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Girish Paralikar, Associate Vice President -Service Head, Best Power Equipments

India, New Delhi: Best Power Equipments (India) Private Limited, India’s leading power manufacturing brand, which provides end-to-end strategic power solutions, has appointed Girish Paralikar as Associate Vice President – Service Head. As business unit head, Girish will take care of corporate relationship and developing new and existing business across industries. He will be based in […]

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ARCI’s cost-effective technology can convert solar energy to industrial process heat

March 14, 2020 Anand Gupta

Scientists from the International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials (ARCI), Hyderabad, an autonomous institution under the Department of Science and Technology (DST), have developed a cost-effective solar receiver tube technology for industrial process heat applications. The receiver tube technology developed by the ARCI team efficiently absorbs solar radiation and converts it […]

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India to take initiative towards green economy, focus on renewable energy: PM Modi

March 13, 2020 Anand Gupta

The Prime Minister continued that the international solar alliance, the coalition for disaster-resilient infrastructure and industries transition leadership have seen encouraging participation from countries worldwide Gandhinagar: Mentioning that India has a population of almost 2,970 at present, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that the country would take a leading role in promoting green […]

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India to add 25,750 MW of solar power capacity under PM-KUSUM scheme by 2022

March 13, 2020 Anand Gupta

The ministry of new and renewable energy had launched the scheme last year with three components — installation of 10,000 MW capacity through small renewable energy-based power plants of capacity up to 2 MW New Delhi: The government is aiming at 25,750 megawatt (MW) of new power generation capacity from solar plants under the ambitious […]

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BELECTRIC commissions large-scale solar project in India

March 11, 2020 Anand Gupta

Total capacity of 250 MW-AC Largest project commissioned by BELECTRIC so far BELECTRIC appointed as O&M provider Kolitzheim (Germany) / Mumbai (India): BELECTRIC, a German based company, is further increasing its footprint in India’s ever-growing solar industry by completing a large scale solar project on behalf of Fortum Solar India Private Limited (Fortum). This project […]

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Promotion of Green Fuel

March 2, 2020 Anand Gupta

Government of India has notified the National Policy on Biofuels 2018 which inter-alia envisages increase usage of biofuels in the energy and transportation sectors of the country. The policy aims to utilize, develop and promote domestic feedstock and its utilization for production of biofuels thereby increasingly substituting fossil fuels. National Policy on Biofuels 2018 envisages […]

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Adani Power, Essar Power place lowest coal-based tariffs in years

February 14, 2020 Anand Gupta

Sources said Adani Power has quoted Rs 3.26 per unit for supply of 700-mw from two its plants in Raigarh and Raipur, while Jindal Power Ltd bid for 420-mw of supply from two plants. Essar Power has quoted for 260-mw, while Jindal India Thermal Power for 270-mw. New Delhi: A dozen power plants of companies […]

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16 mini power projects being commissioned in Meghalaya: CM

January 22, 2020 Anand Gupta

Sixteen mini power projects with a total generating capacity of 1,637 MW are being commissioned in Meghalaya to make the northeastern state self reliant in electricity, Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma said. Shillong : Sixteen mini power projects with a total generating capacity of 1,637 MW are being commissioned in Meghalaya to make the northeastern […]

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Chandigarh: Power users get Rs 12.6 crore as interest on security deposit

January 22, 2020 Anand Gupta

CHANDIGARH : On the directions of the Joint Electricity Regularity Commission (JERC), the UT electricity department has paid Rs 12.62 crore as interest on security deposit to power consumers in the city for the current financial year 2019-20. The UT electricity department is adjusting the interest amount in power bills. This was submitted by the […]

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ReNew Power likely to have priced its dollar bonds

January 22, 2020 Anand Gupta

ReNew Power develops, builds, owns and operates utility-scale wind and solar energy projects as well as distributed solar energy projects that generate energy for commercial and industrial customers. ReNew Power, a renewable energy power producer, is likely to have priced its dollar-denominated bonds on Tuesday, through which the firm could raise close to $400-450 million, […]