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Winter storm hits US Texas, statewide power failure not expected

Temperatures plunged within 24 hours, power lines were downed by icing accumulation, tree breakage and high winds, leading to road closures and outages across the state.

People may be free to set up standalone energy storage systems: R K Singh

Union Minister for Power and New & Renewable Energy R K Singh has indicated that people may be free to set up standalone energy storage systems (ESS) as the government plans de-licensing that under the policy for ESS. According to a statement issued by the power ministry, Singh interacted with renewable energy developers, industry and various government representatives to discuss the elements of the draft policy on the energy storage system to promote the creation of storage systems on a large scale across the country. The policy aims at the creation of the technology-agnostic storage system across the value chain of the electricity sector generation, transmission and distribution levels. In the meeting held on January 25 with representatives of the industry, Singh galvanised the industry representatives and called for their active participation in establishing storage systems and associated manufacturing industries domestically within the country. The minister also took a ...

Power CPSEs capital expenditure rises 47% to Rs 40,000 crore in Apr-Dec

The Capex performance of the ministry is significantly better compared to the previous year

Recovery tracker: Railway freight gains at year-end amid omicron surge

Residential mobility indicator rises higher than previous weeks

India's power consumption rises 4.5% to 110.34 billion units in Dec

India's power consumption grew by 4.5 per cent in December to 110.34 billion units (BU) over the same period a year ago, according to power ministry data.

Power outage continues in J&K as employees strike over privatisation

Residents of many cities in Jammu & Kashmir faced power shut down on second consecutive day, as Power Development Department (PDD) employees continued their strike against the proposed privatisation of electricity in the Union Territory. The PDD employees have been on strike since Sunday against the J&K administration decision to privatise the department and merge it with the Power Grid Corporation of India. Jammu University has postponed offline and online examination for undergraduate and postgraduate students tomorrow in view of the strike. The PDD employees held anti-government protests in Srinagar and Jammu demanding in writing from the Lieutenant Governor that it has shelved the proposal of privatisation. According to sources, while the administration parleyed with the PDD employees, it also visited several power distribution facilities in Jammu to speed up restoration of electric supply. The administration in its talks with the employees was represented by divisional ...

Ramcharan Co wins $2.2-bn order for waste-to-energy units from Ghana

Comes close to securing $4.14 billion from TFCC International

Mitsubishi names power business boss Katsuya Nakanishi as CEO

Nakanishi, 61, currently runs the firm's power solution group and was involved in its 2019 acquisition of Eneco

Soft power: Who does it help?

The UK has a vast amount of soft power, accumulated while the sun never set on the Empire

No power shortage, outages result of states' constraints: Power minister

R K Singh launches India's first Green Day Ahead Market

Aluminium firms draw costly power from grid, hurting utilities low on coal

A crippling shortage across the country has pushed state-run Coal India to impose temporary supply curbs to non-power consumers

Uttar Pradesh buying power at Rs 22 per unit, says Yogi Adityanath

Uttar Pradesh has been facing power crisis due to coal shortage

Govt warns states against selling power at high price on exchanges

Asia's third-largest economy is facing large-scale outages as several power plants have low coal inventories amid a sharp spike in global energy prices.

Total power outage in Lebanon as grid shuts down after running out of fuel

Lebanon's electricity grid has shut down entirely after the country's two main power stations ran out of fuel

China power woes structurally positive for India chemical players: Analysts

China's power crisis: Analysts say the development could impact chemical output by as much as 25 per cent in the country, which in turn could benefit Indian speciality chemical makers

Regulatory compliance mechanism for power utilities on the anvil

The Centre believes the move would help state commissions adopt best practices; it would also speed up implementation of reforms and regulatory policies

Torrent Power Q1 net down 44% to Rs 208 cr, revenue up marginally

The company recently signed a Securities Purchase Agreement with a JV of Lightsource BP and UKCI to acquire a 50 Mw solar power project at Maharashtra for an enterprise value of Rs 317 cr

Adani Power post PAT of Rs 278 cr in Q1FY22 versus Rs 682 loss a year ago

Receives LoI for acquiring Essar Power MP from Resolution Professional

India's peak power demand hits new record of 200570 MW in July

The country witnessed the highest ever demand for power at 12:01 hours on July 7, 2021.

Power consumption grows nearly 19 pc in 1st fortnight of May

Power consumption in the country grew by around 19 per cent in the first fortnight of May showing recovery in industrial and commercial demand of electricity, according to the power ministry data.