Author: PPD Team Date: April 7, 2025
This information has been given by the Union Minister for Power and New & Renewable Energy Shri R. K. Singh, in a written reply to a question, in Lok Sabha.
Author: PPD Team Date: December 1, 2024 ABB India Limited has been operating in power and automation technology for over a century. Headquartered in Bengaluru, it has 25 plants across five main campuses in Bengaluru, Vadodara, Faridabad, Nashik, and Pune. The company operates through four major business areas: Electrification, Motion, Process Automation, and Robotics & Discrete Automation. In the Electrification segment, ABB provides advanced MV & LV switchgear, distribution boards, and digital power solutions….
Author: PPD Team Date: January 19, 2026 India’s national electrical transmission and distribution infrastructure shows sustained expansion, selective modernisation, and ongoing execution challenges. The Central Electricity Authority (CEA) data up to December 2025 highlights steady capacity additions, a strong intra-state buildout, and a growing project pipeline linked to renewable energy integration. Transformation capacity overview The cumulative transformation capacity for substations rated at 220 kV and above has reached 1,406,991 MVA. During FY 2025-26, up to…
Interview with Nick Daprocida, CEO of E2E Energy Solutions, Canada E2E Energy and Novus Earth to Develop Geothermal Project in Canada E2E Energy Solutions has partnered with Novus Earth to develop the Latitude 53 Hinton geothermal energy project near Hinton, Alberta, with construction scheduled to begin in early 2025. This two-phase initiative aims to utilize geothermal energy for sustainable agriculture and clean electricity generation, strengthening Alberta’s renewable energy landscape. Here’s what Nick Daprocida,…
Author: PPD Team Date: August 7, 2025 In July, a group of American solar manufacturers requested that the U.S. Commerce Department impose tariffs on solar panels imported from India, Indonesia, and Laos. The petition accuses companies based in these countries of selling modules at unfairly low prices, which allegedly undercut recent U.S. manufacturing investments. The Commerce Department has begun reviewing the petition. This move came amid broader efforts by the small but growing domestic…
Author: PPD Team Date: November 7, 2024 Power trading in India’s short-term market rose by 12% in FY24, reaching 218.22 billion units (BU) from 194.35 BU in FY23, as reported by the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC). Short-term transactions, including deviation settlement mechanism (DSM) volumes, consist of contracts under one year, executed bilaterally or through power exchanges, representing 12.5% of the country’s total electricity generation. The remaining 87.5% was sourced through long-term contracts and…
Author: PPD Team Date: October 27, 2025 The Central Electricity Authority (CEA) has proposed a Rs 6.42-lakh-crore plan to build a transmission network to evacuate over 76 gigawatts (GW) of hydropower from Brahmaputra Basin projects by 2047. The plan aims to meet rising electricity demand and reduce dependence on coal. The initiative covers 208 large hydro projects across 12 sub-basins in northeastern India, with 64.9 GW of potential capacity and an additional 11.1 GW from…