Chinese solar photovoltaic module producers are scouting for partners in India to use the local manufacturing capability to serve the global markets, according to Chairman of Titan Energy System, Rao S.Y.S. Chodagam. With several countries seeking to levy anti-dumping duties on Chinese solar PV products, their efforts to seek Indian manufacturing partners is aimed at addressing the global requirements, he said. Rao told Business Line that they have been approached by couple of Chinese companies offering to be partners and help mutually grow business. This is because, they are not able to sell their products globally due to curbs and see this as a mutually beneficial approach. Earlier, speaking at a solar PV event held here today, he said that there has been an ongoing probe into the dumping related issues since November 2012. This was taken up as domestic manufacturers are faced with tough times unable to sell what they produce while
Andhra Pradesh Government is planning to offer 20 per cent subsidy in addition to the 30 per cent subsidy offered by the Union Government for solar units. According to a statement from the Energy Conservation Mission, the additional subsidy will come through budgetary support. Households can sell extra solar power to the grid at pool cost. The State Government is planning to conduct a solar exhibition in coordination with industry and trade bodies, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and Federation of Andhra Pradesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry. This is aimed to highlight the impact of solar power for the benefit of industries, entrepreneurs and the general public. M. Sahoo, State Principal Secretary, Energy, in a statement said the accent was on harnessing solar power by encouraging industries and other entities to set up solar power plants for captive consumption as well as for third-party sale within the State. AP Transco has invited bids
The Coal Ministry has hit back at the Power Ministry for raising coal quality issues with the Cabinet Committee on Investments (CCI), headed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The issues raised are “completely unjustified,” the Coal Ministry said in a strongly-worded reply to the Power Ministry on its note submitted to the CCI. It, in fact, blamed the public sector power producer NTPC for not signing agreements with Coal India, leading to payment delays. The Coal Ministry also made it clear that no new proposal relating to quality and sampling could be taken up, as a number of power utilities, including Government-owned, had already signed fuel supply pacts. NTPC has not signed fuel supply pacts for nearly 5,000 MW capacity, leading to a deadlock between the two Maharatna companies. “NTPC has failed to make payments as per the bills raised by the coal companies. This has raised the dispute between the two organisations (NTPC and
The developments relating to the issue of licences for coal mining during the United Progressive Alliance regime's first term have trained the spotlight on the weaknesses and inadequacies of the process that was followed. Almost seven years after the exercise began, the most visible outcomes are the resignations of a Cabinet minister and a senior government law officer. But a fundamental question remains: after seven years of trying to dramatically change the coal supply situation, where's the coal? It obviously wasn't supposed to happen this way. The policy establishment has learnt a large number of lessons from its experiences with private investment in infrastructure. Many of the hurdles are yet to be eliminated, but, broadly speaking, over the past decade, there has been significant progress in a number of sectors. Power was perhaps the most constrained of the infrastructure sectors until a decade ago. Restrictions on interstate flows, large price
GETTING GREEN IS NOT THAT DIFFICULT ANY MORE Today our world moves with the power of internet on websites and Apps provided platform where we spend lot of time. However, have we, ever thought that how much power or electricity we are consuming while surfing on the website or using different mobile applications? Have we ever tried or wondered to know that from where this electricity is coming, what is it sourcing, isthat electricity is environment friendly or not. May be you are surfing a website or working on your computer and Phone to make our environment green, but in the process how much CO2 you are emitting. I do not have number that how much of man hour we spend on computer and on are cell phone , but for me it’s more than 16 hours in day, and I use electricity supplied the state utility, which hardly supply 1-2% of electricity
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