PSPCL ready to meet power needs this season
With three days to go for the official paddy sowing season to start, the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) has ensured 13,000 MW of power generation to meet an expected demand of 12,500 MW
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Centre to amend solar bid rule to allow pass through of import duty hike
Allaying fears of an adverse impact on India’s solar energy programme due to the proposed 70 per cent safeguard duty, Power Minister R K Singh today said the government will amend bidding rules to allow
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Government invites tenders for 3,000-MW solar projects
The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) would sign 25-year power purchase agreements (PPAs) with the winning bidders and sell the power to electricity distribution utilities (discoms). In what
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Telangana powers to top slot in solar power generation
At the time of state formation on June 2, 2014, solar power generation was just 100 MW and now reached 3,400 MW. Hyderabad: In just three and half years, Telangana State is leading the country in
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Power officials fined Rs 4.8L for dealying new connections
Roorkee: Uttarakhand Electricity Regulatory Commission (UERC) has slapped a stiff joint penalty of almost Rs 4.8 lakh on two senior engineers of the department for “an inordinate delay in providing new
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Govt to introduce hybrid energy policy
GANDHINAGAR: Aiming to reduce the dependence on coal and gas for power generation, the Gujarat government will begun working on a new hybrid energy policy under which it will provide greater focus on solar
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Govt extends transmission charge waiver to solar, wind power till Mar 2022
The government has extended the waiver of inter-state power transmission charges and losses for the solar and wind power projects commissioned till March 31, 2022, with a view to giving a boost to clean
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Nigeria: World Bank approves $486m for transmission upgrades
The World Bank has approved an International Development Association (IDA) Credit and an IDA Scale Up Facility Credit in the total amount of $486 million equivalent for rehabilitation and upgrading of
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Smart transmission management system launched in state
Jaipur: Pushpendra Singh, minister of state for energy, launched the smart transmission operation management system through web in the state on Monday. Through this system, functions of scheduling of
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Budget proposes nil import duty on solar energy equipment
The government has proposed to eliminate the import duty on components that make up solar panels. In his last full budget before Union elections, Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley has proposed that the duty
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Nigeria: Electricity- Govt Unveils 20-Year Transmission Plan
Abuja — The Federal Government, yesterday, unveiled a 20-year transmission master plan, targeting a wheeling capacity of 10,000 megawatts of electricity by 2020. Transmission Company of Nigerian, TCN,