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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Jusco bounty to meet surging power demand
Jamshedpur Utilities and Services Company (Jusco), a wholly owned subsidiary of Tata Steel, has proposed huge capital expenditure to augment its existing infrastructure and extend its facilities to the fringe areas of the steel city.
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Mrashtra to rope in pvt electricity distributors
Pradeep Pandey MUMBAI
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Power board set to crack whip on pilferers
Jamshedpur, Jan. 3: There is bad news in store for power pilferers. The Jharkhand State Electricity Board (JSEB) is ready to crack its whip again. After successful completion of its anti-power theft drive in Jamshedpur and Adityapur circles in December, JSEB is gearing up to continue the campaign in January too.
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A solution for power woes of Punjab
Punjab is facing its worst power crisis. Power cuts are being imposed because of the rising gap between demand and supply. Though the state has initiated the process to set up huge coal-based thermal plants, it will take another four to five years to fructify.
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Energy directorate fails to take off
Set up more than a year ago to put in place an effective mechanism to regulate and monitor the fast growing hydropower sector, the directorate of energy has virtually failed to take off due to indifferent attitude of the government.
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State to have over 10% deficit in electricity
BHUBANESWAR: Even as the Government has resorted to load-shedding across the State to get over the energy shortfall, the forecast of the annual load generation balance report of the Central Electricity Authority on the energy situation does not bode well for the next year.
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Power Ministry pulls up states
Just three days after the northern power grid collapsed, the Union Power Ministry has pulled the northern states for the lapse and has asked all of them to file a status report on adopting new anti-fog technology for protecting the grid. The information has been sought till January 8.
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High tech and commercial loss sapping energy
BHUBANESWAR: While the State faces acute shortage of power, the aggregated technical and commercial (AT&C) loss is more than 41 per cent as against sustainable level of 15 per cent.
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HC light on power crisis
Barely 24 hours after power supply was back to normal, most parts of the state plunged into darkness again with three units at Patratu Thermal Power Station developing technical snags and power generation plummeting to 270MW against a peak time demand of over 850MW.
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Two MoUs for more power in State
State government on Thursday signed two memorandums of understanding (MOUs) with private companies which might pave way for generation of much needed 2380 mega watt (MW) power.