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Modi's 9-min blackout call: Power sector on alert to ensure grid stability

Power sector on alert to manage any drastic drop in demand

Ensure supply, grid security: Contingency plans afoot for power sector

To ensure steady availability of power in case of sudden ramping up or down, hydro and gas run power stations have been asked to be on standby.

Power demand shows signs of recovery as total generation rises by 11%

Feb recorded second straight month of demand uptick across the country

Centre to relook long-term power sale pacts between generators and states

PPAs are typically of 25-30 years duration. The ministry is designing a policy paper to dwell on the alternative for long-term PPAs.

Thermal plants' Jan load factor at 5-yr low as slowdown hits power demand

India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra) has revised the power sector outlook to negative for financial year 2020-21 (FY21) from stable

Discoms need more than just smart metering

Prepaid smart metering is only a tool, not the solution to the power distribution sector's woes

High-powered meet today to salvage stranded thermal power projects

Senior officials of the power ministry are meeting all stakeholders, including executives of NTPC, distribution companies, and banks, in New Delhi on Friday to take a call on the new govt scheme

BHEL bags battery energy storage system order under TERI consortium project

The Energy Resource Institute (TERI) on Wednesday said state-run engineering firm BHEL has won the bid for installation and maintenance of battery energy storage systems (BESS) worth Rs 2.51 crore. "BHEL emerged as best supplier of battery and associated equipment in a tender recently floated by TERI for installation and maintenance of battery energy storage systems (BESS)," a TERI statement said. According to the statement, BHEL has offered 410 kilowatt-hours (kWh) of cumulative battery capacity for a total cost of Rs 2.51 crore, including six years of comprehensive warranty and maintenance. There are very limited tenders of BESS in India so far and the responses to this tender have been received from reputed companies such as Larsen & Toubro, Mahindra Susten, Hero Solar, Honeywell Automation, Amara Raja, Okaya Power etc, it said. This level of interest from prestigious organisations in the tender signifies the transition of electricity distribution grid with increasing ...

Power Minister R K Singh points finger at lobby against PSU privatisation

The statement assumes significance when the Narendra Modi-led government had been mooting major strategic disinvestment

India's electricity demand rises after 5 months of decline, up 3.5% in Jan

January demand for electricity rose to 105.29 billion units from 101.71 billion units a year earlier, data from the Central Electricity Authority showed

Nirmala Sitharaman's Budget proposals to stimulate economic growth

The tax proposals are aimed at stimulating growth, simplifying tax structure, bringing ease of compliance and reducing litigation

Power sector: Big announcements but no extra funding; half-baked schemes

Centre's flagship scheme, KUSUM, which aims to provide solar-run irrigation pumps to farmers, has been allotted Rs 1,000 cr, or barely 0.01% of the total estimated outlay

Budget 2020: Rs 4,400-cr outlay for clean air, old power plants to be shut

The power sector is facing stress due to poor financial conditions of discoms in the country

Budget 2020: Rs 22,000 cr outlay for power, renewable energy sector in FY21

State governments need to replace conventional electricity meters with pre-paid smart meters in three years, she said

Budget 2020-21 wishlist: Key developments and challenges in power sector

The larger share of non-fossil fuel generation poses new challenges to state utilities

Despite relaxation in norms, 25 stressed power assets yet to be resolved

Of the 36 identified stressed assets, seven have been resolved through debt-restructuring schemes by lenders

A deep dive into govt's ambitious infrastructure plan via six charts

Last week, the government came up with an ambitious plan for infrastructure investment

Energy sector to bag lion's share in NIP with Rs 24 trn investment

In a report released by the Finance Ministry on Tuesday, the Centre laid down the plans for increasing private participation in the energy sector, especially in power distribution

Top headlines: Govt's infra push, reforms to revive power sector, and more

FM Sitharaman unveils Rs 102-trn of infra projects, reforms to revive struggling power retailers and more top headlines of the day

India plans $35 bn reforms over 5 yrs to revive struggling power retailers

The measures would focus on infrastructure and technology upgrades of the ailing utilities to make them more efficient and reduce financial losses, according to reports