The coal sector remains the most inefficient and least open to private investment, despite coal being the country´s primary source of fuel, says Krrishan Singhania, Managing Partner, Singhania Associates.
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ReNew signs five PPAs to supply 1,500 MW power from solar plants
DLI to offer logistics services at Integrated Logistics Park in Anekal
Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train project picks ups pace
Scatec ASA aims hydropower assets in India
BSUL invites proposals for solar projects in Jalaun Park
Essar Ports Vizag Terminal held largest dry bulk vessel
Pralhad Joshi: thermal power plants hold 22 MT coal, enough for ten days
Coal demand expects to grow in India: Coal Ministry
Chhattisgarh Govt grants Parsa East & Kente Basan license to mine coal
AAI: Indigo uses new satellite-based tech to land passenger aircraft
Aviation Ministry expects 100 mn passengers traffic this year
Atal Tunnel wins ‘Best Infrastructure Project’ award in New Delhi
NABARD approves five road projects for Sirmaur district
Gadkari lays foundation for 17 highway, CRIF projects in Telangana
RLDA to redevelop Delhi’s 2 stations into world-class rly station
States, UTs surpass 2022 renewable energy goal of 175 MW
E-NEXCO India rolls out E-NEXCO Eye for road network survey
Vatika chowk service road to be widened to facilitate traffic
Tag: electricity
Sterlite Power starts Purulia project
Sterlite Power has commissioned its fifth project, the Purulia-Kharagpur Transmission Project, which will supply 1,200 MW of electricity to Ranchi in Jharkhand and Purulia in West Bengal, the company has said in a statement.
Mitsubishi Corp launches energy storage demonstration project in Delhi
Mitsubishi Corporation has reached a basic agreement with AES Corporation and Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited (TPDDL), which distributes electricity in northern and north-western Delhi, to develop an energy storage demonstration project in India. The project will be concentrated in the grid sectors operated by TPDDL.
‘Coal Mitra’ portal launched to facilitate flexibility in domestic coal utilisation
Union Minister of State for Power, Coal, New & Renewable Energy and Mines, Piyush Goyal, has launched ‘Coal Mitra’, a Web portal for flexibility in utilisation of domestic coal. He also released reports on ‘Renewable Energy Integration: Transmission an Enabler’, ‘Green Energy Corridor II’ and ‘Electricity Demand Pattern Analysis’.
India Surging Towards Highly Digital Economy
Narendra Bhandari, General Manager, Developer Experience & Evangelism, Microsoft India, says powered by digital, the Fourth Industrial Revolution is likely to benefit the Indian economy across sectors. Digital technology's potential to transform the infrastructure space is especially mindboggling.
The Missing Link
Buoyed by the positive response from the industry and the proactive approach adopted by various state governments, India is now making rapid strides in the solar segment. The country's solar power generation has gone up 14 times in a span of just five years from 0.5 MW in 2011 to 7 GW now.
Water Imperative
Today, we live in a world of over 7 billion or 700 crore people. The world population is expected to reach the figure of 9 billion by 2042. Compare this with the world of 10,000 BC, or 12,000 years ago, just a wink of an eye in geological terms. The human race consisted of no more than 10 million or 1 crore souls then.
Energising India
The power sector in India is set for explosive growth following the stated policy objective of the Union government to provide 24x7 power to all households by 2019.
ABB India and IIT Madras collaborate for micro-grids
ABB India and IIT Madras will collaborate to develop a power management system to optimise the operation of multiple micro-grids, with and without grid connection, while managing electricity supply to villages.
ABB energises transformer at world record voltage level of 1.2 million volts
ABB has developed, manufactured and energised a 1,200-kilovolt (kV) ultrahigh voltage power transformer to support India´s plans to build a 1,200 kV transmission system, supplementing the existing 400 kV and 800 kV transmission grid as demand for electricity increases.