The most impactful strategy to stimulate infrastructure growth is effective deployment of capital resources by the government, notes Shashank Agarwal. Infrastructure is a significant area for the general advancement of any country. Read more
Siemens Gamesa has won an order from ReNew Power for a 322-mw wind project. This is the second order from ReNew in July 2021. The first was for a 301-mw project. The latest order is for a wind power Read more
Vikram Solar has inaugurated a new 1.3-GW solar module manufacturing facility in Tamil Nadu, taking the company’s total such capacity to 2.5 GW. The new manufacturing facility is located at Indospace Industrial Park, Oragadam, Tamil Nadu. In a release, Read more
NTPC Renewable Energy Ltd (NTPC REL) has won two projects at the Rewa Ultra Mega Solar Ltd (RUMSL) auction. The auction by RUMSL was for solar projects worth 450 mw at the Shajapur Solar Park in Madhya Pradesh. In a Read more
Godrej Electricals & Electronics’ Power Infrastructure and Renewable Energy (PIRE), a division of Godrej & Boyce, has won an order to build a 400kV GIS substation in Mumbai. In a release, Godrej & Boyce (G&B) said that the contract, Read more
Capacity addition of transmission infrastructure showed significant growth in the first quarter of FY21, as judged from newly-released government statistics. Much of the addition came in June 2021 alone. During Q1 of FY22, the country saw addition of 1,550 Read more
Major reforms are envisaged in the power distribution sector, as envisaged in the “New Electricity Amendment Bill,” expected to be introduced and passed in the ongoing Monsoon Session of Parliament. According to reliable media reports, one major change likely Read more
With the onset of the monsoon season, Tata Power Delhi Distribution (Tata Power-DDL) is taking proactive measures by organising an extensive safety drive for its consumers and staff to reduce chances of electricity-related mishaps. In a release, Tata Power Read more
Click here to view the July 2021 edition of T&D India in PDF format (This is a special edition on transformers. It also covers an exclusive interview with Hitachi ABB Power Grids (pp22)) Read more
Salzer Electronics has announced the formation of a new joint venture with EMarch LLC to manufacture electric conversion kits for vehicles. This is Salzer’s second joint venture in the e-mobility space, following one Read more