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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Prepaid power meters in Pune, Pimpri-Chinchwad
After successfully installing prepaid electricity meters in Lonavla, the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) plans to make available prepaid electricity meters for consumers
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Tripura set to hike power tariff
Agartala, Aug. 1: Tripura power minister Manik Dey has said the Centre’s latest guidelines would make it unavoidable for the state government and Tripura State Electrical Corporation Ltd to effect a hike
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Centre prepares model power tariff guidelines
Bhubaneswar: In a bid to maintain uniformity in power tariffs across the country, the Centre is preparing a model tariff guideline, a senior power ministry official has said. It is found that some states
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First smart grid electricity at Rukubji
Homes in Rukubji, Wangduephodrang have been installed with the smart grid, which will empower them to stabilise their own electricity grids and curb damaging voltage drop situation known as brownouts.
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Energy intensive sectors of the Indian economy: path to low carbon development - overview
This overview highlights the main findings of Energy Intensive Sectors of the Indian Economy: Path to Low Carbon Development, a study specifically requested by the Government of India to help identify
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U.S., Seeking to Reshape Electric Grid, Adopts a Power Line Rule
Federal regulators laid down principles on Thursday for planning and paying for new power lines, part of a long-term policy effort to help the nation
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US agency to fund NDPLs smart grid technology
New Delhi: Tata-backed north Delhi discom NDPL and the US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) on Thursday announced the signing of a pact wherein USTDA will extend a financial grant of US $ 686,447 to NDPL towards implementation of the smart grid technology in its distribution network of North & North-West Delhi. According to senior officials, NDPL is one of the first Indian utilities to ini
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Smart grid panel plans Rs 600 cr spend on pilot projects
The government is likely to launch over a dozen pilot projects on the use of smart grid technology, in order to give a boost to the lagging power sector.
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NGOs protest against tree cutting
Stringent action sought against workers Cutting of a tree by workers employed by the Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (TANGEDCO) instead of pruning the branches that touched the overhead electric line on Tea Estate Road in Race Course led to protest by members of non-governmental organisations. It is learnt that TANGEDCO employed workers for pruning the branches of trees that
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Bhel to Build 3 Power Plants on Land for 2
West Bengal