The ISA, on October 31, also announced that the government of India is considering an investment of $25 million in the Alliance's Global Solar Facility (GSF), which is a fund that aims to accelerate renewable projects across the needy member countries. Moneycontrol was the first to report this on September 12.
What wind needs is a signal that governments are going to match their clean-power pledges at whatever price the market needs, and slash whatever red tape is getting in the way of that goal
During the quarter, the company recorded gross power generation of 90.302 billion units (BU), 5.63 percent higher than 85.487 BUs in the same period a year ago
While the subsidiary will offer decarbonisation solutions, Engie India also plans to break into the commercial and industrial sectors
Acting on the shortage, the Ministry of Power on October 25 directed all thermal generating stations, including Independent Power Producers, to mandatorily blend imported coal at 6 percent of their total capacity till March 2024. Until now, the mandate was limited to 4 percent.
The eight-month long extension has been directed by the Ministry of Power owing to a surge in electricity demand, inadequate supply of domestic coal and reduced hydropower generation.
Delhi transport minister Gopal Rai said that directions were issued to increase the frequency of metro and buses in Delhi as mandated under the Stage II of the Supreme Court-mandated Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP)
Moneycontrol on October 17 reported how Indian solar manufacturers are currently being forced to export as developers prefer imported modules due to the ALMM norm being kept in abeyance till March, 2024.
EESL actual mandate is to ensure the adoption of energy efficient technologies at scale across industrial, construction, agriculture, electric mobility etc
Himalayan floods are filling rivers and dams once again, bringing the nation closer to its emissions peak
Calling the GLOF calamity a "freak incident", the Union minister for power said the Indian government is not ready to write off hydropower projects as yet.
Chinese companies continue to control the market with depressed prices, making imported solar modules cheaper even with the imposition of duty, or by routing them through FTA countries, thereby killing the home market for Indian manufacturers
The MoUs have been signed to finance and support two green hydrogen initiatives and a conventional power scheme.
Among other things, it will build a 10GW polysilicon manufacturing unit and increase wind turbine production capacity to 5GW from 1.5GW, all at Mundra. The capex for the fully integrated solar manufacturing plan would be over Rs 300 crore, Adani officials said
Small Modular Reactors promise to be the gamechanger that nuclear energy needs for its comeback. They can be built in half the time that the older larger reactors took—about five to six years—and they’re safer
The CEA this week released guidelines for slope stability in hydropower projects, and had earlier set up a panel to look into the technical problems and resultant cost overruns in such projects.
Coal-fired power plants have been significant in powering the country during non-solar hours when renewable energy is not available in the absence of energy storage systems
If plans were implemented to phase down coal to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit), only 250,000 miners - less than 10 percent of the current workforce - would be required worldwide, the GEM report stated.
A task force set up by the Ministry of Power is examining the feasibility of interconnecting the regional grids of south-east Asia, south Asia, the middle east, Africa, and Europe for sharing renewable energy.
Two operational hydropower projects totalling 1,710 MW and one under construction project of 500 MW have been affected in the Sikkim flash floods.
"State governments are free to declare subsidies but they have to be paid for. Power is not free and it has to be paid for," the Union minister said.
KVTL project starts in the Kharghar area of Navi Mumbai, traverses through its urban locations and terminates at Vikhroli in Mumbai city.
The government has made the National Institute of Wind Energy (NIWE) the nodal agency for offshore wind projects
As of March 31, 2023, India had an installed hydroelectric power capacity of 42,104.55 MW, which is 29 percent of the total reassessed potential capacity of 1,45,320 MW
The latest version of the Grid Code mandates regular cybersecurity audits by all users. This is yet another step by agencies such as the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) and Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) to help prevent cyberattacks in the power sector.
