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Kerala, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh take states' list under UDAY to 26By : 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. ... Read more.. |
India becomes net exporter of power for the first time: GovernmentBy : 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. ... Read more.. |
Macquarie in talks to buy solar power assets of Hindustan PowerBy : 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... Read more.. |
NTPC mulls buying $1.3 billion stake in SJVN from governmentBy : 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,... Read more.. |
Renewables to account for over 60 per cent of India's power capacity: Piyush GoyalBy : 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. ... Read more.. Subject Tags: industry news , power sector |
Maharashtra to restart wind power purchase agreements after 3 yearsBy : 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... Read more.. Subject Tags: power sector , wind power |
India sanctions benchmarks costs for small-scale and rooftop solarBy : 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.... Read more.. |
Electrification drive: REC averages 30,000 new connections per weekBy : 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... Read more.. |
Solar power: Regulator rejects Kerala Irrigation Infrastructure Development Corporation (KIIDC) applicationBy : 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... Read more.. |
25-yr old power plants to be turned into super critical plantsBy : 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... Read more.. |