The first quarter (Q1: April to June) of FY27 saw six ISTS-TBCB schemes formally transferred to their winning developers. PGCIL led the market in terms of both number of schemes and tariff-based market share.
Vikran Engineering Ltd has announced the successful commissioning of the strategically significant 132kV Miao–Namsai transmission line in Arunachal Pradesh.
L&T Energy CarbonLite Solutions has secured a Limited Notice to Proceed (LNTP) from NTPC Ltd for the main plant package of the 2×800 MW Lara Stage-III thermal power plant in Chhattisgarh.
For most of the history of electricity supply, demand appeared where people and industry already were, and the network followed. However, data centres invert, and they can be built almost anywhere with land, water, fibre and power. Further, data centres alone would account for close to a tenth of everything the country draws at its busiest hour today, notes Brajesh Kumar.