India Ratings believes that the surge in the power demand from January 2021 is likely to continue India’s peak electricity demand fell during the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic, with commercial and industrial consumption hit after many factories closed. NEW DELHI : The operating performance of India’s thermal power projects is set to improve, […]
Solar’s Role in Tackling South Africa’s Energy Crisis
In a move to alleviate crippling electricity supply constraints and reduce the use of diesel peaking plants, South Africa’s government last August launched a technology-agnostic emergency tender for 2GW of generating capacity. The Risk Mitigation Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (RMIPPPP) specified that dispatchable power would need to be provided when it is most needed […]
Petition For Adoption of Tariff Discovered Under Competitive Bidding Process for Procurement of Power From Solar PV Projects in Gujarat
Petition under Section 63 read with Section 86 (1)(b) of the Electricity Act, 2003 for adoption of tariff discovered under Competitive Bidding Process for procurement of power from Grid connected Solar PV projects in Gujarat through RfS No. TPL/Solar/03/2020 dated 23.12.2020. For more information please see below link:
Seeking Directions That The Petitioner is Not Required to Initiate Fresh Biomass-Based Power Procurement Competitive Bidding Process
Seeking directions that the Petitioner is not required to initiate fresh biomass-based power procurement competitive bidding process and determination of tariff payable to Gallant Ispat Limited on a stand alone basis in Petition no 1612/2020. For more information please see below link:
Congo, Gridworks Sign $100 Million Solar-Hybrid Power Deal
The Democratic Republic of Congo signed agreements with a consortium headed by Gridworks Development Partners LLP to spend $100 million building and operating three off-grid solar-hybrid electricity facilities. The deal concluded by Congo’s Ministry of Hydraulics Resources and Electricity seeks to bring power to about 500,000 people in three cities in the north of the […]
India to Host Clean Energy Ministerial in 2023
Power Secretary Alok Kumar said India will host the Clean Energy Ministerial in 2023. Power Secretary Alok Kumar said India will host the Clean Energy Ministerial in 2023. “India to host Clean Energy Ministerial in 2023,” Kumar said in an audio-visual message tweeted by the power ministry. The 12th Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM) is being […]
In the Matter of Methodology for Computing the Escalation Rates and Other Parameters for the Purpose of Bid Evaluation and Payment for Procurement of Power from RE Projects
In the matter of Methodology for Computing the Escalation Rates and other Parameters for the Purpose of Bid Evaluation and Payment for Procurement of Power from Renewable Energy Projects Complemented with Firm Power from any other source through Competitive Bidding. For more information please see below link:
Methylammonium-Free Perovskite Solar Cell With Slot-Die Coating, 18% Efficiency
Scientists from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore and Université Grenoble Alpes in France have combined a slot-die coating technique with gas quenching and substrate heating to fabricate a perovskite solar cell with an active area of over 0.09 cm2 and a power conversion efficiency of 18%. Gas quenching is used primarily in connection with hardening […]
S. Africa’s About-Turn on Solar Panels Raises Industry Ire
South Africa’s plans to buy emergency power, already the subject of a court challenge, faces fresh controversy after a local-content requirement for solar-panel frames was scrapped subsequent to the award of the tenders. The 65% local-content requirement on aluminum frames for photovoltaic panels was waived by South Africa’s Department of Trade, Industry and Competition on […]
Italian Solar Inverter Manufacturer FIMER to Power Asia’s First Automatic Frequency Control Initiative
FIMER has partnered with Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE)-listed smart energy conglomerate Tatung (Tatung:2371) to supply battery energy storage systems (BESS) for Taiwan Power Company (Taipower)’s automatic frequency control (AFC) initiative. FIMER will supply its PVS980-58BC bidirectional converter to stabilize the grid which is exposed to the intermittent nature of renewable energy. FIMER’s UL 1741 certified […]