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With UDAY Scheme State DISCOMs cut losses
- August 13, 2016
- Posted by: BiconAdmin
- Categories: Ministry of Power - Policy, Miscellaneous, Power Sector
No CommentsState power distribution companies have sharply reduced commercial losses and interest costs with Uday scheme. The average power generation cost in the country has also come down by 13% to Rs 2.77 per unit in the three-month period ending June from Rs 3.19 per unit during April-June of 2015, a senior power ministry official said.
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UDAY will cover private discoms soon
- August 13, 2016
- Posted by: BiconAdmin
- Categories: Ministry of Power - Policy, Miscellaneous, Power Sector
The ministry of power plans to approach the Cabinet to incorporate private power distribution companies (discoms) in the Ujwal Discoms Assurance Yojana (UDAY) scheme. Total 10 states under UDAY reforms, eight more to join soon. UDAY is the restructuring plan of the NDA government to bailout the financially and operationally beleaguered state-owned power utilities. One
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Solution for water crisis: Air based condenser cooling systems
- May 24, 2016
- Posted by: BiconAdmin
- Categories: Miscellaneous, Power Sector, Water Audit
In view of the water scarcity being faced by the power plants in the country, the Power Ministry is preparing a national roadmap for setting up water reprocessing facilities, which could marginally increase power tariff. Power plants, especially those located in the hinterland, use huge volumes of fresh water for various applications. Due to drought
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Renewable Energy: It’s relaunch time again for power sector
- May 21, 2016
- Posted by: BiconAdmin
- Categories: Miscellaneous, Power Sector, Renewable Energy
Supply bottlenecks in coal have lessened. But financial reforms and lack of policy clarity on renewables are concerns India’s power sector is poised for take-off. The Government is setting the stage for the next round of initiatives to move the sector forward. If one goes back to the set of reforms unleashed around 2003 there
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