It may have done well but its efforts to upgrade the country's transmission sector haven't been enough, yet.
Category: Power & New and Renewable Energy
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Delhi Govt to extend scheme
The Delhi government is going to extend the amnesty scheme for defaulters of power bills for the third time.
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UDAY scheme not people friendly | TN Power Minister
Tamil Nadu has not signed the Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana (UDAY) scheme as it is not people-friendly, State Power Minister Natham R Viswanathan said.
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UPNEDA to go solar on govt buildings
UP New and Renewable Energy Development Agency (UPNEDA) is all set to install rooftop grid-interactive solar power plant at government and private buildings.
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Omron’s solution to address power theft
Sensing and control technologies major, Omron, has launched the first-of-its-kind Total Tamper Detection Solution, to address concerns of power theft in the electricity sector. Positioned as a revolutionary offering for smart energy management, the solution was unveiled at the India Smart Grid Week 2016, in New Delhi.
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Ramboll India awarded quality audit assignment for Rapid Metro Phase-II
Ramboll will undertake the quality audit of the different civil and track structures such as the viaducts, stations and maintenance depot developed for the Phase-II of Rapid Metro.
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KPMG Statement Budget reaction – Renewable and Overall ENR
The increase in coal cess will improve relative attractiveness of renewables, but increase the overall cost of power for utilities by approximately 10,000 crores, thus impacting retail tariffs and utility financial health.
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Budget 2016-17: Clean energy cess doubled to Rs.400
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has doubled the clean energy cess to Rs.400 per tonne of coal. He also introduced infrastructure cess on petrol, diesel and luxury cars.
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LIC stars in NTPC stake sale show
The Rs.5,000-crore stake sale by the government in NTPC saw demand for almost twice the shares on offer, led by a big-ticket application by insurance giant Life Insurance
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Power firms await coal linkage policy
Power producers have made a fresh appeal to the Centre to release a coal linkage policy soon. They have argued the coal linkage policy announced by the previous UPA government had covered 78,000 MW to be commercially operational by March 31, 2015.