According to data from the National Load Despatch Centre, as much as 115.2 billion units (BU) of electricity was supplied in the first 29 days of March, roughly translating into 3.9 BU per day. At this rate, 123.2 BU of electricity will be supplied in March 2021, which is 22.9 per cent higher than the […]
The tie-up of funds for the demonstrative thermal power project with Advanced Ultra Super Critical (AUSC) technology is expected to be done by month-end, the Indian parliament was informed this week. The AUSC technology is designed to help power plants burn less coal for electricity production while reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. The sponsoring agency […]
Domestic natural gas production slipped 2.2% year on year (YoY) to 2,551 million standard cubic metre (mscm) in January. The 2.6 million tonne (MT) of crude oil produced in the country during the month was also 4.6% lower than the production in the year-ago period. Indigenous natural gas production caters to about 51% of the […]
The All India Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF) has demanded that the draft Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2021 must be put in the public domain before starting a discussion on the same. The AIPEF has written a letter to the Prime Minister last week and pushed for placing the bill in public domain for stakeholders’ comments. The […]
India’s power consumption increased to a three-month high of nearly 6 per cent at 111.43 billion units (BU) in January 2021, showing spurt in economic activities, according to official data. Power consumption in January 2020 was 105.15 BU. Besides, peak power demand also recorded double-digit growth of nearly 11 per cent to 189.64 GW in […]
The cold spell that left Asian countries scrambling to buy enough natural gas for heating and electricity generation earlier this month made headlines and spurred a massive rally in spot gas prices on the regional market. It also highlighted a problem with China’s electricity consumption: it grew too much, too fast. Reuters’ John Kemp noted in a […]
State-run engineering firm BHEL said it has bagged an order worth Rs 450 crore for a steam and power plant from National Aluminium Corporation Limited (NALCO). The Rs 450 crore order has been placed on BHEL by NALCO for its 5th Stream Alumina Refinery Expansion Project at Damanjodi, Odisha, Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) said in a statement. BHEL’s […]
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, […]
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved the revised cost estimate of Rs 6,700 crore for the north eastern region power system improvement project (NERPSIP) which aims to augment power transmission and distribution systems in the area. The project was sanctioned by the government in December, 2014, with the initial cost estimate of Rs […]
States in India now have the option to get funding at discounted interest rate through the Rs 1-lakh-crore Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF) to implement the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan (PM-Kusum) scheme. The Kusum scheme aims to remove the use of diesel in irrigation and promote solar technology in the agriculture sector. […]
