Author: PPD Team Date: 26/11/2024
NTPC Green Energy Limited (NGEL), a subsidiary of NTPC Limited, and Maharashtra State Power Generation Company Limited (MAHAGENCO) have established a joint venture company, MAHAGENCO NTPC Green Energy Private Limited (MNGEPL).
The JV was incorporated on November 25, 2024. MNGEPL is a 50:50 partnership focused on developing, operating, and maintaining renewable energy parks in Maharashtra under the Ultra Mega Renewable Energy Power Parks (UMREPP) program.
Author: PPD Team Date: 18/11/2024 Union Minister Manohar Lal Khattar and officials from Nepal and Bangladesh inaugurated the first trilateral power flow transaction on 15 November 2024. The event marked the transmission of hydroelectric power from Nepal to Bangladesh, facilitated through India’s electricity grid. The power transaction stems from the Regional Cooperation for Power Purchase, Sale, Distribution, and Transmission agreement signed in June 2023 during Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal’s visit to India. Under…
Author: PPD Team Date: 18/11/2024 Alcazar Energy Partners has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company (EETC) and the New and Renewable Energy Authority (NREA) to develop a 2 GW onshore wind farm in Egypt. The project aligns with Egypt’s Vision 2030, focusing on renewable energy and environmental sustainability. The wind farm is expected to generate clean electricity for more than 1.3 million households while preventing the release of up…
Author: PPD Team Date: 21/11/2024 NTPC Limited is setting up a one-tonne per day seawater-to-green hydrogen plant at its Simhadri facility near Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. Developed through its R&D centre, NETRA, the project will use a low-carbon desalination plant powered by waste heat from the thermal power plant’s flue gas. This innovative process will produce hydrogen-grade water from seawater at reduced costs. NTPC states that 12-13 kg of purified water is required to generate 1…
Author: PPD Team Date: 16/01/2025 JSW Energy Limited has been declared the successful applicant for acquiring the 3,600 MW Akaltara (Nariyara) Thermal Power Project (KSK Mahanadi) and received the Letter of Intent (LoI) on January 13, 2025. Located in Nariyara, Akaltara, in the Janjgir-Champa district of Chhattisgarh, the project is partly operational, with 1,800 MW of power in use. Electricity from the plant is supplied to distribution utilities in Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat,…
Author: PPD Team Date: 21/10/2024 Deveritec GmbH and Wirepas have unveiled a new Network Interface Card (NIC) tailored for the Wirepas 5G Mesh implementation of the non-cellular 5G standard, NR+. The NIC, developed using Nordic Semiconductor’s nRF9151 chip, is designed for smart electricity meters and aims to accelerate Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) development using the NR+ standard. This collaboration marks a push towards deploying NR+ technology in smart meters across Europe, leveraging the ultra-resilient RF…
Author: PPD Team Date: 12/12/2024 Albania has adopted a new law permitting the construction of solar and wind power plants on pastureland, a move driven by growing demand for renewable energy. The law allows photovoltaic (PV) panels to be mounted at least five meters above the ground, enabling simultaneous use of land for grazing livestock. Around a tenth of Albania’s surface is pastureland, with approximately 340,000 hectares under state ownership. The new regulation aims to…