lot of focus on solar power, with auction-based tariffs reaching all-time lows. Although a […]

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• Hungarian renewable energy scheme wins European Union approval

  Posted on July 12, 2017 by Diligentia News in Power.

  EU competition enforcers approved on Tuesday a Hungarian support scheme for renewable electricity worth up to 45 billion forints ($166.3 million) yearly, saying it complies with the bloc’s state aid and energy goals. The state aid consists of a feed-in tariff limited to installations below 500 kilowatt or a price premium for those above that […]

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• Electricity investment overtakes oil and gas for the first time ever, IEA says

  Posted on July 12, 2017 by Diligentia News in Power.

  Fossils fuels are no longer the largest recipient of investment in the energy sector, the latest report from the International Energy Agency said Tuesday. Investment in the electricity sector received the largest level of investment for the first time ever, growing its share by 12 percentage points to 43 percent between 2014 and 2016. In […]

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• BoA defers decision on Adani’s Mundra power transfer

  Posted on July 11, 2017 by Diligentia News in Power.

  The commerce ministry has deferred a decision on allowing Adani Power to transfer its Mundra power plant to a subsidiary. The board of approval (BoA) on special economic zones decided to defer the transfer proposal to ascertain whether the company has taken the approval of its lenders. The BoA approval is required as the thermal […]

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• Piyush Goyal urges states to clear arrears of renewable energy companies

  Posted on July 11, 2017 by Diligentia News in Power.

  The central government is persuading states to clear their arrears to renewable energy companies, which are faced with the challenge of repaying debt amid muted cash flows, power minister Piyush Goyal said The government’s thrust on clean energy enthused private players and lured big corporate houses like the Tata and Mahindra and several independent power […]

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• No nuclear power for states that oppose it: Power minister

  Posted on July 11, 2017 by Diligentia News in Power.

  States where governments or people oppose nuclear power projects are unlikely to get it, said Union power minister Piyush Goyal, toughening the Union government’s stand against opposition to nuclear power reactors. Tamil Nadu will get more power from the upcoming units 3 and 4 of the nuclear power reactor in Kudankulam in Tirunelveli district of […]

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