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Power Grid Appoints Ravindra Kumar Tyagi As Its New Managing Director

Power Grid Corporation of India (PGCI) Limited has now announced appointing Ravindra Kumar Tyagi, Director (Operations) as its new Chairman and Managing Director (CMD). He assumed the charge with effect from January 1, 2024. Power Grid is a Maharatna PSU under the administrative control of the Ministry of Power of the Union government. Prior to […]

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Powergrid Acquires Two SPVs for Evacuation Of Green Power From Rajasthan

Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (Powergrid) – a Maharatna CPSU under the Ministry of Power has recently acquired two Project Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs) namely- Ramgarh II Transmission Limited and Beawar Dausa Transmission Limited for the Transmission System Projects. They will be used for the evacuation of power from the Renewable Energy Zone (REZ) […]

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3,595 Power Consumers In India Get Approval For Green Energy Open Access

Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy RK Singh, in his latest response before the Lok Sabha, said that as per government records, the Indian government approved the applications of 3,595 power consumers, allowing them to avail of green energy open access. The Ministry of Power in 2022 approved the Green Energy Open Access Rules, […]

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Suzlon Armed with 100.8 MW Wind Power Project in Gujarat

Renewable energy solutions provider, Suzlon Group, has announced a new order win for the development of a 100.8 MW wind power project for a global utility firm. Suzlon will install 32 wind turbine generators (WTGs) with a Hybrid Lattice Tubular (HLT) tower and a rated capacity of 3.15 MW each. The project is located in […]

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MNRE Issues Policy To Repower Wind Turbines Below 2MW Capacity

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has issued its Wind Repowering and Life Extension Policy for wind projects. The ministry said that the initiative will likely boost the potential of wind energy generation from old and inefficient wind power projects by modifying the wind turbine structures (repowering). As per the National Institute of […]

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SECI Seeks Wind Power Developers for 1350 MW Wind Power Projects

The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has floated a tender seeking Wind Power Developers for setting up of 1350 MW ISTS-connected wind power projects in India under tariff-based Competitive Bidding (SECI-Tranche-XVI). The last date to submit the bid in soft copy format is January 10, 2024. The last date to submit the bid in […]

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MERC Allows Compensation To Tata Power Over Hiked GST Rates

The Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC) in its latest judgement allowed compensation to Tata Power Green Energy Limited (TPGEL) on account of ‘change of law’ events. The order came to the fore when TPGEL moved the State Commission seeking compensation on account of additional expenses due to increased GST rates. TPGEL, the petitioner in the […]

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RECPDCL Seeks Solar Power Developers for 290 MW Solar Projects with Greenshoe Option

REC Power Development and Consultancy Limited (a wholly owned subsidiary of REC Limited, a Maharatna company under the Ministry of Power) has invited proposals from solar power developers for setting up 290 MW grid-connected solar power projects through tariff-based competitive bidding process. The tender comes with a greenshoe option of additional capacity of 290 MW […]

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Top 5 Reasons Why India’s Power Demand Exceeded Projections

India’s power demand has been rising steadily. The country’s higher than anticipated peak demand has been in the news, with peak demand touching a lifetime high of 223 GW in June 2023 when peak deficit touched 0.17 percent. As per the Load Generation Balance Report (LGBR) released by the Central Electricity Authority, the peak demand […]

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