Supply 24x7 power to reduce diesel genset use: Draft electricity rules

The use of diesel gensets is increasing in India; new rules published by Centre now provide incentive to replace them with renewables

Renewable energy: Piling dues

Payment delays to RE generators biggest threat to the 175 GW target

No buyers for e-cars in govt departments, Centre extends deadline

So far, only 652 vehicles have been deployed when the target was 10,000, said Union Minister of State for Power and Renewable Energy RK …

Rooftop solar: Why India is now considered to be a laggard globally

Rooftop solar in India needs easy financing, unrestricted net metering, and an easy regulatory process to make it attractive to developers  …

Power for all—can it be achieved?

Round-the-clock assured power supply programme to kick off with Andhra Pradesh, Delhi and Rajasthan; finances and logistics pose a huge challenge

Visibly efficient

Renewable Energy Certificates: How new amendments provide safety net to renewable power developers

The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission, India’s apex power sector regulator, will monitor to ensure that no RECs are hoarded  

Panel suggests measures to tackle crisis in stressed thermal power projects

Report flags erratic coal supply, institutional challenges; suggests closing old thermal power units

Powerless firms

The crippling discom business needs fundamental restructuring for a future in renewable energy

Electricity grid to get smart

Performance-based funds to half power distribution loss

India’s non-fossil fuel contribution peak: It’s a seasonal trend

The share of electricity sourced from non-fossil-fuels usually peaks during the summer season

Save power the smart way

India gets smart grid that monitors electricity use in real time

Ganga basin authority notified

Polluting coal power plants may get blanket 20-year extension of compliance deadlines 

Only 5% Category C plants in compliance with emission norms at present

Study finds eight coal-fired thermal plants in India stranded liabilities, recommends acquisition by NTPC

In 2018, 34 stressed plants were identified; 26 resolved fully or partially

Environment ministry finalises coal thermal power plant categories: What does it say about emission norms compliance

The Union ministry releases list of coal thermal power plants and their categorisation in line with its April 2021 notification

Unlocking power of pumped storage hydropower: A sustainable energy solution

Shot in the arm to projects after attendance of Union Minister of Power at an event for PSH

Tussle over coal blocks in forests

35 per cent of nine coalfields are ‘no-go’ areas

How smart metering infrastructure can help distressed power sector

When electricity demand is expected to rise by 95% by 2030, India’s power sector is marred with high Aggregate Technical and Commercial (AT&…

Northern power grid on the blink

States were cautioned more than 400 times against overdrawing electricity

Consumer information system on fuel economy can help car buyers go green

Fuel efficiency is rarely a consumer’s primary concern, and vehicle manufacturers have little incentive to innovate technology 

Power ministry asks MoEF&CC to dilute emission norms for coal-based power stations

The norms have been awaiting implementation since 2017 although they were first notified in 2015

Reliance’s unusual reward

It acquires CDM benefit for its business-as-usual power project in Jharkhand

Bustard conservation: No agreement on underground power lines, ban on new projects 

Putting power lines underground not feasible; too late for new projects in Bustard habitat to be stopped, stakeholders said

Biomass market in a flux

Biomass power generation started with a bang 10 years ago. Plant owners, Ruhi Kandhari and Aparna Pallavi met say the picture is not that …