by admin | Aug 9, 2012 | Climate Change, Decarbonization, Electricity Generation and Transmission, Smart Grid
The worst blackout in a decade hit Northern India on Monday forcing 370 million people to go without power. While blackouts are a huge problem for the country, they’re a massive opportunity for next-generation energy technologies like clean power, and the smart grid,...
by admin | Aug 9, 2012 | Electricity Generation and Transmission
A £1 billion contract has been awarded for the construction of the first sub-sea electricity link between Scotland and England, energy firms announced today. The 261-mile line will run from Hunterston in Ayrshire to a landing point on the Wirral peninsula and will...
by admin | Aug 6, 2012 | Diesel, Electricity Generation and Transmission
Just when folks all over (including at EAI – here and here) are trying to figure out how to reduce diesel consumption, a combination of calamities – poor monsoon and the recent blackout in north India – have ensured that the use of diesel has only...
by admin | Aug 6, 2012 | Electricity Generation and Transmission
A recent report says that the high-powered committee of the Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) has decided to urge the State Electricity Regulatory Commission to allow realisation of higher power tariff from domestic consumers, who consume more than 150 units a...