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Amidst Rise in Renewables, CEA Suggests Ways to Maintain Adequate Generation Capacity

The Central Electricity Authority (CEA) has prepared a draft resource adequacy plan to maintain adequate generation capacity to meet future energy demands. The document...

October 11, 2022

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Rakesh Ranjan

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Renewable Energy
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POSOCO Forbids 15 DISCOMS in Seven States from Trading in Power Exchanges

Power System Operation Corporation (POSOCO) has debarred 15 distribution companies (DISCOMs) in six states and a Union Territory from buying or selling electricity at...

August 19, 2022

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Arjun Joshi

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Market & Policy
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CERC Approves Introduction of Month-Ahead Contracts on Power Exchange India

The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) recently approved Power Exchange India’s (PXIL) proposal to introduce delivery-based monthly contracts, which can be...

June 16, 2022

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Rakesh Ranjan

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Market & Policy
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Daily News Wrap-Up: Amp Energy Commissions 30 MW Solar Project for Bosch

Here are some noteworthy cleantech announcements of the day from around the world: Bosch Limited signed a power purchase agreement to procure solar power for 25 years...

January 5, 2022

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Arjun Joshi

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Renewable Energy
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Solar Projects With ₹7.01/kWh Tariff Face Higher Curtailment in Tamil Nadu: POSOCO

Power System Operation Corporation Limited (POSOCO) has submitted a report on renewable energy curtailment in Tamil Nadu following the Appellate Tribunal For...

September 7, 2021

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Solar
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DISCOM and Load Despatch Center Must Compensate for Curtailment of Solar Power: APTEL

The Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (APTEL), in a recent order, ruled that the Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (TANGEDCO) and the Tamil Nadu State...

August 5, 2021

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Rakesh Ranjan

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Markets & Policy

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Solar
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NTPC Floats Tender for 1,000 MWh of Battery Energy Storage Systems

NTPC Limited has invited expression of interest (EoI) from Indian and global companies to set up 1,000 MWh of grid-connected battery energy storage systems (BESS) on the...

June 29, 2021

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Rakesh Ranjan

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Energy Storage

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Tenders & Auctions
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DISCOMs Need Distribution System Operators To Forecast Renewables and Manage Load

India is an attractive solar market with tremendous, long-term potential. The installation targets are aggressive; however, the investments in the sector have stymied...

April 12, 2021

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Rahul Nair

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Grid

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Utilities
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Letter of Credit Order Ignored, Andhra DISCOMs Allowed to Buy Power from Spot Market

The Andhra Pradesh High Court, in a recent order, has allowed the distribution companies (DISCOMs) of the state to operate through power exchanges and to secure power...

March 17, 2021

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Rakesh Ranjan

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Grid

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Market & Policy
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India’s Power Demand is Almost Back to Pre-COVID Levels: POSOCO Report

Data from POSOCO, the National Load Despatch Centre (NLDC), has shown that power demand in the country rose after it dipped during the COVID-19-induced nationwide...

August 31, 2020

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Nithin Thomas

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Market & Policy
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Andhra Pradesh to Install and Supply 10 GW of Free Solar Power to Farmers

The Andhra Pradesh government has announced that it is planning to develop 10 GW of solar power projects as a permanent solution to supply free power to farmers in the...

February 19, 2020

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Rakesh Ranjan

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Markets & Policy

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Solar
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Center Mulls 5-Min Time-Block for Deviation Settlement as Renewable Generation Surges

The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) recently organized a conference “Energizing South” in Tamil Nadu’s capital city of Chennai. The conference’s theme was “India...

October 21, 2019

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Priya Sanjay

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Markets & Policy

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Renewable Energy
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India Gets Serious on Optimizing Inter-State Generating Stations, Reducing Power Cost

In a recent order, the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has asked the Power System Operation Corporation (POSOCO) to implement a pilot for the security...

February 6, 2019

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Saumy Prateek

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Grid

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Market & Policy
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CERC Amends Regulations for Open Access in Interstate Transmission

The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has amended the regulations for Open Access in Interstate Transmission, which were first passed in 2008. The new...

August 13, 2018

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Saumy Prateek

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Grid

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Market & Policy
India Can Integrate 175 GW of Renewable Energy into the Electricity Grid, Study Reveals

India can integrate the entire targeted 175 GW of renewable energy into the national electricity grid based on projected power system plans and regulations according to...

July 4, 2017

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Raj Prabhu

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Grid

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