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Data dive: Dark clouds hover over India’s solar story
1 week ago

Data dive: Dark clouds hover over India’s solar story

Live Mint  

Recent charges of bribery by a US government agency against the Adani Group and its leadership have cast an unexpected spotlight on the Solar Energy Corporation of India—until now a relatively unknown company run by the central government. Solar’s share of electricity generated from renewable sources has Widening gap Of the 66 GW of solar power capacity installed as of …

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India’s renewable energy target may prove elusive without course correction
3 months, 1 week ago

India’s renewable energy target may prove elusive without course correction

Live Mint  

India’s energy transition will be centred around the use of solar photovoltaic technology for at least the next 25 years. Though this information is not yet available in the public domain, it is estimated that Solar Energy Corporation Of India and other RE implementing agencies have about 18GW of ‘unsold inventory.’ Discoms in India face three major difficulties: huge uncertainty …

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Power consumption down below 50 percent, Discoms stopped power purchases
1 year, 7 months ago

Power consumption down below 50 percent, Discoms stopped power purchases

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Power consumption has plunged sharply for the last few days on the back of heavy rain and lower temperatures and the end of the yasangi season. Speaking to Deccan Chronicle, Telangana State Northern Power Distribution Company Limited chairman and managing director Annamaneni Gopal Rao said that more than 13 centimeters of rainfall was recorded in north Telangana districts and …

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AP Discoms enter into LPS with Centre to resolve their liability: Official
2 years, 4 months ago

AP Discoms enter into LPS with Centre to resolve their liability: Official

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: Energy special chief secretary K. Vijayanand stated that AP Discoms entered into Late Payment Surcharge of the Centre to resolve the Discoms’ liability with respect to generators in power purchase payments in a phased manner. Taking part in the 76th Independence Day celebrations at Vidyut Soudha here on Monday, he said that AP Discoms subscribed for LPS in which …

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Powering up after the power crisis shock
2 years, 7 months ago

Powering up after the power crisis shock

The Hindu  

The power crisis has taken us by surprise. The Regulatory Commissions need to provide for such expensive peaking power arrangements in the tariffs they approve. Subsidies and politics Free supply of electricity to farmers and households up to a specified level is not a problem as long as State governments pay for it as provided in the Act, and the …

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Closing down old thermal plants in 11 key States could save ₹53,000 crore: Report
4 years, 3 months ago

Closing down old thermal plants in 11 key States could save ₹53,000 crore: Report

The Hindu  

Shutting down thermal power plants older than 20 years in 11 key States can save the exchequer ₹53,000 crore over five years, says an analysis by Climate Research Horizon. While free power for agriculture and power theft are one reason, the authors opine, another is that several States have installed capacity based on projections that are far in excess of …

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