Solar Powered India
Solar energy has been the least tapped form of renewable energy in India. Despite the huge potential that solar power offers largely-tropical India, efforts were always under the cloud of high costs and the absence of regulatory framework. With the launch of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission last year and more recently the promulgation of guidelines for solar power developers, at least the More>>

Yuan impact on power equipment
China has agreed to keep its currency flexible ending a fixed-currency regime that spanned over five years. While an appreciating Yuan can technically result in Chinese goods getting costlier and China losing its pricing advantage, it would not impact the role of Chinese power equipment in India, at least in the medium run, writes Venugopal Pillai. More>>

PRIVATE SECTOR FIRES POWER CAPACITY ADDITION
The growing role of private sector entities in Indian thermal power capacity addition is a very encouraging phenomenon. With thermal power continuing to be the mainstay of India's power sector, the rising role of private players brings in the advantages of faster project implementation and efficient technologies, writes Venugopal Pillai. More>>

Small hydro big concerns
Though small hydropower is India's oldest form of generating electricity through renewable sources, its progress is found lagging. A vast majority of SHP potential still lies untapped with the pace of project implementation threatening to be bogged down by various sorts of delays. Venugopal Pillai takes a look at the typical challenges that SHP projects More>>

BIG OPPORTUNITY, BIGGER RESPONSIBILITY!
BIG OPPORTUNITY, BIGGER RESPONSIBILITY!

Elecrama 2010 saw a unique confluence of dignitaries from government, power utilities and T&D equipment suppliers and contractors. In all the deliberations that took place, it was generally agreed that India's growing power T&D sector offers More>>

Hydro power gears up for XII plan
Hydropower is the cleanest and perhaps the cheapest form of electricity. Large hydropower projects even have cascading social benefits like facilities like irrigation and drinking water supply. However, construction of large hydropower projects has never been an easy task considering the concomitant geographical, financial and social More>>

Power transmission beckons private sector
Private sector participation in developing major power transmission lines is seen picking up. For India that opened up its power generation sector in the early 1990s, private participation in transmission projects will take the power sector to the next level of evolution, writes Venugopal Pillai. More>>

Revolution in the air
Wind energy has been the mainstay of India’s renewable energy pursuits. In the years ahead, this form of clean energy is poised to see much sharper growth, writes Venugopal Pillai. More>>

India goes supercritical
Supercritical power technology is beginning to make its presence felt in India. Leading technology players, both domestic and international, are gearing up to tap the huge business opportunities in store. With most of the 1 lakh mw of new power generation capacity targeted for the XII Plan expected to deploy this efficient technology, More>>