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Haryana’s thermal power plants in NCR to be shut if emission norms not met by 2020 EPCA

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Steps Taken By Government to Resolve Stress in Thermal Power Plants

August 4, 2021 Anand Gupta

The following steps have been taken by the Government to resolve the stress in thermal power sector: 1. Government of India constituted a High Level Empowered Committee (HLEC) under the Chairmanship of Cabinet Secretary to address the issues of stressed thermal power projects. The Government thereafter constituted a Group of Ministers (GoM) to examine the […]

BSES targets 50% green energy for Delhi discoms

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Steps Taken By Government to Reduce the DISCOM Losses

August 4, 2021 Anand Gupta

The Government has undertaken several initiatives to lessen the loss of Power Distribution Companies (DISCOMs) like: 1. The Central Government has approved a “Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme – A Reforms based and Results linked Scheme” with the objective of improving the quality and reliability of power supply to consumers through a financially sustainable and operationally […]

South African solar PV industry could get a new moment in the sun

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ReNew Power Signs Pact With RackBank to Power Its Data Centre With 100 PC Renewable Energy

August 4, 2021 Anand Gupta

New Delhi : ReNew Power said it has signed a memorandum of understanding with RackBank Datacenters Ltd to power the country”s first hyper-scale data centre with 100 per cent renewable energy. RackBank is a data centre platform providing services like dedicated servers, managed servers and colocation services, among others. ReNew will supply power generated from […]

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India’s Peak Power Demand Hits New Record of 200570 Megawatts in July

August 3, 2021 Anand Gupta

Average energy consumption per day recorded in July 2021 stood at 4049 MU. India’s peak power demand hit a new record of 200570 MW in the month of July, a 17.6 per cent increase over the same month a year ago. The country witnessed the highest ever demand for power at 12:01 hours on July […]

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Power System Flexibility Will Be Essential For India to Reach Its Renewable Energy Targets

August 3, 2021 Anand Gupta

Wind and solar electricity are essential for ensuring a clean, sustainable energy supply in India. Over the past decade, India has risen up the ranks to become the fourth-largest electricity market in the world, after the United States, the People’s Republic of China and the European Union. Electricity demand has increased as the country successfully […]

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A.P. Pasupathy Joins Fox Mandal As Practice Head – Renewable Energy

August 3, 2021 Anand Gupta

Fox Mandal & Associates is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr A. P. Pasupathy, formerly the AVP – Project development at ReNew Power, as Practice Head of the Renewable Energy Practice. Mr Pasupathy offers a comprehensive experience of more than 22 years in rendering end-to- end dynamic and sophisticated solutions not only on the […]

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Andhra Pradesh: Discoms Resist Move to Raise Reliance on Renewable Energy

August 2, 2021 Anand Gupta

Power distribution companies (discoms) are against any attempt to increase power generation from renewable energy sources such as solar and wind power plants. Amravati : Power distribution companies (discoms) are against any attempt to increase power generation from renewable energy sources such as solar and wind power plants. This is significant in the wake of […]

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Vedanta Aluminium Becomes India’s Largest Green Power Purchaser

August 2, 2021 Anand Gupta

The company has purchased 354 million units of renewable energy in FY22 New Delhi : Vedanta Aluminium on Monday said it has become India’s largest green power purchaser on the Green Term-Ahead Market (GTAM) at the Indian Energy Exchange (IEX) platform in the first quarter (Q1) of financial year 2021-22 (FY22). The company said that […]

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Konark to Be India’s First ‘Zero Emission City’ By 2022

August 2, 2021 Anand Gupta

Bhubaneswar : The state government with assistance from the Union government is working hard to make Konark India’s first ever ‘Zero Emission City’ by September 2022, following which the city will use only renewable sources for its energy demands. The government agencies involved in the work claimed that several aspects of the project have already […]

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India Has No Commitment of Submitting Fresh Targets For Cutting Green House Gas Emissions: Govt

August 2, 2021 Anand Gupta

UN climate chief Patricia Espinosa welcomed that 110 signatories of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change met the cut-off date, which was extended from the end of 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. New Delhi : India has made no commitment to submit fresh targets for cutting greenhouse gas emissions, a senior official […]