India Power Consumption

No Jobs For Dadri Accused, Reports Incorrect, Says Power Utility NTPC

India News | Written by Nimisha Jaiswal | Sunday October 15, 2017

Power conglomerate National Thermal Power Corporation today denied reports that it has offered jobs to men accused of killing Mohammed Akhlaq -- the 52-year-old man from Dadri's Bisada village, who had been lynched after rumours of beef consumption two years ago.

PM Modi's $2.5 Billion Free Power Plan Depends On Political Will In States

India News | Rajesh Kumar Singh and Anindya Upadhyay, Bloomberg | Thursday September 28, 2017

The success of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ambitious plan to electrify all households in India by December 2018 faces a familiar hurdle: the money-losing state power retailers.

'India To Be Number One In Power Generation, Consumption': Union Minister

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday September 18, 2017

Union Minister RK Singh today said that the Centre proposes to make India the number one country in both generation and consumption of power but set no time-frame to achieve the goal.

Delhi Hikes 'Fixed Charge' For High Electricity Users

Delhi News | Indo-Asian News Service | Thursday August 31, 2017

The Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) today hiked a fixed-charge component of power tariff for users whose consumption is high, while maintaining usage charges will remain the same

Government Still Focussed On Having Only Electric Cars In India By 2030

PTI | Wednesday August 9, 2017

Union Power Minister Piyush Goyal said that said that government is working on a road map to ensure all-electric car fleet in the country. Although hybrid cars have cut down the fuel consumption a little bit, India will promote electric vehicles because it is the future.

Vasundhara Raje's Roof Has Solar Panels, So Does 468 Rajasthan Families

India News | Written by Harsha Kumari Singh | Saturday August 5, 2017

After setting up one of India's biggest solar power plants in the Thar desert in Rajasthan, the state is now aiming to produce solar energy from rooftops. Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje harvests solar energy from the roof of her official home in Jaipur. A large part of Ms Raje's daily household electricity consumption is met from the rooftop solar ...

Will Ban Liquor In Andhra Pradesh If Voted To Power In 2019: YSR Congress President

South | Press Trust of India | Monday July 10, 2017

Sale and consumption of liquor will be banned in Andhra Pradesh in three phases if the YSR Congress or YSRC is voted to power in the 2019 assembly election, the party's President YS Jaganmohan Reddy has said

On Cattle Rule, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan Writes To Counterparts: 10 Facts

India News | Reported by Sidharth Pandey, Sneha Mary Koshy, Edited by Ipsita Sarkar | Tuesday May 30, 2017

After protests from several states, the Union Environment Ministry is examining changing the definition of cattle in its new rules to exclude buffaloes from a ban on sale for slaughter at animal markets, sources have said. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Kerala's Pinarayi Vijayan called the order an attack on state powers and said th...

Government Plans Push For Large-Scale Adoption Of Electric Vehicles In India

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday February 22, 2017

The government's top brass, led by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, will brainstorm on Thursday on how best it can push large-scale adoption of electric vehicles in the country, ahead of the roll-out of FAME India - the national mission on electric mobility. At the meeting scheduled for February 23, Power, Coal, Mines and New & Renewable Energy Minis...

India's Economic Recovery To Accelerate, Inflation Seen Below 5%: Morgan Stanley

Press Trust of India | Sunday August 14, 2016

India's economic recovery is expected to accelerate in the long-term on the back of a rise in purchasing power, consumption growth and monetary policy easing, while inflation is seen below five per cent over the next two years, global financial services major Morgan Stanley has said.

Power Generation Utilities Owe Rs 12,028 Crore To Coal India

Press Trust of India | Thursday July 21, 2016

Power generation utilities owe Rs 12,028 crore to state-owned Coal India Ltd (CIL) as of March 31, Parliament was informed on Thursday.

Delhi's Power Demand Reaches All Time High At 6260 MW

Delhi News | Press Trust of India | Thursday June 30, 2016

Extreme heat and humidity levels pushed up Delhi's peak power demand to an all-time high of 6,260 MW today, that is double the demand of Mumbai and three times more than the demand of Chennai and Kolkata respectively, authorities said.

Delhi Power Minister Says Electricity Made Expensive Deliberately

Delhi News | Press Trust of India | Friday June 17, 2016

Delhi Power Minister Satyendra Jain today said electricity has been kept expensive deliberately and there was a need to reduce tariffs to raise consumption and fully utilise the nation's generation capacity of 280 GW.

Right Time to Use Progressive Power Tariff Rate: Survey

Press Trust on India | Friday February 26, 2016

Power tariff rate progressivity means a rise in tariff with higher consumption level.

Vote For Us If You Want To Eat Beef, Says Asaduddin Owaisi

Hyderabad News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday January 26, 2016

A ban on consumption and sale of beef may be imposed in the city if AIMIM was not voted to power in the upcoming elections to Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC), party chief Asaduddin Owaisi claimed today.

Natural Gas Losing its Shine as Asia Holds Faith in Coal Power

Thomson Reuters | Tuesday November 3, 2015

The shine is coming off once bright prospects for natural gas as the future fossil fuel of choice in Asia as power companies in India and Southeast Asia tap abundant and cheap domestic coal resources to generate electricity.

Power Stocks Gain; Adani, Torrent Power Up Over 6%

NDTV | Tuesday October 20, 2015

According to Moody's Investor Service, power producers' consumption of costly imported coal has fallen due to a sharp increase in domestic coal production.

Lower Dependence on Imported Coal Credit Positive for Power Producers: Moody's

Press Trust of India | Monday October 19, 2015

Decline in power producers' consumption of costly imported coal in India is a key credit positive for them as well as the entire sector, Moody's Investors Service said on Monday.

Union Minister Goyal Attacks Bihar Government Ads, Says 'Zero' Power Production

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday August 23, 2015

Even as Nitish Kumar government today claimed improvement in power scenario in Bihar through full page advertisements in newspapers, Union Power Minister Piyush Goyal trashed it saying the poll-bound state's power production is nothing but "zero".

Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Review: The Fastest GPU on the Block

Jamshed Avari | Tuesday December 16, 2014

Nvidia's current flagship GPU is a beast in terms of performance, but a gentle giant when it comes to power consumption, heat and noise.

Power Sector Needs Investment of $250 Billion: Piyush Goyal

Thursday November 6, 2014

The Power Minister, who estimated India's total energy consumption would double to 2 trillion units by 2019, said on the sidelines of a conference that the majority of the money would come from the private sector but the government would also invest more.

Power Consumption in Gujarat Falls Due to Diwali

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday October 24, 2014

The power stations at Utran in south Gujarat and Dhuvaran in central Gujarat with a collective installed capacity of 729 MW have been shut down due to considerable decline in demand for power in the state, an official said.

New Tech Could Enable Longer Battery Life in Smartphones, Computers

Press Trust of India | Tuesday September 30, 2014

The technology could reduce energy consumption in mobile devices and computers by tapping into the power of a single electron to control energy consumption.

Investors reap rich gains as poll-related consumption stocks spurt

Thursday April 3, 2014

Stock market seems to have its own favourites when it comes to betting on the polls-related consumption boom this election season.

Sanofi inks pact with Suzlon for captive power plant

Tuesday August 6, 2013

Drug firm Sanofi India said on Monday that it has inked a pact with Suzlon Energy for a 2.1 megawatt windmill installation, to generate renewable power for captive consumption at its Ankleshwar manufacturing site.

Kerala electricity board to campaign against excess consumption

South | Press Trust of India | Thursday October 18, 2012

The Kerala State Electricity Board has launched a campaign to households in the state on the need to control power consumption.

India's GDP growth may slow to 4.9%: Citi

Wednesday August 8, 2012

Citi said a policy gridlock, recent power outages, weaker exports and falling domestic consumption will take a toll on Asia's third-largest economy.

Did overdrawing by states cause northern power grid failure?

Rajas Kelkar | Monday July 30, 2012

Power outages are a common phenomenon in countries where energy consumption is very high. They are often sourced to a power ‘grid failure’. This occurs when some areas draw excessive power. This leads to automatic tripping of power and it has a cascading impact on the entire grid that supplies power to the region. Here are pointers that explain...

Delhi at 43 degrees, but weekend should bring rain

Delhi News | Indo-Asian News Service | Friday June 22, 2012

Delhi continued to reel under the scorching heat with the maximum temperature recorded at 43 degrees Celsius - five notches above average - and the city's power demand reached a new high of 5,330 MW Friday. Respite is in sight with rains forecast early on Saturday. This is the fourth time in June that power consumption has broken all previous recor...

India to be world's third largest energy consumer by 2020: Power Minister

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday April 21, 2012

Power Minister Sushilkumar Shinde has said that India is projected to become the world's third-largest energy consumer by 2020 after the US and China.