Energy News 4th May 2022
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| India had no role in harming earth; at forefront to save it: PM Modi | Union power minister invites German energy firms to invest in India | States can buy surrendered gas-based power from NTPC | |||
COPENHAGEN: India had no role in exploiting the planet, but is at the forefront in the efforts to save it solely backed by efforts made by every person in the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said here on Tuesday. Addressing the Indian community here, the Prime Minister spoke extensively about the steps taken by the government to promote use of renewable energy, the Read more... | Union power minister R K Singh on Tuesday urged German energy firms to invest in India as the country has emerged as the most attractive destination for investment in renewable energy sector. "Union Minister for Power and New & Renewable Energy R K Singh held a virtual round-table meeting today with major German energy companies about their Read more... | NEW DELHI: The power ministry has offered 1,114MW (megawatt) gas-fired generation capacity from the central utility NTPC, which was surrendered earlier by the allottees, including Delhi, to states amid a clamour for more electricity as the continued heat wave keeps demand high and fuel stocks low at power stations.The ministry on April 28 wrote to states, saying they can apply for allocation of the surrendered capacity with the Read more... | |||
| Germany pledges 10 billion euros for India's climate action targets | Delhi's peak power demand dips to 6,140 MW amid drop in max temperature | Natural Gas SME set to invest Rs 600 crore in biogas business | |||
Germany on Monday committed an additional 10 billion euros assistance to India to help achieve climate action targets set for 2030 which include sourcing 50% energy requirement from renewables and installing 500 GW of non-fossil fuel electricity capacity."Germany intends to strengthen its financial and technical cooperation and other assistance to India with a long-term goal of at least 10 billion euros of new and additional Read more... | Amid a drop in the maximum temperature over the past two days, Delhi on Tuesday witnessed a slight dip in its peak power demand that was recorded at 6,140 MW, discom officials said. "Today's peak power demand was 6,140 MW, recorded shortly after midnight," the officials said.On Monday, the peak power demand in Delhi was 6,194 MW at 3.34 pm, the highest ever for the first week of May. Read more... | AHMEDABAD: Enertech Fuel Solutions, a small and medium enterprise based in Ahmedabad is all set to invest Rs 600 crore for its foray into the compressed biogas (CBG) business, the company announced on Tuesday. The announcement was made on the sidelines of the inauguration of Enertech’s new office premises in the city by minister of state for energy, government of . Read more... | |||
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| NTPC to award contract to construct 1,320 MW coal-fired plant | India to set up 30,000 MW offshore wind power, 50,000 MW of solar capacity | Researchers develop ultra-high-speed, high-efficiency OELGs by using organic-inorganic perovskite photodiodes | |||
After a long gap, India plans to build new coal-fuelled power generation capacity with the country’s largest electricity generator NTPC Ltd all set to call bids for three such plants to meet the growing demand for electricity. According to a company official aware of the plan, NTPC will this month award a contract to construct a 1,320-megawatt coal-fired supercritical plant in Talcher, Odisha. Read more... | NEW DELHI, May 3 (Reuters) - India plans to set up 30,000 megawatts (MW) of offshore wind power capacity alongside 50,000 MW of solar capacity, the country's power minister said on Tuesday. "India has focused programs for capacity addition and accelerating the energy transition," R.K. Singh told major German energy companies at a meeting, Read more... | Demand is increasing for computers that can quickly calculate and process large amounts of information, as artificial intelligence, self-driving cars, drones, and metaverse technologies are drawing attention as core industries of the future. However, electronic semiconductor logic gates, which serve as the brains of computers today, have limited capacity in . Read more... | |||
| Azure Power fully commissions its 90 MW solar power project in Assam | A new approach to improve the power control of wind farms | ||||
NEW DELHI, May 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Azure Power (NYSE: AZRE), a leading sustainable energy solutions provider and renewable power producer in India, announced that it has successfully commissioned its 90 MW solar power project in Assam, the largest in the state. The 90 MW capacity is spread across four districts in the state – Udalguri, Kamrup, Nagaon, and Cachar. The project was commissioned in phases, with the final 25 MW commissioned in Cachar. The power generated by the plant is being supplied .Read more... | To slow down climate change and prevent its adverse consequences, humans will need to transition to more sustainable energy sources. Engineers worldwide have thus been working on a wide range of technologies that can convert natural resources, such as sunlight, wind, and water, into electrical energy. Wind turbines, devices that can convert the wind's kinetic energy into electricity, are among the promising and widely implemented sustainable energy solutions. Despite their advantageous characteristics, the Read more... | ||||
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