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NEW DELHI: Peak power demand is unlikely to touch or cross 229GW in summer this year due to unseasonal rains and the after-effects of cyclonic storm Biparjoyin the country, say industry experts. Experts add that the unseasonal rains have…

Solar power is available only during the day, and wind energy is dependent on climate vagaries.  | Photo Credit: Reuters While India may have internationally committed to half its installed electricity being sourced from renewable sources…

NEW DELHI: Coalwill remain India’s largest source of electricity generation by 2030 and additional new plants will be required, even as the nation adds record clean energy installations to hit climate targets.India, the world’s…

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“It is seen that apart from under construction coal-based capacity of 25GW, the additional coal-based capacity required till 2031-32 may vary from 17 GW to around 28 GW,” CEA said in a draft national electricity plan “It is seen that…

NEW DELHI: Coal stocks at non-pithead thermal power plants remained consistently low during the last week till Thursday at 26 per cent of the normative levels, showing shortage of the dry fuel amid rising electricity demand due to scorching…

NEW DELHI : The All India Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF) on Tuesday pointed out that India is headed towards a power crisis as thermal power plants across the country are grappling with coal shortage.…

As India builds its data centre capabilities, it is imperative that it is supported by green energy. This is because data centres are guzzlers of energy. IMAGE: Indian data centre market currently houses an estimated 445 Mw of critical IT…

NEW DELHI: The Nasdaqlisted ReNew Power and Fluence, one of the largest players in the battery storage business, on Thursday announced setting up a 50:50 joint venture to boost energy storage in the country. “The JV’s first customer will be…

Indian utilities’ coal imports fell more than 73% in September to their lowest in more than seven years due to high prices, government data showed, despite a call by the Centre to boost shipments to arrest a crippling coal shortage.Imports…