India
Educating electricity customers – One step closer to meet their expectations
Educating electricity customers – One step closer to meet their expectations
Customers' satisfaction is now gaining vital importance at power distribution companies (DISCOMs) around the globe. Electricity customers of yesterday are much engaged, empowered, and informed today.
Drought forces Adani Power to shut down 2,640-MW units in Tiroda plant
4 out of 5 units have been closed.
World Bank gives nod to India's $625m loan for solar programme
At least 400MW of GRPV will be installed across India.
India starts peppering its power sector with policy reforms to stimulate investments
"If people can pay, there's a way" is India's new market mantra.
India ranks 4th in world in cumulative installations of wind projects
And fifth largest annual market globally.
Singapore-based Sembcorp boosts stake in Indian renewables arm to 65.12%
Total investment is worth around SGD12m.
India's massive plan to build 12 nuke reactors is "fraught with risk": study
Projects are feared to be not economically and financially possible.
India's aggressive renewables growth scares coal-fired power generators
Power surplus will grip India by the neck in 5-7 years.
India's oldest nuke reactors near Mumbai likely to shut down
Blame it on maintenance costs outpacing power tariffs.
India fervently hopes for its distribution reform’s success
Energy and peak deficit both slid to 2.6% and 4.7%.
SkyPower inks deals for 200MW of solar projects in Telangana, India
Construction will begin within 2016.
India eyes topping up coal-fired power with 24.5GW by 2017
This is in line with its 12th Five-Year Plan.
India's Adani Power to ink deal on building a $2b plant in Jharkhand
It's still part of capacity boosting measures, sources said.
Suzlon finally enters solar sector with 210MW project wins in Telangana, India
The 6 projects will be commissioned in 2016-17.
Indian distribution firms' reform success to alleviate power sector woes
Their weak fiscal position is in dire need of a reform.
Power Grid Corp. of India's 3Q profits jumped 31% to INR20.2b
Thanks to a sharp rise in transmission volume.
India’s power distributors are getting poor
Their inability to purchase power pulled utlisation down.
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