Power & Energy

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    Renewable Energy Expansion
    9 September 2024

    Solar PV Projects Commissioned: 13.923 MW To date, DVC has commissioned Solar PV Plants with a total capacity of 13.92 MW. This includes 3.92 MWp of Rooftop Solar (RTS) Plants installed on the rooftops of buildings at DVC Thermal Power Stations and its headquarters in Kolkata. A 10 MW Ground-Mounted Solar PV (GM-SPV) Plant was successfully commissioned & declared COD…

    By S. Suresh Kumar, IAS | Chairman | Damodar Valley Corporation Read more
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    Funding Pumped Storage Projects
    5 September 2024

    Background India has fulfilled its Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) target of achieving about “40% of installed power capacity from non-fossil based energy resources by 2030”way ahead of time, and is progressively reaching 50% of installed capacity from non-fossil fuel sources. However, the intermittent nature of solar and wind power, and increased focus on grid stability has brought to forefront the…

    By Rajiv Ranjan Jha | Director (Projects) | Power Finance Corporation Limited Read more
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    An Indian Perspective
    21 October 2018

    The world’s population crossed the 6 billion mark in the year 1999. Most current estimates suggest that around 2 billion people will be added over the next 30 years with another billion in the following 20 years. Virtually all this increase will be in the developing countries with the bulk in the urban areas. The core challenge for development is…

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