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High Priced Power Portal Launched Formally To Tackle Summer Peaks

As reported earlier by SaurEnergy, the formal start of the high priced power regime has been started to combat the summer peaks in power supply. For the record, India’s February power demand was an all time high. Launching the High Price Day Ahead Market and Surplus Power Portal (PUShP) – an initiative to ensure greater […]

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Power Ministry Prepares for Summer Peak; Coal and Gas to be Pivotal

The Union Power Ministry has said that it has devised a multi-pronged strategy to ensure adequate availability of power during the upcoming summer months. Power and MNRE Minister RK Singh chaired a review meeting with senior officers from power sector, coal and railways to discuss aspects to meet the high electricity demand in the upcoming […]

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“What is important is the intent; Capability can be built”, Shilpa Urhekar, Sterling & Wilson Renewable Energy

Shilpa Urhekar is one of those rare professionals in the solar sector who have seen the sector evolve from its tentative origins, when a MW-sized project was a milestone, to the current shift, when GW-sized ambitions are at par for the course. The former Indian Air Force squadron leader has been involved with establishing module […]

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Denmark’s Copenagen Infrastructure Partners to Develop Wind Projects in India

Denmark-based investment firm Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has joined hands with Indian firm that develops wind projects, Viviid Renewables for the establishment of over 1.8 GW of renewable energy capacity in India. CIP entered into the agreement through its Copenhagen Infrastructure New Markets Fund I (CI NMF I). The Indian firm and the Danish firm […]

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RGO For Coal Plants. Will It Have A Significant Impact On Renewable Capacities?

The Ministry of Power, has finally notified the Renewable Generation Obligations (RGO)for Coal and lignite based plants. These new conditions are expected to mitigate the impact of additional thermal capacities India still plans, to support demand growth for electricity across the country. As the notice says, any plant starting operations after April 1, 2023, will […]

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Sterlite Power Successfully Commissions its Largest Green Energy Corridor Project in Gujarat

Sterlite Power, a leading power transmission company in India and Brazil, announced the successful commissioning of its green energy corridor project – Lakadia-Vadodara Transmission Project Limited (LVTPL). The project aims to deliver more than 5000 MW of power from renewable rich regions of Bhuj and Kutch to the national grid – a step towards accelerating […]

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India’s Solar Self Sufficiency Dreams Move Ahead With Solar PLI II Bids

Confirmations on the bidders for the phase 2  solar PLI (Performance Linked Incentives) scheme of the government are in, with Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), leading a host of companies that have bid for a slice of the incentives. In the guidelines for the second phase of the solar PLI scheme where Rs 19,000 crore has […]

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PMRC to Install Solar Panels to Power Auxiliary Services at Metro Stations

Patna Metro Rail Corporation (PMRC) has come up with a plan to make all the metro stations in the capital city of Bihar as green buildings. PMRC is mulling to install solar power systems on the elevated metro stations and the metro depots as they are being designed in an energy-efficient way. PMRC aims to […]

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Power Regulator CERC Appoints Jishnu Barua as Chairperson

Jishnu Barua has assumed charge of power regulator CERC (Central Electricity Regulatory Commission) as the Chairman. The newly appointed Chairperson was administered the oath by MNRE Minister R K Singh. Barua had been appointed to the post of the Chairperson on 27 February. He was the Chief Secretary of Assam from October 2020 to August […]

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