In view of huge consumption of electricity in the Smart City Bhubaneswar, the State Government has decided to make rooftop solar panels mandatory for new building plan approval. The move came at the first Executive Council meeting of the Odisha…
Mahindra, Azure Power, Hero propose to set up 100 Mw solar plants in Odisha
After a slow start, Odisha is seeing traction from private players in solar power. Mahindra Susten, Azure Power and Hero Future Energies have proposed to install solar plants of 100 Mw capacity apiece in the state. “We have received proposals…
Authorities say Dangling Cable will be past and Electric wires hanging will be gone from this June in bhubaneswar
The dangling overhead cables will shortly disappear from the city’s skyline and make way for a safer and more efficient power supply system. The state government has directed the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation to collaborate with Odisha Power Transmission Corporation Limited…
After success with CESU in Odisha, Fedco scouts for more discoms for management
After successfully steering one of the discoms in Odisha under the distribution franchise model, Feedback Energy Distribution Company Ltd (Fedco) has recently signed up with three discoms in Madhya Pradesh as management operator and is eyeing more such opportunities, including…
Schneider Electric signs MoU with KIIT and CV Raman Engineering in Bhubaneswar to develop skilled manpower for highly-technical electricity
Global specialist in energy management and automation Schneider Electric India has signed an MoU with Kalinga Institute of Technology (KIIT) and CV Raman college of engineering in Odisha to develop skilled manpower for the highly-technical electricity. Going by this trend,…
Odisha boy caught attention of PMO India with generating electricity project from Demonitised Rs 500 Notes
According to an article in Times of India, With the country reeling from a cash crisis post-demonetisation, a 17-year-old science student from Odisha’s Nuapada district has devised a technique to generate electricity from scrapped Rs 500 notes. His innovation has now…
Will Odisha government reconsider Hike In Duty On Captive Power? Well Industry hopes they do
Shocked by Odisha government’s decision to hike duty on captive power by 83 per cent, from Rs 30- Rs 55, industries are hoping to convince the government to reconsider the move. Such a decision, by a government trying to rebuild…
OPGC installs rooftop solar power project at ITPS at Banharpali based Ib Thermal Power Station
Odisha Power Generation Corporation Ltd. (A Govt. Company of the State of Odisha) as a part of demonstration project, has installed a roof top solar project (Photovoltaic) on the top of the existing plant switchyard building at its Banharpali based…
Odisha to commission 10-Mw solar power plant at Boudh District
Odisha government is set to commission 10 megawatt (Mw) of solar power plant in February. “It will be part commissioning of the 20 Mw solar power plant being built by Green Energy Development Corporation of Odisha Ltd (Gedcol) at Manamunda…
Alstom T&D India Awarded Project to Strengthen Odisha’s Grid Infrastructure
Alstom T&D India has been awarded contracts by Odisha Power Transmission Corporation Limited (OPTCL) worth close to EUR 20 million (approx. INR 1403 million). The contracts include the supply of a 400/220 kV Air Insulated Substation (AIS) as well as…