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India Takes Major Step Towards Creation of Regional Power Grid
In a major stride towards creating a robust regional power grid, the country’s largest power trading platform, the Indian Energy Exchange (IEX), has commenced the cross-border electricity trade (CBET). This maiden initiative will help energy exchanges based here progressively extend their reach beyond India’s territorial boundaries to not only countries of South Asia but also...
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UP’s largest solar project commissioned in Kanpur
Vikram Solar has announced the completion of an 85 MW solar plant project for NTPC in the district of Kanpur Nagar. The project combines Vikram Solar’s recently commissioned 140 MW project for India’s largest power utility at the same location. The resulting 225 MW cumulative capacity project becomes the largest solar project at a single...
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Government sanctions Rs 118 bn for IndiaÂ’s rooftop solar mission
The government has approved phase-II of rooftop solar programme with a funding outlay of Rs 118.14 billion for achieving the 40 GW rooftop solar capacity target by FY2022.
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NTPC issues 190 MW solar-wind hybrid tender
IndiaÂ’s largest power generation company NTPC, that successfully auctioned 1.2 GW of capacity in its first wind energy tender recently, is now making its mark in the solar-wind hybrid.
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Coal import bill down Rs 1 trillion in four years
Due to a steady domestic production and improved quality control, India saved over Rs 1 trillion in coal import bill over the last four years.
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Wind-solar is missing the push from the government
Ashish Mithani, Chief Executive Officer and Whole-time Director, KP Energy believes that if the pace of the bids is well-maintained as publicly promised by the government, then in 2020, there would be a continuous addition of 6 GW to 9 GW of wind projects every year.
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The compressor market will grow above 20,000-25,000 units a year
Despite price sensitivity of the Indian market remaining a major challenge, Conrad Latham, General Manager, Atlas Copco Compressor Technique, India cites that to be competitive in India, the global players are willing to pay for the value of options that are normally associated with improved energy efficiencies like variable speed drive compressors, permanent magnetic motors, cost-effective adsorption dryers or even higher IE-rated motors.
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A Ray of Hope, Amid the Gloom
Amidst the chaos seen in the power sector, with 22,000 MW thermal power projects lying idle for the need of coal or gas and lenders taking power generating assets to National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) to recover dues, the transmission sector- with longer life cycle and lower risks- has exhibited the only ray of hope for investors and developers alike.
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The Maha Metro Dream
In India, the urban rail network has grown significantly over the past 10-12 years, from about 90 km in 2006 to 444 km as we speak.