Tag: Electricity
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Increasing lifespans
Nuclear power needs a helping hand from governments across the world to stay viable.
October 9, 2019 -
Go vegetarian to save Earth
The latest report of the IPCC recommends eating less meat for a cooler planet.
August 28, 2019 -
BJP, Congress engage in verbal duel with AAP over free power in Delhi
AAP countered the allegations and attacked the BJP stating that their government is providing the cheapest electricity in the country and the BJP didn't want people to get free electricity.
August 2, 2019 -
Free electricity for usage upto 200 units in Delhi, announces Arvind Kejriwal, calls it ‘historic’
Power consumed between 201 and 400 units will be at half price as the Delhi government will provide 50 per cent subsidy, the CM added.
August 1, 2019 -
Kurseong post office sans electricity; services hit
Postmaster Ashok Dewan confirmed the situation and said that they do have a generator, but they are not able to use that too, given the short-circuit somewhere in the wiring.
June 20, 2019 -
Darkness engulfs Odisha; check out NASA image after Cyclone Fani landfall
The cyclonic storm destroyed several transmission towers and uprooted as many as 156,000 utility poles, according to the NASA report.
May 9, 2019 -
India needs hourly electricity tariffs: IEEFA
"India is going through a renewable energy transformation, but the pricing signals have yet to catch up,"
January 8, 2019 -
More efficiency promised
Surfaces that throw out heat would reduce the energy it takes to cool things down.
October 3, 2018 -
Delhi facing all time high peak power demand
The peak power demand of Delhi broke all previous records twice in June -- June 1 with 6,651 MW and June 8 with the peak demand reaching 6,934 MW -- to hit an all-time high.
June 22, 2018 -
Indian expat secures two UK power plants that produce electricity for cryptocurrency
Indian expat Varun Datta’s block-chain based energy plant, 4NEW, has secured two operational Waste to Energy power plants in the United Kingdom.
June 15, 2018 -
‘Committed towards conservation of the planet’
Venkat Garimella, vice-president, Access to Energy and CSR, Schneider Electric India, shared how the largest nongovernment renewable energy initiative in the Sundarbans came into being.
June 3, 2018 -
Power consumers get relief as tariff revised
The Delhi assembly on Wednesday witnessed heated debate over the new power tariffs with the opposition BJP showing reluctance to buy the argument that electricity tariff has been reduced. Instead, BJP kept charging the government of increasing the fixed charges per month despite Delhi Power Minister Satyendra Jain assured that despite hike in fixed charges, …
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March 29, 2018 -
No power tariff hike in 2018-19, declares OERC
There will be no hike in power tariff for the year 2018-19, announced Odisha Electricity Regulatory Commission (OERC) on Thursday while rejecting the demand for upward revision made by distribution utilities as well as Gridco’s plea for increase of bulk power supply charges to the distribution companies. ERC’s Director (Regulatory Affairs) Priyabrat Patnaik confirmed the …
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March 23, 2018 -
Odisha electricity employees protest against electricity bill
The Odisha Electricity Employees and Engineers joined the nationwide protest in all state capitals against Electricity Bill 2014, privatisation of electricity distribution and Franchisee. The nation wide call was given by the National Coordination Committee of Electricity Employees and Engineers (NCCOEEE). The Employees and Engineers of all Unions and Associations took out a rally from …
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March 15, 2018 -
Solar power lights up remote U’khand village
The residents of Gangi, a remote village in Uttarakhand’s Tehri district, were thrilled when they got electricity through solar power recently. As connecting the village through grid was not possible, the alternative energy method was used. Uttarakhand government’s Secretary (Energy) Radhika Jha said, “The villagers were overjoyed at getting solar power.” Not many take the …
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February 7, 2018 -
24-hr electricity to over 1,800 Haryana villages
In Haryana, 24 hours uninterrupted electricity on the pattern of towns is being supplied under 400 feeders covering 1,811 villages under Mhara Gaon-Jagmag Gaon scheme. Electricity has also been made available on the lines of towns in all rural feeders in five districts of Panchkula, Ambala, Gurugram, Faridabad and Sirsa. A spokesperson of power utilities …
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January 30, 2018 -
India looks to provide access to electricity to all in 2018
Seventy years after independence, India is racing to connect thousands of villages with electricity as it looks to accelerate growth whose dividend are distributed to all. The new year will see the government accelerate efforts to achieve the mammoth task of reaching power to more than a quarter of a billion people who lack access …
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January 1, 2018