July 2020

GE

GE Power India lands Rs.850-crore order to supply AQCS solutions

GE Power India Ltd has been awarded three contracts for a combined value of Rs.850.69 crore ($112.57 million) to supply its air quality control systems (AQCS) solutions.   The systems will be supplied to:   Hindalco Industries Limited (1x150-mw) for their Read more

Ingersoll Rand

Ingersoll-Rand (India) to roll out mission critical products in 2020-21

Ingersoll Rand, engaged in mission-critical flow creation and industrial technologies, has announced the launch of new rotary screw compressor and small recip in India.  This is part of company’s larger plans of launching an extensive product portfolio in Read more

OMRON

OMRON forays into UVC disinfection

OMRON Asia Pacific has forayed into UVC disinfection with the launch of its robot – LD UVC. A co-creation with Techmetics Robotics, this robot aims to help organisations fight spread of infectious diseases effectively and conveniently The UVC light Read more

Skilancer

Autonomous waterless robot for cleaning rooftop solar plants

Cleantech startup Skilancer Solar has announced the launch of its autonomous waterless robot for the cleaning of small-scale solar power plants installed on residential roof tops. This product will be an addition to their portfolio which till now has Read more

Induron

PGCIL board approves investment in ERSS-XXIII

The board of directors of Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (PGCIL) has accorded investment approval to Eastern Region Strengthening Scheme – XXIII. According to a stock exchange filing, the board of PGCIL, in its meeting held on July Read more

Power transmission upgrade falls short of target

The COVID-19 related lockdown appears to have had a detrimental effect on the country’s power transmission infrastructure upgrade programme, according to information released by Central Electricity Authority (CEA). During the first quarter (April to June) of the current fiscal Read more

CESC

CESC cuts distribution losses in Rajasthan

Sanjiv Goenka Group company CESC has been able to significantly reduce distribution losses in its three Rajasthan franchises– Kota, Bharatpur and Bikaner — during FY20. Kota Electricity Distribution Ltd (KEDL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of CESC, took over DF operations Read more

Rewa

PM dedicates Rewa mega solar project to the nation

Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated to the nation the Rewa Ultra Mega Solar Power project to the Nation via video conference on July 10, 2020. Speaking on the occasion the Prime Minister said the Rewa project—said to be Asia’s Read more

Adani

ADB, IEA renew agreement on energy sector collaboration

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has renewed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the International Energy Agency (IEA) to scale up collaboration and advance progress on sustainability with increased focus on energy Read more

IEA

Sushil Purohit, President, Energy Business, Wärtsilä

Green stimulus programmes after the Global Financial Crisis stimulated GDP growth of between 0.1 per cent and 0.5 per cent for two years— even in the midst of a deep recession, where most countries' GDP declined by 3 Read more