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LED lighting programme sets off a supply - demand chain reaction
India's streetlights form a crucial component of the nation's investment in lighting and road safety. Launched in 2015, EESL's street light national programme (SNLP) has been instrumental in retrofitting over 6.1 million conventional street lights with LEDs in 941 municipalities across 28 states and union territories in the country.
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Energy-efficient power plants crucial to tackle emissions
India's power generation capacity has nearly tripled in the last 15 years from 105 GW in 2002 to 315 GW in 2017 as demand for electrical energy surged in a rapidly expanding economy. During this time, 140 GW of coal and gas power generation installed base were set-up.
Power Generation, Ashok Ganesan, GE Power India Ltd, Electrical Energy, IEA, Coal-Fired Power Plants, Subcritical Technology, GHG Emissions, SCR, CCS, APM
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Green thrust to boost revival
Gas-based power capacity addition in India has been hit badly owing to factors like - the cost of power, cost of transporting gas, and non-availability of gas. A decade back there were major initiatives by different stakeholders to put up gas-based power plants thinking that the fuel will be available in plenty from domestic production.
Gas-Based Power, Central Electricity Authority, CIL, PLF, JSW, L And T, Thermax, Bharat Forge, Alstom, Prakash Gaurav Goel, Utilities, Coal, Fertilisers, ICICI Securities Ltd, GHG
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Change norms for clean air
India´s pollution challenges are bigger in comparison to other countries. One, because it is a developing nation and two, because large swathes of the country still aren´t exposed to industrialisation as compared to others. As such, if our energy usage is not changed from what it is now, India is likely to be in the grip of pollution for an extended period of time.
Nayan Nitesh, Industrialisation, Coal-Based Power Plants, Thermal Power Plants, SPM, Coal Power Generation, GHG, Harvard Medical School, Central Electricity Authority, Control Action Plan, FGD
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Topics that Power Today highlighted over the last one year
Gas-based power plants plants are in doldrums over the last six years due to dwindling domestic gas production and the cost of gas shooting up in the global markets
Gas-Based Power Plants, LNG Imports, Power Quality, Power For All, Smart Cities Programme, Affordable Power, Supercritical Technologies, Power Point, Illuminating Villages, Smart Cities Mission, GHG, Paris Summit, Narendra Modi, Dawn, UDAY
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Power 20:20 | Most Innovative Power Company in thermal - Tata Power
In the mid-1990s the Mega Power Project policy met with limited success. Hence, aligned with the objective of ´Power to all by 2012´, GoI started planning Ultra Mega Power Projects (UMPP) in 2005.
Mega Power Project, Power To All By 2012, Goi, UMPP, CGPL, Thermal Power Plant, Supercritical Technology, Electricity, GHG, Doosan, Turbines
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Yet to Gain Momentum
With a target to provide round-the-clock electricity across the country by 2019, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Power Minister Piyush Goyal have put power on top of the agenda for the country.
Clock Electricity, Narendra Modi, Piyush Goyal, COP21 Climate Conference, GHG, GDP, MNRE, Solar Rooftop Installation, SPV Fund, SERC, Clean Energy, Prasad Chaporkar, Waaree Energies Ltd, Public Sector Banks, BRICS
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Clouds around coal
Coal plays an essential role in our global energy mix, particularly in India and the developing world through electricity generation. This fossil fuel has gained prominence due to its availability in abundance in the bowels of earth, lack of disastrous impact like nuclear plants do, and favourable economics it continues to enjoy in power generation
Coal, Electricity Generation, Power Generation, RES, SCCL, TISCO, IISCO, DVC, Wind, Biomass, Cogeneration, Waste To Energy, Solar, Paris Summit, IPPAI
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A Deal for the Planet
The latest attempt at saving the planet from the dangers of climate change has paid off. However, the power sector has to gear up for the new dynamics it brings in. The world was expected to arrive at a time to pay for its sins and excesses by 2050
Power, INDC, Greenhouse Gasses, GHG, United Nations Framework Convention On Climate Change, UNFCCC, Dr Manish Kumar Shrivastava, The Energy And Resources Institute, TERI, Narendra Modi, Ashish Khanna, Tata Power Solar, Union Environment Minister, Prakash Javadekar, Nitin Pandit
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