Kochi: If you are looking for a solar panel as power backup and don’t know the technicalities, then ask the Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB).

The proposed solid waste treatment plant will adopt incineration method

The proposed solid waste treatment plant at Brahmapuram capable of processing 500 tonnes of waste material daily will adopt the waste-to-energy technology model based on the incineration method. Work on the Rs. 350 crore plant is expected to begin soon. A final decision on the company that would implement the project will be taken on Monday. The waste-to-energy technology is expected to provide help in converting the non-recyclable and combustible portion of the waste to electricity. It will also reduce the amount of material sent to landfills besides preventing contamination of air and water.

The Kerala State Electricity Regulatory Commission (KSERC) has announced the rates at which independent producers of electricity from renewable sources could sell electricity to Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) and other distribution licensees in the State.

The rates are Rs.4.88 per unit in the case of small hydroelectric projects with installed capacity of less than 5 MW and Rs.4.16 per unit in the case of those with installed capacity of between 5 and 25 MW.

The state government has decided to provide a financial bailout package to Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board Limited (HPSEBL).

Reeling under severe power crises, Tamil Nadu government is mooting a plan to set up a power plant in Chhattisgarh.

The proposal was in the preliminary stage as final decision will be taken after consultation with the Chhattisgarh government that would provide other infrastructure required for the project. Tamil Nadu’s electricity minister Natham R Viswanathan on Monday met Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh to discuss the issue.

Funds-starved state electricity boards (SEBs) across the country are resorting to load shedding in a massive way to deal with power shortages rather than buy electricity from the open market, which is turning more expensive. This is reflected in peak-hour electricity deficits of states with heavily indebted power distribution utilities.

SEBs, operating under political patronage, find it easier to opt for load shedding than buy power from the open market and pass the additional cost to the consumers through tariff increases.

The environment organisations have come out strongly against the new move of the Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) to revive the Pathrakadavu hydroelectric project.

The project was proposed as an alternative to the Silent Valley project, being taken up now at the Silent Valley buffer zone in Mannarkkad taluk of the District. They said since the area was declared as the ‘buffer zone’ of the unique Silent Valley National Park it would be extremely difficult for the State government to recommend the project to the Centre, as they had to go through a plethora of statutory provisions and formalities.

Though the targets set were not met, the last two decades — particularly the later one — were marked by some revival of investor interest in the power industry, especially in the generation sector.

The momentum, however, was partly lost in 2012 as fuel shortages and political arm-twisting led to inadequate pass-through of costs, denting investors' confidence. Incidence of payment defaults by distribution firms worsened the financial position of generation firms, forcing the Centre to announce another massive bailout package for the sector, involving a recast of outstanding debts of R1.9 lakh crore.

Mahan I, in Madhya Pradesh, is Essar Power’s eighth operational power plant, taking its total generation capacity to 3,910 MW

Essar Power has commissioned its 600 mega watt (MW) Mahan I power project. Essar Power, a subsidiary of Essar Energy Plc announced that the 600 megawatt (MW) unit is part of its 1,200 MW Mahan I power project. This 600 MW capacity is the largest size single unit commissioned in Madhya Pradesh.