Articles for Power Sector

Russia launches massive attack on Ukraine’s energy sector, minister says
1 week, 3 days ago

Russia launches massive attack on Ukraine’s energy sector, minister says

CNN  

Kyiv, Ukraine CNN — Russia launched a widespread attack on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure overnight, forcing the country to implement emergency power outages, Ukrainian authorities said on Friday. “The losses of the Russian occupiers in the Pokrovsk direction are consistently high, especially in manpower,” Ukraine’s commander-in-chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said Friday. He also acknowledged that “for several months now, the Pokrovsk direction …

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UP Power Sector: Plans Underway To Privatise Loss-Making Electricity Distribution Companies
3 weeks, 6 days ago

UP Power Sector: Plans Underway To Privatise Loss-Making Electricity Distribution Companies

ABP News  

UP Electricity Privatisation News: The Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited is preparing to privatise electricity distribution in the state, aiming to address the persistent financial losses faced by its power distribution companies. The decision was finalised during a high-level meeting held on Monday, which included UPPCL Chairman and the Managing Directors of the state's distribution companies. The objective is to …

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Power sector suffered during YSRCP term in Andhra Pradesh, says Union Minister Pemmasani Chandra Sekhar
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Power sector suffered during YSRCP term in Andhra Pradesh, says Union Minister Pemmasani Chandra Sekhar

The Hindu  

Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu had ushered in reforms in the power sector keeping in view the rising demand and did not increase the tariffs during his term between 2014 and 2019, Union Minister of State for Rural Development and Communications Pemmasani Chandra Sekhar said on November 7, 2024. Addressing a public meeting at Thallayapalem in Amaravati on the occasion …

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Advisor (Law) Vacancy At Joint Electricity Regulatory Commission
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Advisor (Law) Vacancy At Joint Electricity Regulatory Commission

Live Law  

Joint Electricity Regulatory Commission invites application for the post of Advisor on contractual basis. The policy regime including National Electricity Policy and Tariff Policy of India & other relevant policies issued by the Government of India. Knowledge of various judgements of various courts related to power sector Excellent written and communication skill Well versed with e-office and MS Office working …

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KCR Must Attend State Assembly Sessions: Rajgopal Reddy
4 months, 3 weeks ago

KCR Must Attend State Assembly Sessions: Rajgopal Reddy

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Munugode Congress party MLA Komatireddy Rajgopal Reddy on Monday demanded that the BRS party floor leader and former chief minister K Chandrashekhar Rao must attend the Assembly sessions without failing to discuss on power sector and failures of the BRS government during their ten-year tenure. Speaking in the Legislative Assembly, Rajgopal Reddy highlighted failures of the then BRS …

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KCR moves SC against HC order on probe into power purchase deals
5 months, 1 week ago

KCR moves SC against HC order on probe into power purchase deals

Hindustan Times  

Bharat Rashtra Samithi president and former Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Monday filed a special leave petition in the Supreme Court challenging the state high court orders refusing to stall the ongoing judicial probe into the alleged irregularities in the power sector during his regime. On July 1, the Telangana high court dismissed KCR’s petition seeking to stall …

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Losses in power sector under YSRCP: Naidu
5 months, 1 week ago

Losses in power sector under YSRCP: Naidu

Hindustan Times  

Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Tuesday alleged that the previous YSR Congress party government had imposed a tariff burden of ₹32,166 crore on the power consumers of the state, besides pushing the state power distribution companies into a debt of ₹49,596 crore in the last five years. Chandrababu Naidu target before the present government is to revive, …

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Russia launches sweeping attack on Ukraine’s power sector, a sign of possible escalation
9 months ago

Russia launches sweeping attack on Ukraine’s power sector, a sign of possible escalation

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — Russia unleashed one of its most devastating attacks against Ukraine’s electric sector on Friday, an aerial assault it said was retaliation for recent strikes inside Russia and which could signal an escalation of the war just days after President Vladimir Putin cemented his grip on power in a preordained election. “It is important to understand the cost …

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EPA delays rules for existing natural gas power plants until after the November election
9 months, 3 weeks ago

EPA delays rules for existing natural gas power plants until after the November election

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday it is delaying planned rules to curb emissions from existing natural gas plants that release harmful air pollutants and contribute to global warming. “As EPA works towards final standards to cut climate pollution from existing coal and new gas-fired power plants later this spring, the agency is taking a new, comprehensive approach …

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Solar sector readying for new challenges
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Solar sector readying for new challenges

China Daily  

A view of a solar power facility in Tongchuan, Shaanxi province, in August. Chinese PV firms lead the world, but overcapacity, price weakness loom China's solar industry climbed to new heights in 2023, with manufacturing, installed capacity and exports experiencing robust growth and reshaping the global landscape with continuous technological breakthroughs. According to the China Photovoltaic Industry Association, China saw …

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Electricity under GST purview
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Electricity under GST purview

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The inclusion of electricity within the goods and services tax framework may be a reality soon as the government is exploring all the options in this regard. “As the power ministry is well aware of its potential effects, especially on the revenue loss for the industry, state revenues, and household electricity expenses, the Centre and states are jointly …

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Nine breakthroughs for climate and nature in 2023 you may have missed
1 year ago

Nine breakthroughs for climate and nature in 2023 you may have missed

BBC  

Nine breakthroughs for climate and nature in 2023 you may have missed Getty Images The US's Inflation Reduction Act has released huge sums of support for clean energy, jobs and technologies In a tumultuous year, the positive milestones for the climate and nature might well have gone under your radar. It was quickly welcomed as the largest climate investment in …

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Precautionary power outage in Nigdi on Sunday
1 year, 5 months ago

Precautionary power outage in Nigdi on Sunday

Hindustan Times  

The power supply in and around Nigdi was cut off on Sunday as a precautionary measure after an LPG gas tanker capsized near the Bhakti-Shakti Chowk. Accordingly, the electricity supply of about 550 consumers in Nigdi Gavthan, Sector 24 and 26 as well as the Sainathnagar area was disconnected by Mahavitran Nishikant Raut, MSEDCL PRO said, “An LPG gas tanker …

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Railways gears up to meet power sector’s summer coal demand
1 year, 9 months ago

Railways gears up to meet power sector’s summer coal demand

The Hindu  

With the advent of summer, the Ministry of Railways has prioritised the transportation of coal to meet the projected demand for rakes from the power sector. “Loading of rakes for power sector from various sources in the current fiscal from April 2022 to February 2023 is 408 rakes per day against 344 rakes per day in last year, which is …

Railways Coal Ministry Rakes Power Sector Wagons
CM KCR promises to add 33% Parliament, legislature seats for women
1 year, 10 months ago

CM KCR promises to add 33% Parliament, legislature seats for women

Deccan Chronicle  

NANDED: BRS president and Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao promised to increase seats in Legislative Assemblies and Legislative Councils in states and in Parliament by 33 per cent to facilitate the implementation of 33 per cent reservations for women, by undertaking delimitation of constituencies across the country within a year of the BRS coming to power at the Centre. Rao …

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The Union budget for 2023-24 is rather well placed on fiscal math
1 year, 10 months ago

The Union budget for 2023-24 is rather well placed on fiscal math

Live Mint  

All credit goes to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and her team for extraordinary fiscal performance over three years of relentless pressure from the pandemic followed by the Ukraine war. During the current fiscal year closing on 31 March 2023, the Central fiscal deficit has held at 6.4% as budgeted, despite additional expenditure of ₹2 trillion on food and fertilizer subsidies. …

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Solar Energy Corporation of India will supply 3,000 MW of solar power from Sept. 2024, says Andhra Pradesh Energy Minister
1 year, 11 months ago

Solar Energy Corporation of India will supply 3,000 MW of solar power from Sept. 2024, says Andhra Pradesh Energy Minister

The Hindu  

The State government is taking various steps to strengthen the nine-hour free power supply to the farm sector in order to make agriculture a profitable activity and empower farmers. The most significant of these steps is the tie-up with Solar Energy Corporation of India for supply of solar power, which will start with 3,000 Megawatts from September 2024 in the …

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KCR promises free power to farmers across country
2 years, 3 months ago

KCR promises free power to farmers across country

Hindustan Times  

Reiterating that he will soon enter the national politics, Telangana Rashtra Samithi president and chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Monday announced supply of quality power to agriculture sector free of cost across the country, if a non-BJP front is voted to power during the 2024 general election. Addressing a public meeting in Nizamabad after inaugurating an integrated district office …

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Interview | Will forge political consensus against Electricity Bill: Vinod
2 years, 4 months ago

Interview | Will forge political consensus against Electricity Bill: Vinod

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: B.Vinod Kumar, vice-chairman of the Telangana Planning Board, vowed that his party will forge a consensus among all political parties against the Electricity Amendment Bill, 2022, which the BJP government introduced in the monsoon session of Parliament. The central government attempted to introduce the Electricity Amendment Bill, 2021, under the guise of the financial viability of electricity distribution companies. …

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Bangladesh’s garment sector faces energy, demand crises
2 years, 4 months ago

Bangladesh’s garment sector faces energy, demand crises

Al Jazeera  

The world’s second-largest garment exporter is experiencing a slowdown that will threaten the nation’s economic recovery. Plummy Fashions Ltd., a supplier to PVH Corp., the parent company of fashion brand Tommy Hilfiger, and Inditex SA’s Zara, saw new orders in July drop 20% from a year earlier, its Managing Director Fazlul Hoque said. It couldn’t be happening at a worse …

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India's domestic coal production goes up by 28% as of 16 June
2 years, 6 months ago

India's domestic coal production goes up by 28% as of 16 June

Firstpost  

During the monsoons, despite having high coal stock at mine ends, the coal companies face problems in transporting coal to the sidings due to flooding of mines and the wet coal jamming the Coal Handling Plants conveyor systems New Delhi: After a record-breaking coal production of 777 million tonnes in 2021-22, domestic coal production continues to witness an increasing trend …

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Industrial Production Grows 7.1% in April on Better Performance, at 8-Month High
2 years, 6 months ago

Industrial Production Grows 7.1% in April on Better Performance, at 8-Month High

News 18  

New Delhi: Industrial output grew by 7.1 per cent in April on better performance by power and mining sectors, as per government data released on Friday. Manufacturing sector recorded a growth of 6.3 per cent in the first month of the current financial year, as per the data released by the National Statistical Office. As per the use-based classification, the …

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WEF MoUs will strengthen power sector in AP: Peddireddy
2 years, 6 months ago

WEF MoUs will strengthen power sector in AP: Peddireddy

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: Energy minister Peddireddy Ramachandra Reddy said Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy signing agreements for huge investments in AP at the World Economic Forum in Davos will strengthen the power sector in state, a key element for development of Andhra Pradesh. Ramachandra Reddy said MoU signed by AP government with Adani Green Energy is historic as never before, as …

State Mou Mous Power Sector Ramachandra Reddy Minister Peddireddy
India's coal production rises 28% to 66.1 million tonnes in April on strong demand from power sector
2 years, 7 months ago

India's coal production rises 28% to 66.1 million tonnes in April on strong demand from power sector

Firstpost  

As per the provisional data of the Ministry of Coal, the total offtake of the coal sector was 70.8 MT during the month, the power sector offtake touched 61.7 MT in April. At the same time, coal supplies to the power sector from Coal India alone stood at 49.7 MT New Delhi: India’s coal output soared by 28 per cent …

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