August 2021
India adds 4.6 GW of solar capacity in H1 of 2021, says Mercom report
- Aug 31, 2021
India saw 4,578 mw (around 4.6 GW) of new solar power generation capacity in the first half (January to June) of 2021, according to a recent report by Mercom. This addition was more than three times the comparable 1,296 Read more
Goldi Solar launches high-efficiency solar module series
- Aug 31, 2021
Goldi Solar has officially launched its new product line – HELOC̣™ Pro module series. It features mono-facial and bi-facial modules with M10 wafer size. With an area up to 2.58 sqm, weight of 32kg and power of 560W, the Read more
L&T identifies Kudgi power line as “non-core” asset, marked for divestment
- Aug 31, 2021
Larsen & Toubro has identified its Kudgi transmission line for disinvestment, as part of the company’s plan of completely exiting its non-core business. In a release, D.K. Sen, Whole-time Director Et Sr. Executive Vice President (Development Projects), L&T, said that Read more
Aluminium Association of India urges CIL to resume coal supplies
- Aug 31, 2021
The Aluminium Association of India (AAI) has written to Coal India Ltd (CIL), urging the Central PSU to resume coal supplies to continuous process-based power-intensive industries, such as aluminium. The AAI missive has highlighted that a crisis-like situation has Read more
L&T wins turnkey order to build substation in Saudi Arabia
- Aug 30, 2021
Larsen & Toubro has bagged a turnkey order for construction of a power substation in Saudi Arabia, the engineering conglomerate said in a release. L&T said that the scope of the gas insulated switchgear (GIS) substation involves four different Read more
Union power secretary reviews report on coal stocks at power plants
- Aug 30, 2021
Union power secretary Alok Kumar, on August 29, 2021, reviewed a report by the Core Management Team (CMT). The team, comprising representatives from the Union ministry of power, Coal India Ltd, Central Electricity Authority (CEA) and Indian Railways, Read more
Delhi Power Minister visits Tata Power DDL’s battery storage system, South-Asia’s largest
- Aug 30, 2021
Satyendar Jain, Power Minister, Government of NCT of Delhi, recently visited South Asia's largest grid-scale battery energy storage system (BESS). Set up by Tata Power Delhi Distribution Ltd, this BESS, located at the Rohini grid substation, was implemented Read more
The degree of protection of an electrical panel plays an important role: Sterling and Wilson
- Aug 28, 2021
An electrical panel might appear as an inconspicuous element of a power distribution system. However, its criticality cannot be overstated. In this exchange with T&D India, we have Dibyendu Ray, COO Read more
GE T&D India: Termination date for global engineering services contracts further extended
- Aug 27, 2021
GE T&D India, in a stock exchange communication, has informed that GE Grid Solutions has further extended the termination date of issuing new contracts for global engineering services to GE T&D India. The termination date, which stood at August Read more
Construction work on 765kV Fatehgarh-Bhadla line complete
- Aug 27, 2021
Construction work on a new 765kV double-circuit line connecting the Fatehgarh-II and Bhadla-II substations in Rajasthan, is complete, and is ready for commissioning. This line is part of a transmission scheme officially known as “Transmission system associated with LTA Read more