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Government plans to offer $4.6 billion in incentives to companies setting up advanced battery manufacturing facilities as it seeks to promote the use of electric vehicles and cut down its dependence o ... -
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A joint venture company is being established to provide the infrastructure to enable India’s distribution companies to accelerate their smart meter rollout. Press reports indicate that the joint ventu ... -
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Do you know what it is that your customers think about energy consumption, smart home technology, or your service? The Smart Energy Consumer Collaborative recently asked modern energy consumers some o ... -
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Rapid industrialisation and the subsequent surge in electricity demand from commercial and residential sectors are likely to propel smart electric meter market share between 2020 and 2026. Growing inv ... -
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The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, in a path breaking reform, has approved monetisation of assets of POWERGRID, a Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) ... -
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The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has agreed to provide ENGIE group with a loan of 4.66 billion Indian rupees (about $65.5 million) to construct and operate a solar pv project in India. The 200MW solar ... -
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Precedence Research predicts that the global vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology market will garner revenue around $17.43 billion by 2027 by recording a compound annual growth rate of 48% between 2020 to ... -
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Countries in the Asia Pacific region are expected to invest up to $1.5 trillion in power generation this decade, according to a new study released by Wood Mackenzie. The region is expected to add over ... -
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Indian Railways set to meet all it's energy consumption needs of more than 33 billion units by 2030. Current annual requirement is about 21 billion units Solar Power Developers Meet organized by Indi ... -
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Bently Nevada teams often support customer outages, providing machinery expertise, and where necessary, troubleshooting help to get customer machines running optimally. A few weeks before the regularl ... -
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Accenture has been named a “leader” and emerged as one of only three “star performers” in IT security services in a recent report from industry analyst Everest Group. The report PEAK Matrix for IT Sec ... -
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In India, Genus Power Infrastructures Ltd has become the first company in the Asia Pacific to achieve the milestone of supplying 1.5 million smart meters to Energy Efficiency Services Ltd (EESL). Genu ... -
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Many utilities companies are contemplating how they can become more data-driven by using data to create an intelligent, highly personalised service – with trend analysis capabilities, smart optimisati ... -
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In our daily Zoom meeting this morning, a colleague posed an interesting and thought provoking question. How can we really achieve energy transition, when the alternative and clean power generation sy ... -
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A new report by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) proposes recommendations to reduce financial and operational inefficiencies across India’s power distribution sector. ... -
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Specialty chemical company Evonik has developed a novel anion exchange membrane (AEM), which should contribute to the breakthrough of electrolytic production of hydrogen. The production of green hydro ... -
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The global energy storage systems market size surpassed $340 billion in 2018 and is set to achieve over 6% CAGR up to 2025, according to a report released by Global Market Insights. Increasing demand ... -
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Industrial software company AVEVA is to acquire US digital solutions firm OSIsoft for $5bn. AVEVA and OSIsoft will combine their products, bringing together industrial software and data management to ... -
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Global energy company bp has announced it will invest $70 million to support the growth of renewable energy in India. Bp will make the investment in India’s Green Growth Equity Fund (GGEF), a financia ... -
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Is it possible to change the story of natural gas – or even coal – through the use of carbon capture technology? Our most-read article over the past few days has been one about a collaboration between ... -
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Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL), a joint venture of PSUs under the Ministry of Power, Government of India, has signed an agreement with the New Okhla Industrial Development Authority (NOIDA) ... -
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Shri Raj Kumar Singh, Honourable Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Power and New & Renewable Energy (MNRE), Government of India, today in a virtual ceremony, dedicated Sembcorp’s state of the ... -
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With a focus on enhancing energy efficiency and promoting e-mobility, Shri R.K Singh, the Minister for Power, New & Renewable Energy, today inaugurated India’s first publicEV(Electric Vehicle) chargin ... -
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Republic of Mali has awarded Project Management Consultancy contract to NTPC, a central PSU under Ministry of Power, for development of 500 MW Solar Park. In an event held on 24th June, 2020, chaired ... -
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Shri R.K. Singh, Union Minister of Power, New and Renewable Energy and Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (IC) interacted today through video conferencing with developers of generation and transmi ... -
The World Economic Forum and Mercer have released a new whitepaper to help the global investment community to address six specific threats to sustainability.
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The study comprised 265 global energy and sustainability professionals representing companies with minimum annual revenues of $250 million within 17 industries. The aim was to understand how large org ...
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When the full impact of the COVID-19 pandemic started to become clearer earlier this year, many utility companies across the world were quick to reassure consumers that they would not be disconnected ...
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The deal is expected to create 400,000 direct and indirect jobs and avoid emissions of 900 million tonnes of carbon dioxide. The contract is the world’s largest of its type, according to a statement a ... -
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POWERGEN India, Indian Utility Week & DISTRIBUTECH India, originally due to stage on 23-25 June 2020 will now be postponed until 27-30 January 2021 virtual edition, Subsequent in person edition 27-29 October 2021. -
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The Executive Director of the International Energy Agency, Dr Fatih Birol, has urged governments to not lose sight of climate change challenges as they tackle the impact of the coronavirus. -
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The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has launched a tender seeking Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contractors for three solar PV projects. -
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Indian industrial giant Mahindra, and its group entity MRPL have announced the sale of 100% of its stake in three of its solar power subsidiaries. -
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GE Renewable Energy has received an order from the EDF-SITAC joint venture to supply and install 112 of its 2.7 MW wind turbines at the 300 MW Sitac Kabini wind farm in Gujarat, India. -
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Due to circumstances beyond our control, related to the accessibility of our event venue, we would like to announce that our 2020 event will now officially take place on 23-25 June. -
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Total is expanding its partnership with Adani Group, India’s largest privately-owned energy and infrastructure conglomerate. -
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The EQT Infrastructure IV fund and Temasek have announced the establishment of O2 Power, a renewable energy platform in India. -
The Indian government has proposed a carbon tax waiver on coal which may pose significant risk to India’s renewable energy sector growth -
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India is becoming an increasingly influential driver of trends in the global power sector -
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POWERGEN India spoke with Arun Kumar Mishra, director of India's National Smart Grid Programme Management Unit (NPMU) and his verdict was clear. -
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The future of the power utility is set to change with number of forces impacting the industry. The sector is transforming to a comprehensive, cheaper and scalable solution. -
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Renewable integration, e-mobility, and the future of the Indian subcontinent’s energy transition. These were under intense scrutiny of the POWERGEN India and Indian Utility Week Advisory Committee. -
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In India, state agency Energy Efficiency Services Limited has signed a 10-year Memorandum of Understanding with government-owned telecommunications firm
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Energy company ExxonMobil has signed a Memorandum of Understandings with Indian Institutes of Technology in Madras and Bombay on research and development of lower-emissions energy technologies. -
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Siemens and Chinese engineering company Harbin Electric International have signed a deal with Pakistan utility K-Electric to build a $650m, 900 MW combined cycle power plant in Karachi. -
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ACWA Power has announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with the Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) for a LNG-based power plant and terminal in Bangladesh. -
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Siemens Gamesa has secured its first order in India to supply energy company Alfanar with 206 2.2-122 wind turbines for two wind farms which will boast a combined capacity of 453MW. -
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Siemens Gamesa strengthens its leadership in India with two new contracts to supply 453 MW to Alfanar -
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Here are the latest Industry developments taking place in India. -
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The Government of India has approved a proposal to declare the use of tidal and wave to generate electricity as renewable power. -
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India has emerged as the market leader with the lowest renewable energy cost in Asia Pacific, new research from Wood Mackenzie found. -
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A new partnership has been created to install more than 250 million smart electric meters and increase utility revenue by ₹1,104 billion ($15.4 million) across India. -
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French multinational energy company EDF has completed pilot projects preceding the full rollout of 5 million smart meter projects in Andhra Pradesh and Bihar. -
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Trilliant and Larsen & Toubro have reached a milestone of the largest AMI deployment in India scaling to more than 5 million meters across Haryana and Uttar Pradesh -
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In India, the Ministry of State for Power, New and Renewable Energy has announced the installation of 1 million smart LED streetlights. -
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Valmet has been selected to deliver a biomass pre-treatment system to PRAJ Industries for their second-generation bio refinery project currently being developed in India. -
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The AES Corporation has received approval by the Government of Vietnam to develop a 2.2 GW combined cycle gas turbine power plant. -
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Carbon Tracker in collaboration with the University of Tokyo and the Carbon Disclosure Project have found Japan’s planned and existing coal capacity could become stranded. -
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The Asian Development Bank has signed a $37m loan agreement with Da Nhim–Ham Thuan–Da Mi Hydro Power Joint Stock Company. -
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Energy operator Total has selected Saft to supply its Flex’ion battery systems in their new country headquarters in Singapore’s central business district. -
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Total Solar International, a wholly owned Total subsidiary dedicated to utility-scale solar plantsa large-scale solar plant of 52 MWp located in Osato, Miyagi prefecture, Japan. -
Tata Power Solar, the wholly-owned subsidiary of Tata Power, has received a Letter of Award from state-owned power generator NTPC to develop a 105 MW floating solar power project worth $49m.
