electricity
- India
It’s time to generate income from electricity than getting it for free: Modi in Gujarat
Modasa: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said it was time to generate income from electricity instead of getting it for free, in an apparent move to counter the Aam Aadmi Party and…
- Middle East
Israel launches plan for generating solar electricity in agricultural lands
Jerusalem: Israel has announced a plan to optimise agricultural land use by integrating clean solar electricity generation. The plan, at a cost of 17 million shekels (about $5 million), includes more than…
- Business
TN Electricity Regulatory Commission to issue orders on power tariff revision soon
Chennai: The Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission (TNERC) will soon be issuing orders of increase power tariff hikes proposed by the Tamil Nadu power utility, Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Company (Tangedco).…
- Technology
Power Grid pitches for obsolete tech in smart electricity meters, can hamper 5G dream
New Delhi, Aug 28 (IANS) As India gears up to launch 5G services in October, state-run Power Grid Corporation of India (PGCIL) is still going ahead with dated, obsolete technology to install…
- Telangana
Electricity issue: Telangana to file petition against Center on Monday
Hyderabad: The CMD of Transco-Genco D Prabhakar Rao expressed strong reaction over the Central government barring Telangana from selling or purchasing electricity on power exchanges, saying that the central government is exacting…
- Telangana
Central barred Telangana from buying or selling electricity
Hyderabad: The Center barred Telangana from buying or selling electricity on power exchanges. This embargo has been imposed on 13 other states along with Telangana. Instructions were issued to Power System opeations…
- Andhra Pradesh
With no dues, decks cleared for AP to buy power from exchanges
Amaravati: The Andhra Pradesh government on Friday said it owed no money to the power generators for electricity purchased through the power exchanges and, accordingly, got the ban imposed by POSOCO (Power…
- India
Electricity (Amendment) bill introduced in LS amid oppn protests
New Delhi: A bill to amend the Electricity Act to allow non-discriminatory open access to distribution networks of power suppliers was introduced in Lok Sabha on Monday amid protests by the opposition,…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Mayor directs electricity board to set up streetlamps
Hyderabad: City mayor Gadwal Vijayalakshmi on Wednesday directed electricity authorities to take steps to effectively manage street lights in the city. She reviewed the maintenance of street lights in a meeting with…
- India
Kejriwal and Paatil engage in verbal duel over AAP’s free electricity promise
Ahmedabad: The Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Gujarat unit chief C R Paatil and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convenor Arvind Kejriwal got into a verbal duel on social media on Thursday over the…
- Automobile
Hyundai, Rolls-Royce tie up for air mobility with electric propulsion
Chennai: South Korea’s automotive major Hyundai Motor Group and Rolls-Royce have teamed up to bring out an all electric propulsion and hydrogen fuel cell technology-powered air mobility. According to Hyundai, the partnership…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Old City residents demand replacement of iron electric poles
Hyderabad: Residents of the Old City, expressing their concerns over the increasing cases of electrocution of citizens during rains, demanded that the Telangana State Southern Power Distribution Company Limited (TSSPDCL) replace iron…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: GHMC taking all precautions against rains, says Mayor
Hyderabad: GHMC Mayor Gadwal R Vijalakshmi on Saturday inspected the control room on the seventh floor of the municipal body’s head office, and enquired about the rainfall situation, the number of complaints…
- Technology
Tesla virtual power plant to pay users to send energy back to grid
San Francisco: In a first such move, Elon Musk-run Tesla has launched a ‘virtual power plant’ that will pay its Powerwall users to help keep electricity on in their area during emergencies…
- Business
Electricity used to mine bitcoin decreased sharply as crypto crisis widens
London: The amount of electricity consumed by the largest cryptocurrency networks has decreased by up to 50 percent as the “crypto winter” continues to eat at the incomes of “miners” and financial…
