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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India’s Electricity sector transformation: momentum is building; peak coal in sight
This report examines the rapid electricity market transformation now taking place in India, showing how renewable energy and energy efficiency measures can help the country, soon to be the world’s most
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Volt-face
HOVING into view behind a row of eucalyptus trees, the twin cooling towers of the Sahiwal power plant, a 1,320-megawatt facility in central Pakistan, are so large they seem other-worldly. Yet it is not
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Poor thermal power generation activity in India forces PowerGrid to eye Brazil projects
PowerGrid Corporation of India is planning to bid for transmission packages in Brazil on engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) basis by December-end, as the company looks for opportunities abroad
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Shedding light on electricity utilities in the Middle East and North Africa: insights from a performance diagnostic
The electricity sector in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is in the grip of an apparent paradox. Although the region continues to hold the world’s largest oil and gas reserves and has been able
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Solar project to supply 12-hour power to farmers
NASHIK: In a first, chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday launched a pilot project that seeks to provide 12-hour power supply to 600 farmers in Ralegan Siddhi through 2MW Solar Agriculture Feeder
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Amend Electricity Act to enhance trade with Saarc nations: ADB to India
The Electricity Act, 2003 is the overarching policy of India that governs country's electricity sector India should expand provisions under its electricity policy to facilitate cross-border power trade
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Complete electrification by 2018? 427 villages in UP dist continue to live in darkness despite 2015 target
Bijnor: At a time when the Union government has revealed its plans to electrify each household in the country by 2018, as many as 427 villages in Bijnor alone – which were to be electrified by 2015 – continue
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Judgement of the Supreme Court on the issue of Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission extending the control period of the Solar Semiconductor Power Company, 25/10/2017
<p>Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Ltd vs Solar Semiconductor Power dated 25/10/2017. The issue before the Supreme Court is whether the Gujarat Electricity
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World energy bodies caution India on wind projects
The recent tariff-based auctions for wind power capacity, which threw up a surprise low tariff of Rs. 2.64 a kWhr, is all fine, but make sure that the projects do come up, say world energy bodies. Commenting
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NE Power Ministers call for development of power projects in region
Power Ministers from the northeastern states on Wednesday called for development of power projects for the overall socio-economic development of the region. At the North Eastern Region Power Committee