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Central Electricity Authority (CEA) has released the report on 20th Electric Power Survey (EPS) of India. Periodic EPS of the country is conducted by CEA to assess the state wise/union territory (UT) wise/region wise and […]

India has submitted its Long-Term Low Emission Development Strategy to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) during the 27th Conference of Parties (COP27). The salient features of the strategy are as under: The […]

Today, the world is in the midst of the first truly global energy crisis, with impacts that will be felt for years to come. Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine in February has had far‐reaching impacts […]

Emissions from coal-based thermal power plants (TPPs) are known to have adverse impacts on the environment and human health. Combustion of coal in these TPPs releases sulfur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen oxides (NOx), carbon monoxide (CO), […]

REC Limited has launched the first-ever consumer services rating of discoms (CSRD) for the financial year 2020-21. REC was entrusted the responsibility by the Ministry of Power (MoP) to carry out the study across the […]

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has released the Scheme Guidelines for Implementation of the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme (Tranche II) under ‘National Programme on High Efficiency Solar PV Modules’ for achieving manufacturing […]

In recent years, the Indian power sector has undergone several significant developments that require redesigning of the power market. One of the most important redesign measures would be to ensure adequate generation capacity contracting in […]

The Central Electricity Authority (CEA) has issued the draft National Electricity Plan for generation. The plan includes a review of the period 2017-22, detailed capacity addition requirement during the years 2022-27 and perspective plan projections […]

The Ministry of Power (MoP) has recently notified amendments to the guidelines for tariff based competitive bidding (TBCB) process for procurement of round-the clock (RTC) power from grid connected renewable energy power projects, complemented with […]