Power

Government is looking to provide LED bulbs at Rs 44, which is much lower than current retail price of around Rs 300, under its DELP scheme to discourage use of inefficient incandescent bulbs, said Power Minister Piyush Goyal. Lighting sector accounts for about 20 per cent of the total energy consumption in India. Prime Minister Narendra ...

News: India has one of the most aggressive clean energy goals of any nation in the world, with a plan to have 100 gigawatts of solar capacity installed by 2022, which is a five-fold increase from the previous government’s target goal. A large portion of the installations would be through rooftop solar power systems, ...

News: Punjab New and Renewable Energy Minister Bikram Singh Majithia said it has received bids from as many as 18 companies for setting up solar projects in the state which will attract investment of Rs 3,500 crore. “It is to the credit of Punjab that it had succeeded in its ...

News: The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has approved a proposed master plan to develop 50 solar cities, including three in the national capital region. Eight cities are to be developed as ‘Model Solar Cities and fifteen cities will be developed as ‘Pilot Solar Cities’, said Official. Source: ET

News: Power Grid Corporation is preparing to award the country’s first technology trial for grid connected energy storage. The Centre has invited proposals from states on setting up two-three smart grid systems in proposed smart cities in each state as part of the National Smart Grid Mission. India Smart Grid ...

News: West Bengal aims to generate about 100 MW from rooftop solar units over the next two to three years. West Bengal Electricity Regulatory Commission (WBERC) has decided to appoint an ombudsman for each district to allow power consumers to get their grievances redressed at the local level. WBERC chairman ...

News: Guwahati and five other cities in the northeast will be developed as solar cities to reduce dependency on conventional energy. The six cities – Guwahati and Jorhat in Assam, Kohima and Dimapur in Nagaland, Itanagar n Arunachal Pradesh and Agartala in Tripura – will be developed under the Development of ...

News: Consumers of BSES Rajdhani Power Limited (BRPL) and BSES Yamuna Power Limited (BYPL) can now register ‘no supply’ complaints through a newly-launched app, and need not call the discoms call centre for the purpose. Using the ‘BSES App’, the consumers can easily register complaints related to no supply, street-lights and those related to emergency ...

News: Ministry of Power has asked LED bulb producers to bring down prices of LED bulbs. Center  allow “indiscriminate imports” to increase competition in case any cartelisation is found in the segment. He emphasized that the competition should be healthy and on quality and margins. The recent price discovery of Led ...

News: Mauritius-based Sky Power Southeast Asia Holdings has offered a tariff of Rs 5.051 a unit to the state government-owned MP Power Management Company. The highest rate of procurement was Rs 5.641 for 50 Mw from Hero Solar. Sky Power set a record by beating majors like Reliance, Adani, ACME ...