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Siemens Commissions India’s First HVDC Power Transmission Link

Siemens has successfully commissioned India’s first high-voltage direct current (HVDC) link between Pugalur and Thrissur. Siemens Limited has announced that it has successfully commissioned India’s first high-voltage direct current (HVDC) link featuring voltage-sourced converter (VSC) technology. The 2,000 megawatts (MW) electricity transmission system, consisting of two links between Pugalur in the state of Tamil Nadu […]

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IIT Brings Prototype to Use Hydrogen Fuel With Ease and Safety

IIT (BHU) professor Dr. Rajesh Kumar Upadhyay has come up with a membrane reformer prototype for producing ultra-pure hydrogen from methanol. IIT (BHU) professor Dr. Rajesh Kumar Upadhyay, department of chemical engineering and technology, and his team have come up with a membrane reformer prototype that can produce ultra-pure hydrogen from methanol. The team informed […]

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GE Renewable, Goldwind Relegate Vestas To Third Place in Wind Rankings

A new ranking of Wind turbine manufacturers for 2020 from Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) has turned up a shake up at the top. GE Renewable Energy and Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology Co Ltd have moved up to take the first two spots, pushing the erstwhile Danish leader Vestas Wind Systems A/S to  third […]

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BCD Decision Sparks Predictable Reactions, Costs To Go Up By 50 p/unit

Three days after the formal confirmation of government plans to impose an enhanced Basic Customs Duty  (BCD) of 25 per cent and 40 per cent on imported solar cells and modules, respectively, the reactions have started coming in thick and fast. Dedicated developers, both those on record and off the record, have expressed their views […]

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Renewables not Coal & Gas Should be Focus of Vietnam’s Latest PDP: IEEFA

Vietnam’s draft PDP8 has failed to acknowledge the need of developing a more flexible system that can accommodate a changing technology mix Vietnam’s recently published draft power development plan for 2021-2030 (PDP8) has failed to acknowledge the importance of developing a more flexible system that can accommodate a changing technology mix, according to a new report from […]

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40% on Modules & 25% on Cells, MNRE to Impose BCD From April 1, 2022

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has finally finalised the new Basic Customs Duty (BCD) on solar PV cells and modules. As per an office memorandum, the Ministry is going to impose a 25 percent BCD on solar PV cells and 40 percent duty on solar modules without grandfathering of bid-out projects. However, […]

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MNRE Issues Amended Draft Policy for Promoting DRE Livelihood Applications

MNRE has issued a revised draft of its policy framework for developing and promoting DRE livelihood applications in rural areas of India The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has issued a revised draft of its policy framework for developing and promoting Decentralised Renewable Energy (DRE) livelihood applications. The ministry has invited comments/suggestions from […]

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Danish Firm Halder Topsoe Fires First Salvo In Green Hydrogen Manufacturing

The Catalyst Manufacturer has claimed that its upcoming facility to build electrolysers will cut the cost of Green Hydrogen by 20 percent Green Hydrogen has started attracting some serious attention across the world now, with experts putting down a price of anything between $1.5 to $2 as the inflection point that will make it a […]

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