Bullish on prospects about the domestic power sector, transmission solutions provider Almost T&D India plans to secure a major share in the Indian market, a senior official said recently. Last week, the power transmission major flagged off two transformers from its power transformer manufacturing facility near . While it flagged off one transformer - the 100th 765kV transformer/ 500 megavolt ampere (MVA ...

Computer simulations of demand-supply scenarios averted major blackout from Cyclone Phailin wrecking havoc on power generation and transmission systems in Odisha and Andhra Pradesh. No sooner had the cyclone warning been sounded, the power ministry asked the central generation and transmission utilities, NTPC and PowerGrid Corporation, respectively, to simulate power supply and demand scenarios due to gener ...

Cross-border power exchanges can play a central role in helping Asia and the Pacific meet its booming demand for power, which is set to sharply outpace the rest of the world’s over the next two decades, says a comprehensive new report from the Asian Development Bank (ADB). “Our projections show the region will consume more than half the world’s energy supply by 2035, with electricity consumption more than d ...

The governments of India and Bangladesh have completed construction on the Baharampur-Bheramara cross-border power transmission link between the countries. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said that the new transmission link will enable safe and reliable interconnection between the countries and will facilitate India to initially supply 500 MW power to Bangladesh. The Indian government will supply 250 M ...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide $500 million to build a power transmission system needed to deliver clean electricity from wind and solar power projects in Rajasthan in Northwest India to the state and national grids. “Boosting renewable energy is important for Rajasthan and India to meet fast-growing energy needs in a way that is kind to the environment while also improving the country’s ener ...

Proactive about prospects in the domestic power sector, transmission solutions provider Almost T&D India plans to secure a major share in the Indian market, a senior official has stated. Talking to reporters after successfully flagging off transformers from its manufacturing facility on the outskirts of the city today, Alstom T&D India'a President and Managing Director Rathin Basu said, "We will inc ...

The Electricity Group of Vietnam (EVN) has hiked electricity prices seven times since 2009 because “selling prices were lower than production costs”, but the power monopoly has recently been found to incur numerous unreasonable expenses, all of which were counted as factors to increase prices. The latest power price increase of EVN was on August 1, with prices hiked by 5 percent to VND1, 508.85 per kWh (exc ...

A five member delegation of China Southern Power Grid Company Limited (CSG), under supervision of Wang Jiuling, visited National Transmission and Despatch Company Limited (NTDCL) and met the Company’s Managing Director at Wapda House. NTDCL MD Muhammad Zia-ur-Rehman welcomed the Chinese delegation and gave a detailed briefing about operations of NTDC, on-going projects and future expansion plan. In addition ...

Jointly organized by China Electricity Council and Adsale Exhibition Services Ltd, the largest electric power fair in China EP Shanghai 2013 (The International Exhibition on Electric Power Equipment and Technology) and EPA 2013 (The International Exhibition on Electric Power Automation Equipment and Technology) will gather 1,000 world-class international suppliers and new brands to showcase the latest equip ...

Pakistan on Monday signed a resolution to import 1300 MW electricity from Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan to overcome power shortage in summer season. The resolution was singed by the four countries including Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyz Republic in the two-day meeting of the inter-governmental council of central Asia South Asia (CASA) transmission and trade project, started here. The propose ...