electricity
- 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…
- Telangana
Telangana: BJP to protest against rise in electricity tariffs
Hyderabad: BJP district president Rao Padma has said that a dharna would be staged on June 15 in front of the NPDLC headquarters at Nakkalagutta in Hanamkonda to protest the hike in…
- India
As many as 85% accidents due to electricity occur in 11 states
New Delhi: A state-wise analysis of accidents due to electricity has indicated that 85 per cent of them occur in 11 states, a discussion paper by a think-tank released on Thursday said…
- Business
Over 75% of Bitcoin miners’ earnings going into soaring electricity costs
New Delhi: Bitcoin miners are spending more than 75 per cent of their earnings in soaring electricity costs, resulting in a significant carbon footprint which is damaging to our environment, a new…
