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Kerala, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh take states' list under UDAY to 26

By : sustainabilityo..., Mar 30, 2017

Twenty six states are now part of the UDAY scheme, meant for the revival of debt stressed discoms, after Kerala, Arunachal Pradesh and Tripura formally joined the programme.

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India becomes net exporter of power for the first time: Government

By : sustainabilityo..., Mar 30, 2017

India has become a net exporter of electricity during the April-February period this fiscal for the first time, Power Ministry today said.

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Macquarie in talks to buy solar power assets of Hindustan Power

By : sustainabilityo..., Mar 28, 2017

Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA) is in advanced talks to acquire a 320 megawatt (MW) portfolio of solar assets from Hindustan Power Projects Pvt. Ltd (HPPPL), two people familiar...

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NTPC mulls buying $1.3 billion stake in SJVN from government

By : sustainabilityo..., Mar 28, 2017

NTPC Ltd., India’s biggest electricity producer, is seeking to buy the federal government’s stake in hydro-power producer SJVN Ltd. to boost its share of non-fossil fuel generation capacity,...

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Renewables to account for over 60 per cent of India's power capacity: Piyush Goyal

By : sustainabilityo..., Mar 27, 2017

Enthused by drop in renewable energy tariff, Power Minister Piyush Goyal today said India's 60-65 per cent of installed power generation capacity will be green energy.

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Maharashtra to restart wind power purchase agreements after 3 years

By : sustainabilityo..., Mar 22, 2017

The Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company, the main power utility, is set to resume signing power purchase agreements with wind developers in the state after a gap of almost three...

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India sanctions benchmarks costs for small-scale and rooftop solar

By : sustainabilityo..., Mar 21, 2017

India has sanctioned the benchmark costs for grid-connected rooftop and small-scale solar PV plants for 2017/18, according to a Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) release....

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Electrification drive: REC averages 30,000 new connections per week

By : sustainabilityo..., Mar 21, 2017

India is in electrification overdrive, with about 30,000 new electricity connections being granted every week. The Union power ministry is mapping the progress live on a website and is also...

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Solar power: Regulator rejects Kerala Irrigation Infrastructure Development Corporation (KIIDC) application

By : sustainabilityo..., Mar 20, 2017

The Kerala state electricity regulatory commission (KSERC) has rejected an application submitted by Kerala irrigation infrastructure development corporation (KIIDC) to determine tariff for the...

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25-yr old power plants to be turned into super critical plants

By : sustainabilityo..., Mar 17, 2017

All power plants, which are over 25 years old, will be phased out and converted into 'super critical plants' to augment generation capacity and reduce pollution, Power Minister Piyush Goyal said...

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