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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Discom to pay if complaint unattended
It's payback time for Delhi's discoms. Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) has devised a new way to ensure that consumers' grievances are addressed
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Neighbours' grid greed sparks cuts
Power Demand At 3400 MW, Erratic Spell To Stay New Delhi: Common wisdom that sporadic showers will ensure regular electricity is increasingly becoming a myth in the Capital. Even as the peak power demand in the city hovered around 3,400 MW, long outages were reported from many parts of the city
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Shanghai Electric to power Sasan
Subhash Narayan NEW DELHI RELIANCE Power has zeroed in on Shanghai Electric, a $7-billion electrical and engineering equipment company of China, for sourcing primary equipment for Sasan ultra mega power project (UMPP). The Chinese major, which is planning to enter India in a big way, will supply boilers, turbines and generators (BTG) to the Madhya Pradesh-based UMPP. The supply contract is likely to be signed in the next few days.
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Power crisis in Jammu
To ensure judicious use, move beyond rhetoric
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Get rewarded for info on power thefts
Hisar- As many as 1360 cases of power theft have been detected and a penalty of Rs 2.80 crore has been recovered under the Power Theft Informer Scheme launched by the Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (DHBVN).
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Now, Gurgaon monitors power use
The IT city now has an energy audit control room for close monitoring of power consumption, the Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (DHBVN) claims. With computers zooming in on consumption-related data, the control room is giving impetus to energy audit, for which electricity meters are being installed at all transformers, officials said on Tuesday. The meters are being relocated on poles in a phased manner, power department authorities said.
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Power ministry roots for mega project status for Bawana
With the CM putting pressure to ensure that the 1,500 MW power plant at Bawana is completed in time for the 2010 Commonwealth Games, Power Minister A K Walia has indicated that the plant may soon be granted "mega project status' by the Union Ministry of Power. "There are certain terms and conditions to be met before a power plant can be granted mega project status. We are in discussion with various stakeholders to ensure that these pre-conditions are met,' he said.
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Kalayat to have 220 kV substation
Kaithal: A 220 kV substation at a cost of Rs 45 crore will be set up at Kalayat on 12.5 acres soon. This was stated by Randeep Singh Surjewala, power, water supply and sanitation minister, while addressing party workers at Kalayat yesterday. He was here to extend an invitation to Congress workers to participate in the "kirtimaan rally' to be addressed by Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda in Kaithal on July 18. He said after the setting up of this substation, power supply to the Kalayat area would be streamlined.
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UP finally wakes up to power conservation
Archana Srivastava | TNN Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government's
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Farmers threaten to gherao Ratra
Members and activists of the Bharatiya Kisan Union (Sidhupur) staged a dharna in front of the office of deputy chief engineer, Sangrur distribution circle of the Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB), here today to compel the authorities to accept their demands, especially the release of the tube well connections under the OYT scheme without any delay. State finance secretary of the union Hardev Singh Sakrodi led the dharna.