The minister emphasised that his government will focus on increasing electricity demand, developing hydro power and intrastate transmission. He also added that there is a need to build enough redundancy in the system to address breakdowns. Goyal stressed that public-private partnerships are central to the power sector. He expressed confidence that India would meet the target of 20,000 MW of solar power by 2017 and the 100 gigawatts target of renewable energy by 2022.
Team EnergyInfraPost With an objective to enhance transparency in procurement of large scale power equipments by State power utilities and economize the pricing, Power Grid today commences E-Reverse auction ( eRA) for 25KVA Distribution Transformers and Aerial Bunch Cables. The eRA which is second in series is being conducted today with the provision of auto […]
The government said it has electrified 7008 villages till March 23, 2016 during 2015-16.Stating this power and coal minister, Piyush Goyal said that with this, the annual target of electrifying 7008 villages during this fiscal year under Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojna (DDUGJY) has been achieved a week before close of financial year
Another 337 villages have been electrified across the country during last week (from 14th to 20th March 2016) under Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojna (DDUGJY).Out of these electrified villages, 67 in Odisha, 49 in Jharkhand , 66 villages in Uttar Pradesh, 30 in Arunachal Pradesh , 41 in Bihar, 49 in Assam, 12 in Chhattisgarh, 9 in Madhya Pradesh and 11 in Rajasthan 1 each in Himachal Pradesh, Manipur & J &K
Coal, Power & Renewable Sectors Provides $one trillion investment Opportunity by 2030
Reiterating his government’s commitment to provide electricity access to “the poorest of poor” and to the person at the bottom of the pyramid, Union Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal and New & Renewable Energy, Piyush Goyal said the coal
The Secretary, Ministry of Power, P.K. Pujari witnessing the signing ceremony of a tripartite MoU with the State of J&K on “UDAY” (Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana) for operational and Financial turnaround of Discoms
