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Companies

GE commissions first leg of grid-stabilisation system for PowerGrid

After completion, the project will be the world's largest Wide Area Monitoring System (Wams) that entails monitoring and controlling of electricity supply across the country

1 min read12 Jul 2018
Opinion

Improving power procurement practices

Discoms must strive to have the right mix of resources to ensure that power demand is met in the least-cost manner

4 min read24 May 2018
Opinion

Decentralized urban management

All it needs is for us to let go of our preconceptions about how our cities should be managed, and embrace a decentralized future

4 min read14 Feb 2018
Industry

Torrent, Greenko, Adani, Tata eye CESU Odisha acquisition

PricewaterhouseCoopers is running the bid process for Central Electricity Supply Utility of Odisha (CESU Odisha) in what is the first such sale in more than decade

2 min read25 Jan 2018
Industry

Coal power’s pace slows in India as glut leaves plants unused

The inability of state distributors to utilize existing power plants leaves India with a glut of capacity while nearly 300 million Indians remain without access to electricity

1 min read2 Jan 2018
Industry

UP’s electricity quest may hold the key to Indian power sector revival

The BJP government's promise to provide round- the-clock electricity from October 2018 in Uttar Pradesh may hold the key to revive India's electricity demand

2 min read12 Jul 2017
Opinion

Four ways to recharge Uttar Pradesh’s power sector

Fixing Uttar Pradesh's electricity supply is a tough job but the Yogi Adityanath government can start by picking the low-hanging fruits

4 min read8 May 2017
Industry

Adityanath govt, Centre ink pact for 24x7 power supply in Uttar Pradesh

The 'Power for All' pact, which promises to provide 24x7 power supply to all the households in the Uttar Pradesh, was signed by Yogi Adityanath and Piyush Goyal

1 min read14 Apr 2017
Industry

Kerala, Maharashtra, Rajasthan top list in providing uninterrupted power: Urja app

Government's Urja app shows Jharkhand, Uttarakhand and Assam lag in supplying uninterrupted power

2 min read11 Apr 2017
Industry

Who is to blame: discoms or consumers?

Consumer behaviour, which apparently adds to avoidable load on the network, has come under criticism

2 min read2 Jul 2016
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