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Coal crisis: Railways cancels 42 passenger trains; some to be restored soon

The Railways has cancelled 42 passenger trains in order to prioritise coal rake movement across country to deal with a shortage of vital input at thermal power plants, the national transporter said

Pakistan to double hydroelectric output to meet power shortage: Report

Pakistan will double its hydroelectric output in next seven years to meet its power shortage and address the soaring electricity prices, amid a worsening energy crisis resulting in load-shedding

India's peak power supply touches record level of 204 GW on Thursday

India's peak power demand met or highest supply in a day touched all-time high of 204.65 GW on Thursday amid ongoing heatwave sweeping through vast swathes of country increasing demand for electricity

Centre allocates 207MW additional power to J&K amid rise in demand

The Union government has allocated the additional power from the unallocated quota of Central Generating Stations of Northern Region Pool to Jammu and Kashmir, an official spokesman said

Power outage risk increases as severe heat spurs coal demand

The hottest March in more than a century has heralded an early start to summer, increasing power consumption by air conditioners and refrigerators.

Delhi: Peak power demand touches 5,460 MW, highest in April so far

The peak power demand was 5,460 MW at 3.29 pm on Monday, according to the realtime data of State Load Dispatch Centre, Delhi

Average power price on Indian Energy Exchange hits 13-year high in March

Power demand during March rose at the fastest pace in three months, with electricity shortages the worst since October due to soaring temperatures and a sharp uptick in economic activity

Peak power demand up 12% at 198.47 GW, may cross 200 GW-mark in April

According to the power ministry data, the peak power demand met was 177.20 GW on April 1, 2021.

Domestic power tariff hiked in Andhra Pradesh

The Andhra Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (ERC) issued the Retail Tariff Order for 2022-23, taxing the domestic power consumers rather heavily while sparing other sectors from the hike.

Discoms owe Rs 1 trillion to power generating firms till Feb: Power Min

The outstanding amount of the discoms (power distribution companies) becomes overdue after 45 days of raising the bill for supply of power by gencos.

Telcos use alternative sources for power in Chandigarh outage

Cellular Operators' Association of India (COAI) is an apex body of telecom operators, and its members include Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio and Vodafone Idea.

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