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The engineering marvel Bandra-Worli sea link, which opened on June 30, is likely to consume 1,000 Kw power a day, enought to meet the electricity requirement to 100 households. "We have installed a transformer which has 1,000 KVA capacity. This has been placed keeping the demand in mind," Bajaj Electrical's Head Engineering Project Lalit Mehta told PTI. KVA is a measure of demand load while KWH is a measure of usage. India's per-capita consumption is 750 KWH or 750 units, while the world average is 1,000 KWH per annum. A 40W tube can consume one KWH power in 250 hours.
In a significant intervention that could have long-term implications on the power sector in Maharashtra, the state government requested the Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (Merc) to “look into Reliance Infrastructure’s tariff structure ...
Delayed monsoon and a surge in demand for power has led to power prices on the Indian Energy Exchange (IEX), India's first power trading platform, soaring to record levels. With temperatures in Delhi soaring to about 44 degrees Celsius and the northe...
Soon, there will be an energy efficiency company — the first of its kind — under the aegis of the Union government. Called the Energy Efficiency Service Ltd (EESL), the company will have equity participation from four government power companies — NTP...
Delayed monsoon and deficient rains in a major part of the country have sent alarm bells ringing in the Central Government. Union Minister of State for Science and Technology Prithviraj Chavan will discuss the progress of monsoon and deficient rainf...
The forum of power regulators (For) has kicked off an exercise for introduction of renewable energy certificates to promote renewable energy generation. As per For's report, renewable energy generators with capacity untied in power purchase agreement...
Signalling the first move towards unbundling of Tamil Nadu power sector, state government formed a separate entity – TN Transmission Corporation (TNTRANSCO), to handle power transmission in the state. The company was registered with the registrar of ...
Joint front of HPSEB employees and engineers has suggested to Chief Minister Himachal that the state electricity board should be converted in to one Government Company as done in Kerala since further extension to keep the board in present form may no...
PSEB Engineers Association has challenged the wrong projections being made by the votaries of unbundling to Chief Minister, Punjab on the performance of the Board and likely improvements in Punjab power sector after the unbundling of Punjab State Ele...
In a bid to outdo the Shiv Sena that carried out an agitation against Anil Ambani-promoted Reliance Energy Ltd (REL) earlier this week for alleged inflated bills sent by the company to consumers in suburban Mumbai, state Industry Minister Narayan Ran...
