Energy

Mini-grids: Electricity for All

Today, in India, we face both an environment as well as a development crisis. On the one hand we are still struggling with the problems of inequality, poverty and improving the human development indicators. On the other hand, environmental pollution and ecological destruction is now a runaway problem.

Publication Date: 
01/08/2016
Chandra Bhushan, Aruna Kumarankandath
Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)
Tags:
Electricity, Rural Electrification, Energy, Solar Energy, Bihar, India, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), Off-Grid, Renewable Energy
Energy

State’s energy sector gets Rs162cr central sanction

Panaji: Union minister of state (independent charge) for power, coal, new and renewable energy and mines, Piyush Goyal has confirmed that an amount of 162 crore has been sanctioned for the state of

Publication Date: 
26/07/2016
Times Of India (Goa)
Tags:
Goa, Electricity, Ministry of Power, Power Industry, Rural Electrification, Energy
Energy

Power still eludes border villages

JODHPUR: Two years after the Narendra Modi government announced the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY), expected to 'electrify' many border villages and hamlets of Jaisalmer and Barmer

Publication Date: 
26/07/2016
Vimal Bhatia
Times Of India (Jaipur)
Tags:
Rajasthan, Jodhpur (D), Electricity, Rural Electrification, Jaisalmer (D), Barmer (D), Energy, Rural Energy
Energy

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Electrification of Villages, 25/07/2016

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Electrification of Villages, 25/07/2016. 86 and 214 villages were electrified during last two years i.e. 2014-15 and 2015-16 respectively in the State of Madhya Pradesh. The district-wise details are at Annex-I. As informed by the Government of Madhya Pradesh, there are 164 un-electrified villages in the State as on 18.07.2016. The district-wise details of un-electrified villages are at Annex-II.

Publication Date: 
Monday, July 25, 2016
Rajya Sabha
Tags:
Rural Electrification, Statistics, India, Parliament, Madhya Pradesh
Energy

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Electrification of Villages, 18/07/2016

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Electrification of Villages, 18/07/2016. There were 18,452 un-electrified villages in the country as on 01.04.2015, out of which 8888 are electrified as on the 15th July, 2016. State-wise details are given at Annexure. The remaining villages are mostly located in difficult terrains, forest areas, remote locations etc. The electrification of all the remaining villages is targeted by May, 2018.

Publication Date: 
Monday, July 18, 2016
Rajya Sabha
Tags:
Rural Electrification, India, Statistics, Parliament, Electricity
Energy

Lights fade out, villagers grope in the dark

Keonjhar: A cluster of tribal settlements in the remote hills of mineral-rich Keonjhar district saw light some years ago, thanks to the rural electrification drives of the state and the Centre.

Publication Date: 
14/07/2016
Naresh Chandra Pattanayak
Times Of India (Bhubaneswar)
Tags:
Orissa (Odisha), Keonjhar (D), Rural Electrification, Electricity, Renewable Energy, Energy
Energy

India can achieve 1.65 billion units of electricity next year: Piyush Goyal

The country can achieve as high as 50 per cent growth in electricity production up to 1.65 trillion units next year, Power Minister Piyush Goyal said today.

Publication Date: 
08/07/2016
Economic Times (New Delhi)
Tags:
Electricity, Ministry of Power, Solar Energy, Renewable Energy, Rural Electrification, Power Transmission, Energy
Energy

4,000 MW available in exchanges at around Rs 2 per unit: Goyal

With the power demand in summer at a peak, Power Minister Piyush Goyal said on Monday that electricity is available at exchanges across India, and without network congestion, at rates around Rs 2 p

Publication Date: 
05/07/2016
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Electricity, Ministry of Power, Energy Policy, Rural Electrification, Power Transmission, Energy
Energy

Benefit sharing and sustainable hydropower: lessons from Nepal

Mountains offer ideal conditions for the development of hydropower, but the uneven distribution of benefits from project development often create friction and development disputes between communities and project developers.

Publication Date: 
28/06/2016
Padmendra Shrestha, Austin Lord, Aditi Mukherji & et al
ICIMOD
Tags:
Hydroelectricity, Benefit Sharing, Nepal, Electricity, Environment, Ecosystem Services, Rural Electrification, Irrigation
Energy

Energy investors merge to create pan-Africa power group

Two major investors in African power projects announced Wednesday a joint venture that they said would help boost electricity output across the continent.

Publication Date: 
23/06/2016
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Electricity, Power Industry, Africa, Ghana, Rural Electrification, South Africa, Energy

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