The Union power ministry has allowed BSES Delhi discoms to exit power purchase agreement with NTPC’s Dadri-I unit, in a first of its kind move that is likely to trigger many such requests. In a clarification to its March notification, the power ministry on Tuesday said power distribution companies can exit entire allocation from a particular project after completion of 25 years. ”In case of bulk power supply agreement also, the state/discoms may relinquish entire allocated power from such projects which have completed 25 years since commissioning of the project,” the clarification said.
The All India Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF) has written to the prime Minister seeking "detailed deliberations" with various stakeholders on the proposed Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2021, before rushing it to Parliament.
The federation in a letter to the prime minister has stressed that the proposed bill should not be rushed to Parliament during the pandemic period and there should be detailed discussions with power sector engineers and employees, an AIPEF statement said.
We are perhaps looking at a future in which industrial waste will form the base for energy storage in batteries. Scientists have shown that the spent catalysts from the energy industry or the raw material for recycling operation that deliver fresh catalysts and valuable metals work as an efficient bifunctional oxygen electrocatalyst and can catalyze the core reactions that facilitate the operation of metal-air batteries.
Sugar mills in the State have potential to generate 1.5 lakh tonnes of CBG every year to earn ₹700 crore
Maharashtra sugar mills, which are facing a financial crisis due to glut in sugar production, less demand in the market, and a challenge to pay timely FRP (fair and remunerative price) to farmers, plan to establish compressed biogas (CBG) plants in an effort to find financial stability.
Sugar millers discussed CBG plants in a recent meeting organised by Vasantdada Sugar Institute (VSI), the premier research and development organisation in sugar and allied industry.
Hyundai will invest USD 100 million (KRW 113.6 billion) in Solid Energy System corporations, the developer of lithium metal batteries. According to the industry, Hyundai Motor recently signed an equity investment agreement with this company.
Solid Energy, established as a start-up of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 2021, developed a prototype lithium metal battery, a next-generation battery that made up for the shortcomings of existing lithium batteries. Based on this technology, it signed a joint research contract with General Motors in March.
The European Union will require countries to renovate energy-guzzling buildings faster and meet tougher targets to save energy as part of its drive to meet climate change goals, according to a draft document seen by Reuters.
Buildings produce more than a third of EU CO2 emissions and account for 40% of the bloc's energy consumption, making the sector a key threat to Europe's plan to reduce planet-warming emissions.
