To reduce wastage of solar energy and incentivise people to go green, Mahavitaran Ltd has introduced ´net metering´, a provision allowing house owners and office complexes to sell unused power generated by their photovoltaic units to the discom
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Velagapudi gets a major power boost
The Government Interim Complex has been provided 24 x 7 power supply after the Southern Power Distribution Company Limited completed laying of underground power lines. Electrical engineers of the SPDCL have completed laying of an underground high power 600 KVA line to the complex.
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NTPC registers 10percent growth in power generation in Q1FY17
India´s leading power generator, state-owned NTPC Limited, registered a 10 per cent growth in power generation in the first quarter of FY 2016-17.
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Kudankulam Plant´s 2nd unit likely to start in July
After months of delay, the second unit of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KKNPP) is expected to start power generation from July.
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AP project in limbo
Survey to alienate land in Polaki mandal of the district where Japanese company Sumitomo Corporation plans to establish an ultra supercritical thermal power project in Andhra Pradesh has hit a snag with Left parties and farmers´ groups opposing it.
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Delhi´s power demand at all time high of 6,260 MW
Extreme heat and humidity levels pushed up Delhi´s peak power demand to an all-time high of 6,260 MW on June 30.
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Power crisis in Karnataka to end
The perennial power crisis in Karnataka may end soon as major thermal units were assured of constant supply of coal. This is expected to increase power generation by 2,300 MW in the state.
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Decoding the Arbitration Amendment
India is moving towards reviving the infrastructure sector by encouraging investments by private players and reinvigorating the sector through Public-Private Partnership (PPP). The government is also providing the much-needed push by increasing the budgetary allocation to Rs.2.21 lakh crore for key infrastructure areas, such as roads, railways and ports.
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GMR Infrastructure sells stake in transmission projects to Adani Transmission
GMR Energy Limited (GEL), a subsidiary of GMR Infrastructure Limited (GIL), has entered into definitive agreements with Adani Transmission Limited (ATL), wherein GEL has agr GMR Energy Limited (GEL), a subsidiary of GMR Infrastructure Limited (GIL), has entered into definitive agreements with Adani Transmission Limited (ATL), wherein GEL has agreed to transfer the interest in its transmission projects - Maru Transmission Services Limited (MTSL) and Aravali Transmission Services Limited (ATSL) -
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Waste-to-power plants yet to take off
The proposal to generate power from waste continues to remain a non-starter with the successive state governments having miserably failed to take forward the initiative of converting waste into energy despite availability of large amount of municipal solid waste.