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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Power distribution reforms revived
Implementation Of 2nd Phase Of Accelerated Power Development & Reforms Plan Okayed THE government on Thursday signalled revival of distribution sector reforms by approving the long-pending implementation of remodelled second phase of Accelerated Power Development and Reforms Programme (APDRPII) that aims to bring down aggregate technical and commercial (AT&C) losses of utilities to 15% within five years.
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Ministry of Power
The Ministry of Power is concerned with perspective planning, policy formulation, processing of projects for investment decision, monitoring of the implementation of power projects, training and manpower development and the administration and enactment of legislation in regard to thermal, hydro power generation, transmission and distribution.
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Now, LESA says it has shortage of transformers
Lucknow: As if shortage of power was not enough, Lucknowites are in for yet another shock. The Lucknow Electricity Supply Administration (LESA) is having its stock of transformers exhausted, in what may further escalate the worries of denizens in the event of technical snags which have been haunting the city for the past many days.
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State fails to go on power save
Despite the state administration
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State sells power to Tamil Nadu
The weather gods may have played havoc for the agriculture sector, but this has led to some gains for the power sector in Haryana. For a change, the state power utilities had surplus power today and it sold the power to Tamil Nadu at Rs 8 per unit.
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The welfare impact of rural electrification: a reassessment of the costs and benefits
Rural electrification can have many benefits-not only bringing lighting, but improving the quality of health care, spreading information and supporting productive enterprises. The extent of these benefits has been questioned, arguing that they may be insufficient to justify the investment costs. This report quantifies these benefits.
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Empowering variable renewables: options for flexible electricity systems
This paper focuses specifically on measures to increase the flexibility of power systems
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Record growth for wind: What comes next?
As would be expected in a maturing market, there are considerable changes in the wind energy industry, particularly when viewed over a period of several years rather than in any one year in particular. The size of wind farms continues to grow, as does the size of the wind turbines which populate them.
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Renewable energy: Will the lights stay on?
One of the key problems with renewables is their intermittent availability. You can only generate energy from the wind when it is blowing, or from the sun when it's shining. Critics argue this is why we will never be able to rely on renewables for the majority of our electricity generation. But that criticism may soon be silenced.
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Renewable energy: Dreams become reality
What do a small Italian village, a community of millionaires in Oregon and a town in Austria have in common? Nearly all of their electricity needs are supplied by renewable energy. They are by no means the only ones. A growing number of communities are working towards using only electricity generated by renewables.