J&K to spent Rs 1900 Crs to bring down T&D losses in the state…

Power India found that Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today said a Rs 1,900-crore project is under execution to bring down the power transmission and distribution (T&D) losses in the state.   "The government has put R-APDRP schemes to execution to reduce T&D losses by 3 per cent annually," he said. Upgradation...

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Artificial Leaf…

Power India found that Daniel Nocera (an MIT researcher) has developed a potentially ground breaking energy storage technology that successfully mimics nature.   Daniel call this technology as an “Artificial Leaf”   In a photosynthesis-like process, the ‘leaf’ uses solar energy to split water into hydrogen and oxygen....

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NPCIL’s Kudankulam nuclear plant to get nod for fuelling soon…

Power India found that Atomic power reactor operator Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) hopes to get the regulatory nod to fuel the first unit of Kudankulam nuclear power plant in a week's time, a top official said here Saturday. The NPCIL had sought the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board's permission April 18 for loading the...

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Mahagenco considering to shut down old plants…

Power India found that faced with a shortage of coal for its thermal power stations, the Maharashtra State Power Generation Company Limited (MahaGenco) is working on a contingency plan wherein it may have to shut down old power generating sets to divert their coal linkages to the utility’s newly commissioned units.   MahaGenco...

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Tata Power to have stakes in Cleantech companies…

Power India found that Tata Power, India’s biggest private energy producer, is looking to generate a quarter of total power produced through renewable energy sources in the next few years and is open to buying stakes in companies working to develop clean energy technologies.   S Ramakrishnan, executive director, Tata Power told...

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Palatana 726.6 MW Gas project to be delayed due to delay in evacuation facility…

  Power India found that, delay in getting forest clearance for setting up transmission facility is likely to delay power evacuation from 726.6 MW Gas Based Combined Cycle Power Project at Palatana in Tripura.   The status report of the transmission project has observed that not getting forest clearance from Assam and Meghalaya...

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CIL to set deadlines for signing FSAs for coal supply with power producers..

Power India found that Coal India plans to take an aggressive stand against power producers and set a deadline after which it will not sign fuel supply agreements (FSAs) with the companies, as the state monopoly fights back after being arm-twisted to commit long-term fuel supply. Coal India's board has already decided to impose negligible...

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Karnataka power line to be swapped for wildlife corridor

Power India found that the Karnataka government is going to dismantle a 25 km long power transmission line passing through Kudremukh National Park to compensate for the loss of an 8.3km long wildlife corridor in Chikamaglur district caused by another line.   The Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) of the Ministry of Environment and...

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EGoM to discusse the coal diversion issue of RPower’s Sasan UMPP…

Power India found that an Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) is going to discuss today the issue of diversion, with government permission, of surplus coal by Reliance Power Ltd (R-Power), meant for its 4,000-Mw Ultra Mega Power Project (UMPP) at Sasan in Madhya Pradesh, to another project being developed by it, Chitrangi, in the same...

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