In order to provide relief to the rooftop solar industry, the Indian government is proposing to allow rooftop solar installations with up to 500 kilowatt (kW) capacity to be billed under ‘net metering’. If the proposal is approved, those who have rooftop solar panels will receive higher tariffs from power distribution companies (discoms) for the […]
As much as 170.14 gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy capacity, excluding large hydropower units, has either been installed or under various stages of development or bidding at February-end this year, India’s power minister, R.K. Singh informed the Parliament. The statement assumes significance in view of India’s ambitious target of having 175 GW installed renewable energy […]
The latest rules regarding the consumer rights laid down by the Union power ministry is likely to impede the pace of capacity addition of the rooftop solar in the country. The amendments made by the Ministry of Power purports to disincentivise commercial and industrial users from installing such power generation capacities in their premises. While […]
India’s power consumption grew by 4.8 per cent to 50.36 billion units (BU) in the first half of December this year, showing consistency in economic activities, as per government data. Power consumption was recorded at 48.04 BU during December 1-15 last year, according to the power ministry data. For the full month of December 2019, […]
Coal Minister Pralhad Joshi met his counterpart in the power ministry, R K Singh last week to discuss substituting imported coal with domestic fuel as part of initiatives towards the government’s ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’ goal. During the meeting, both ministers also deliberated on strategies for removing bottlenecks to augment coal suply in the country. “Had a […]
Total dues to power generating companies by electricity distribution companies rose by over 29 per cent year-on-year in October 2020 to Rs 1,38,187 crore. Given the lockdown restrictions which led to a significant drop in revenue from commercial and industrial consumers, the revenue gap for discoms is estimated to increase by Rs 300 billion in […]
The delay in signing power supply agreements (PSA) by Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) with discoms (distribution companies) for over 20,000 MW of power projects awarded in the last one year is threatening the renewable energy target of 175 giga watt (GW) by 2022, reports Financial Express. Manufacturing projects of 12,000 MW was awarded […]
R. K. Singh, the Union Minister of State for Power and New & Renewable Energy, laid foundation stone for construction of LILO of Kishenganj-Darbhanga 400kV Transmission Line at Saharsa in Bihar through a virtual event. POWERGRID Ltd., a central PSU under Ministry of Power will execute this Rs 100 crore project. Acknowledging Powergrid for its […]
The 850-MW Ratle hydroelectric power project in Jammu and Kashmir, work on which was stalled for the past six years, will be revived soon, Union minister of state for power, Jitendra Singh said. The hydroelectric project is a run-of-river scheme located on river Chenab in Kishtwar district of the union territory. The preliminary work such as construction […]
