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
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Central Plaza Mall without power since Nov 11
The otherwise-illuminated Central Plaza Mall in Gurgaon
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New power plan mooted for Thane, Navi Mumbai
If the state power utility accepts the proposal submitted by consumer associations to tide over the power crisis, Thane, Navi Mumbai and Pune areas will get uninterrupted electricity on three working days.
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Coal crisis in power fall
The city and its suburbs were powerless and sweaty for several hours on Monday as a coal crisis struck the Bakreswar plant and the maximum temperature remained a couple of degrees above normal. The West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company said Tuesday could be worse if coal supply did not improve.
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Shimla residents face water, power crises
Even as life is limping back to normalcy in the state capital, most parts of the town did not receive water supply for the fourth consecutive day today as there could be no pumping due to high silt levels.
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Snag at sub-station, darkness in S Delhi
Residents Hit By Frequent Power Disruptions If you live in south Delhi, then be ready to face regular disruptions in power supply over the coming days. On Sunday evening, many south Delhi colonies, including Greater Kailash I and II, CR Park, Kailash Colony, Kalkaji, Alaknanda, went without power supply for three to four hours when a 220 KV Transco sub-station developed a fault.
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Power supply to Yamunanagar restored
Employees of the Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam today restored the power supply to the district after the police registered a case against 18 villagers of Bilaspur, who had allegedly beaten up the S
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The economics of Iran-Pakistan-India natural gas pipeline
This paper examines the economics of the landed price of natural gas in India through the Iran-Pakistan-India pipeline in comparison with the existing agreements for the import of liquefied natural ga
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No power connections, Gurgaon apartments depend on gensets
Ayesha Arvind Gurgaon, September 8 When it was first conceived, Gurgaon was to be a perfectly planned city offering an enticing lifestyle. Massive real estate development soon followed in the form of upmarket condominiums and numerous high-end commercial complexes. Years later, however, many such complexes are still waiting for a regular electricity connection, depending in the meanwhile, on diesel generator sets for power.
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Eectric blues - A history of failed power policies and the way out
Commentarao : S.L. Rao Darkness on the edge of town Every year, the prime minister calls meetings of chief ministers and an action plan and a
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Lights are going out everywhere: Power woes in Karnataka
By S L Rao The state has no energy policy or a co-ordinated action plan. And there is no system to ensure timely implementation. There has never been a year in the last decade when India did not have a power crisis. This year is worse. Karnataka which was the most progressive, is very short of power today.