World energy issues monitor 2024
In a world where the demands for secure, affordable and sustainable energy are ever-increasing, global and national energy systems are showing signs of deficiencies and strains everywhere. There is an
Power Transmission
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Koodunkulam to add 2000 MWe to grid
Power Secretary P. Uma Shankar said 1000 MWe would be added in the next quarter and another 1000 MWe in the last quarter of this year. The Vallur Power Project (3x500), the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC)'s joint venture with the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board, was well on target. “The first unit will be ready by the end of this year,” said Arup Roy Choudhury, Chairman and Managing Director of NTPC.
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Decision on extension units challenged
Petition filed before state power regulatory commission The Punjab Government’s decision to allow extension units at the Talwandi Sabo and Rajpura thermal plants has been challenged. A petition has been
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NTPC, CEB to set up power plant in Sri Lanka
The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) and NTPC on Tuesday signed a joint venture and shareholder agreement here to set up a 500-MW (2 x 250 MW) coal-based power plant at Sampur in East Sri Lanka at an investment of $700 million. This will be NTPC's first overseas venture.
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Demand soared, city powerless
CAG report blasts Delhi govt for not keeping pace with rising power demand in city. Closure of IP plant and delay in launch of Bawana power plant has triggered a severe power shortage in capital The
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Govt slack in executing Bawana plant
Absence of timely decisions and slow execution put the 1,500MW Pragati phase III power project in Bawana at least eight months behind the schedule, the CAG report has found. Although the mega project
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Delhi may go Dark from Wednesday
State-run power behemoth NTPC has threatened to black out large parts of Delhi from Wednesday as Reliance Infrastructure’s power distribution arms, which are struggling with soaring input costs, have defaulted
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Privatise water supply system: Congress MLA
Congress MLA Rajesh Lilothia has demanded privatisation of the water supply system on the lines of power privatisation across the city, to bring efficiency in the supply mechanism. Speaking in the Delhi
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Guidelines for implementation of R&D-cum-technology demonstration and resource validation multi-purpose project for Power and energy generation from geo-thermal energy resources in India
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy will be considering multi-purpose geo-thermal energy projects for harnessing geo-thermal energy in the country so as to take up at least one such project in all
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Appropriate grids
To fight climate change, it is not enough to generate electricity from renewable sources. The grid infrastructure must be enhanced too.
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1/3rd users to bear full brunt of power tariff hike in Delhi
New Delhi: In a bid to soften the blow of a 21% power tariff hike, the Delhi government will resume the subsidy of Re 1 per unit for low-end consumers — around 19 lakh out of over 30 lakh consumers — leaving