Biodiversity

 Restoring power

A unique system for immediate restoration of power and rectification of damaged transmission

Publication Date: 
30/08/1997
Down to Earth
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Energy Technology, Power Transmission, Technology, Calcutta (D)
India

 Electrifying tale

Power transmission will be done more smoothly in the future with the help of a new electronic device, the thyristor controlled series compensator. The new equipment, using advanced solid state switches, can increase power supply through existing t

Publication Date: 
30/01/1996
Down to Earth
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Energy Technology, Power Transmission, United States Of America (US)
India

 Power at full capacity

The Power Finance Corp has recently initiated a programme to enhance energy efficiency by installing capacitors to harness the reactive load in transmission systems

Publication Date: 
29/09/1994
Koshy Cherail
Down to Earth
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Power Transmission, Finance, Power Industry, India
India

 The vagaries of power

Differential metering of peak and low load consumption might jolt the power sector out of the red

Publication Date: 
14/07/1994
Koshy Cherail
Down to Earth
Tags:
Power Transmission, Power Industry, India
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Climate Change
25 Jan 2013
Clouds over solar

India’s solar power policy is now entering round two. And there is much that needs to be reviewed and reworked as the business of solar energy has seen massive turbulence in India as well as globally. In the first phase (2010 to 2013) of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM) the target was to set up 1,000-2,000 MW of grid-based solar power in the country. By 2013, the country has indeed commissioned some 1,000 MW of solar power, but 700 MW of this target comes from the non-JNNSM state of Gujarat.

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Sunita Narain
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Climate Change
01 Aug 2012
Change power generation configuration to stabilise the grid

Two consecutive days of grid collapse has left almost half of India’s population without power.

Three major grids – northern, north-eastern and eastern – have crashed. Reportedly, over 20 states have been affected. Trains have stalled, markets have closed down, and institutions and offices have been forced to announce holidays. In short, this is nothing short of a national calamity.

What are the reasons behind this massive grid failure?

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Chandra Bhushan
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Climate Calculus
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Ministry of Power, Energy & Mineral Resources (Bangladesh)
Bangladesh, Electricity, Power Transmission, South Asia
Energy
Nepal Electricity Authority
Nepal, South Asia, Electricity, Power Transmission, Energy Efficiency
Energy
Assam Electricity Regulatory Commission
Energy, Assam, Electricity, Government Of India (GOI), Power Transmission, Energy Policy, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Wind Energy
Forests

9,600 trees to be cut for transmission line: CM

Shimla: Over 9,600 trees will face the axe for laying the transmission line for evacuating power from the 1000 MW Karcham Wangtoo power project in Kinnaur, which is likely to start generation by June this year.

In reply to a query during Question Hour in the assembly by Congress MLA GS Bali about exploring the possibility of an alternate route, Chief Minister PK Dhumal today said the permission

Publication Date: 
18/03/2011
Tribune (New Delhi)
Tags:
Trees, Forests, Power Transmission, Energy, Himachal Pradesh, Kinnaur, Rampur (D)

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