Maharashtra Energy ministry has decided to privatise power distribution in three more cities- Mumbra-Kalwa, Malegaon and Akola. Three major private players have shown keen interest to supply power in these cities, according to sources. Earlier, the state government had privatised power distribution in Bhiwandi and Nagpur cities.

Saurabh Kumar's eyes light up the moment one starts talking to him about his favourite passion, energy efficiency. An Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer of the 1992 batch, Kumar took charge as Managing Director at the Energy Efficiency Services Ltd (EESL) in May 2013.

Despite its huge potential in a largely agrarian country, biomass lacks competitiveness in India. It is also meagre in comparison with the other green energy sources.

Century LED, has unveiled‘Power House’ a new product under its Magik Light range, which encases the company’s vision to ‘transform spaces’. Power House has been designed keeping in mind retail outlets and caters mainly to retailers, retail outlets, showrooms and warehouses, which utilise high wattage CLF lights.

Barthelme LED Solutions has developed a fully encapsulated plastic linear LED luminaire, thus offering a genuine alternative to conventional linear luminaires with metal housing.

The humongous amounts of garbage generated in India can very well entitle the waste management sector to claim being an industry. A

Government is already taking good care of the power sector since last 2.5 years hence there is not much sops for the sector in this budget. Budget initiatives that will have impact on the power sector have been listed below: 1. Government’s commitment towards ‘renewable energy’ and ‘Power for all’ has been reiterated through second round of solar capacity addition of 20,000 MW and 100 per cent village electrification.

Bajaj Electricals Ltd (BEL), which has pioneered the transmission technology using monopoles a decade ago, remains in the forefront of the industry by bagging the prestigious Noida to Greater Noida transmission project recently.

Viviana Mall, leading retail mall in Mumbai metropolitan region announced the inauguration of 900 kVA rooftop solar power plant at the mall. With this initiative it will become the first mall to generate 91,000 W/month through solar energy.