Page 7 - Power

Vandana Gombar: Adding 9 gigawatts to 9 gigawatts

2017 will be the year of solar in India, thanks to aggressive target, policy support

Country faced 1.6% peak power deficit in Apr-Nov: Central Electricity Authority

In June 2016, the Modi govt claimed the country would not encounter any power shortfall this year

Government steps up power grid expansion

To open and expedite market opportunity of Rs 1 lakh crore

Vandana Gombar: A new avatar for utilities

Giant companies are now becoming lean, mean and agile

Power generation to meet 12th Plan target

Private, state thermal producers exceed capacity addition targets; hydro, nuclear power languish

CESC begins power distribution in Rajasthan at Kota

Two wholly-owned subsidiaries of CESC Rajasthan Limited is formed for electricity distribution in Kota, Bharatpur for 20 years

Power for the course

So far so good but the big challenges are still to come

Power generation up 7.13% in Apr-Jun at 391 billion units

Central and state sector power projects' output increased by 3.94 per cent to 265,293.66 MUs in April-July, against 255,237.2 in the same period a year ago

Distress in power market visible in low spot prices

Price falls in spot market as developers try to recover cost

Why power stolen is power lost

Haryana tops the list followed by UP, Bihar and Assam that have the highest amount of power cuts

OIPL's Rs 29k-cr power project gets stage-I green nod

OIPL has been asked to furnish the details of non-forest land as well as private land identified for compensatory afforestation

States pull the plug on mega power equipment tender

Centre's plan to procure electrical equipment under its two flagship schemes has been met with resistance from states

Bankers list hurdles in financing power projects

Cite low PLF, no long-term PPAs, delays in land acquisition and green nod as key hurdles

40% of wind power capacity under cloud

Leading wind power producers are facing problems over payments and demand that affect close to 11,000 Mw, or 40 per cent of the wind power generating capacity in the country

Five eastern states to have more coordination for electricity

Bihar, West Bengal, Odisha, Jharkhand and Sikkim decided to form a committee for more effective coordination in power sector

Power-surplus Gujarat seeks second UMPP

Despite lower-than-expected power demand from industry, Gujarat bets on growth

Power minister estimates 1.1% energy surplus in FY17

Of the 1,178 BUs, 999 BUs will be generated through thermal, 134 BUs from hydro, 40 BUs from nuclear and 5 BUs from Bhutan Import

Eastern region to face 10% power deficit: CEA

Nationwide power requirement pegged at 12,14,642 mn units in FY17 against 12,27,895 available mn units

Reverse e-bid may lower bilateral power prices: Ind-Ra

Procurers had option of either requisitioning round-the-clock or power under different time slots in the auctions

Regulators launch study to simplify power tariffs

Industry experts bat for open access, cut in cross-subsidy