India’s energy sector has grown rapidly over the last year driven by policies, reforms and investments. Various policy initiatives such as introduction of UDAY, amendments in National Electricity Act, new solar RPO target for states, biofuel policy, small hydro policy, offshore wind policy and new hydrocarbon policy have all contributed to growth of the industry. However, there is still a long way to go with some persisting issues requiring attention and resolution at the earliest, making the upcoming budget crucial to the energy sector.
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Time Is Ripe for Adoption of Innovative Technologies
Amit Vaidya, Director, Strategic Customer Team, India, Sensus speaks about the potential of the UDAY scheme and the need for deployment of automation and smart technologies in the distribution infrastructure, in an interview with Monica Chaturvedi Charna...
Conext Inverter Will Reduce the Levelised Cost of Energy
Anurag Garg, Vice President – Solar Business, Schneider Electric, speaks about the company’s latest launch, an inverter that will help cut down the operational cost of solar power plants, in an interview with Monica Chaturvedi Charna...
Hands Off My Discom!
Most people who take an interest in the electricity sector are aware that the discom train has clearly jumped off the rails in a large number of Indian states.
Recommendations for Energy Storage in India
India’s energy sector has grown rapidly over the last year driven by policies, reforms and investments. Various policy initiatives such as introduction of UDAY, amendments in National Electricity Act, new solar RPO target for states, biofuel policy, small hydro policy, offshore wind policy and new hydrocarbon policy have all contributed to growth of the industry. However, there is still a long way to go with some persisting issues requiring attention and resolution at the earliest, making the upcoming budget crucial to the energy sector.
Report
Asia-Pacific Region Provides Best Opportunities In Declining Global Gas Turbine Market: GlobalData.
Backup Power
Decision-makers should put in place backup power with safeguards including computer-security measures so that the system offers round-the-clock power and is protected from all sorts of disruptions.
Microgrids Enable A Greater Level Of Penetration For RE
Says Sanjith S Shetty, Vice Chairman and Managing Director, Soham Renewable Energy India (P) Ltd, in conversation with R Srinivasan.
Is Microgrid An Answer To Rural India's Power Woes?
Microgrid can be defined as a small network of electricity users with a local source of supply that is usually attached to a centralised national grid, but is able to function independently. From India’s context, rural microgrid is a small electricity network implemented at a village level with its own generation unit and the electricity generated thus supplied primarily to the village households and in some cases, to some commercial load centres. These microgrids are often not connected to the national grid and have been set up in the villages where there is no grid connection or even if there is a grid, power supply is highly erratic.
Tech & Services
Power Quality: A growing concern.
Swedish Deputy Minister On Climate Visits Mumbai
WHATSAPP PUSHES PRIVACY UPDATE TO COMPLY WITH IRISH RULING
WhatsApp is adding more details to its privacy policy and flagging that information for European users, after Irish regulators slapped the chat service with a record fine for breaching strict EU data privacy rules.
NEW MEXICO EES TV TECH AS ONE FIX TO K-12 INTERNET DIVIDE
Internet problems continue to slow down many students in the U.S. state of New Mexico, but a pilot project using TV signals to transmit computer files may help.
NASA SEEKS IDEAS FOR A NUCLEAR REACTOR ON THE MOON
If anyone has a good idea on how to put a nuclear fission power plant on the moon, the U.S. government wants to hear about it.
JAPAN, VIETNAM LOOK TO CYBER DEFENSE AGAINST CHINA
Japan and Vietnam signed a cybersecurity agreement as the two Asian nations rapidly step up their military ties amid concerns over China’s growing assertiveness.
US FUND KKR INTERESTED IN ITALIAN TELECOMS GIANT TIM
The Italian telecommunications company TIM is assessing a non-binding “indication of interest” by the U.S. investment fund KKR to acquire the entire capital share, a potential 11 billion-euro deal.
ITALIAN COMPETITION WATCHDOG FINES APPLE, AMAZON $225M
Italy’s antitrust watchdog has fined Apple and Amazon a total of more than 200 million euros ($225 million) for cooperating to restrict competition in the sale of Apple and Beats branded products in violation of European Union rules.
NASA LAUNCHES SPACECRAFT TO TEST ASTEROID DEFENSE CONCEPT
NASA launched a spacecraft Tuesday night on a mission to smash into an asteroid and test whether it would be possible to knock a speeding space rock off course if one were to threaten Earth.
AFRICAN INTERNET RICHES THREATENED BY LAWSUIT AND CORRUPTION
Outsiders have long profited from Africa’s riches of gold, diamonds, and even people. Digital resources have proven no different.
IS TRAVEL SAFE DURING THE PANDEMIC THIS HOLIDAY SEASON?
Is travel safe during the pandemic this holiday season?
LAUNCH OF NEW NASA SPACE TELESCOPE DELAYED AFTER INCIDENT
The European Space Agency says the launch of a new NASA telescope to replace the famed Hubble observatory is being postponed to allow experts to check the device for possible damage following an incident at its spaceport in French Guiana.