Gandhinagar, May 8 (IANS) Gujarat has expanded its battery energy storage capacity to 870 megawatts across five operational locations as part of a broader effort to manage fluctuating renewable energy output and strengthen grid stability, officials said on Friday. The state’s latest capacity addition builds on its early adoption of Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS), first demonstrated in Modhera in Mehsana district, which is recognised as India’s first solar-powered village where sola…
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New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) Dismissing viral claims of a severe power crisis in the country, the government’s fact-checking arm PIB Fact Check on Sunday said there is no coal shortage or grid failure in India and termed such posts as misleading.The clarification came after a widely circulated post on X by a user claimed that India’s power grid had hit a record demand of 277 GW amid rising summer temperatures, alleging critical coal shortages at thermal power plants and load-shedding in several s…
Washington, April 22 (IANS) A Senate hearing on the US energy budget exposed deep partisan divisions, with officials backing fossil fuel support for reliability and critics accusing the administration of raising costs and cutting clean energy programmes.At the hearing of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Energy Secretary Christopher Wright defended the administration’s strategy, saying the focus was on “delivering reliable, affordable and secure energy for the American peopl…
New Delhi, April 3 (IANS) Pakistan’s LNG supplies are expected to fall to near zero from next month, removing a source that contributes more than one-fifth of total power generation, while coal availability is also under pressure, jointly affecting close to 30 per cent of supply, an article in the local media said.The fallback option, furnace oil, comes at a steep cost, with generation expenses significantly higher than gas or coal-based alternatives. These are structural shocks that no policy…
Chennai, March 19 (IANS) Tamil Nadu is preparing to meet a surge in electricity demand as temperatures climb across the state, with power authorities planning to maximise output from coal-based thermal plants in the coming days.The move is aimed at ensuring uninterrupted supply during the peak summer period, when consumption typically rises sharply.The state’s thermal power generation network, with an installed capacity of 5,120 MW, includes major plants in North Chennai, Mettur and Thoothukud…
New Delhi, Feb 18 (IANS) Union New and Renewable Energy Minister Pralhad Joshi on Wednesday said the government will push for artificial intelligence (AI)-based solutions to tackle long-standing problems in the power sector, especially grid congestion and renewable energy curtailment.Speaking on the sidelines of the AI Impact Summit here, he said the Centre has already started working on AI-driven technologies to improve grid stability and ensure that clean energy generated is not wasted.“Issu…
Washington, Feb 12 (IANS) President Donald Trump has signed an executive order directing the US military to enter into power purchasing agreements with coal plants, arguing the move would strengthen grid resilience and national security.“I will sign an executive order that directs the Department of War to work directly with coal plants on the new power purchasing agreements, ensuring that we have more reliable power and stronger and more resilient grid power,” Trump said at a White House eve…