NEW DELHI : Delhi Metro Rail Corporation currently receives 35% of its total energy supply from renewable energy and aims to step it up to 50% by 2031. Apart from installing rooftop solar panels at metro stations and depots and procuring solar energy from an offsite solar plant, DMRC is planning to install vertical solar […]
Delhi Metro earns Rs 19.5 crore from sale of 3.55 million carbon credits – EQ Mag Pro
Delhi Metro has earned Rs 19.5 crore from sale of 3.55 million carbon credits which it had collected over a period of six years, in its bid towards gaining greater energy efficiency, DMRC authorities said on Sunday. The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has been a pioneer in India in quantifying climate change benefits from […]
Petition for recovering Safeguard Duty claim on account of Change in Law
Petition under Section 79(1)(f) of the Electricity Act, 2003 seeking approval of Annuity model in terms of the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (Terms and Conditions for Tariff Determination from Renewable Energy Sources) Regulations, 2017 for recovering Safeguard Duty claim on account of Change in Law from M.P Power Management Company Limited and Delhi Metro Rail […]
Delhi discom wins award for country’s first grid-scale battery energy storage system
The 10 MWh mega inverter set up at Rohini can feed around 2,500 “special customers” providing essential services like hospitals, Delhi Jal Board, Delhi Metro and schools among others New Delhi: Power discom Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited (TPDDL) has won the CII Industrial Innovation Award for developing the country’s first grid-scale battery energy storage […]
Petronas’ Indian arm buys 100 megawatts of assets – worth Rs 800 crore – from Acme Solar
Synopsis Acme, established in 2003 by Manoj Kumar Upadhyay, is one of the largest solar IPPs in India with a diversified portfolio of 5GW spread across multiple states and with a mix of central and state utilities. MUMBAI: Malaysia’s state-run oil and gas company, Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) has acquired about 100 MW solar assets […]
Merkel visits Delhi metro station, fitted with Germany-funded solar panel
Merkel visited the terrace of the metro station where she was briefed by officials of the DMRC about the solar project. The Frankfurt-based bank has also offered soft loans for other projects in India, including the Clean Ganga Mission. The chance… New Delhi: German Chancellor Anjela Merkel visited on Saturday the Dwarka Sector 21 metro […]
Indian Railways Will Become World’s 1st 100% ‘Green Railways’; Rs 18,000 Crore Will Be Spent On Solar Panels
We cannot stress enough on Modi’s commitment to turn India and its peripheral power systems towards a greener switch. Two months back, we informed you of how for the first time, India is known to have invested more into greener initiatives than coal, the heart and soul of the production sectors. Last year, we also […]