India’s urban mass transport sector is expanding rapidly, and with it, the electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure segment, reflecting the accelerating shift towards sustainable mobility solutions. This growth is visible most prominently in metro cities […]
India’s infrastructure financing landscape has undergone a transformation, progressively moving beyond traditional budgetary sources towards more sophisticated and innovative strategies. Historically, critical infrastructure sectors such as roads, railways, ports, and urban rail have relied on […]
The Indian power sector has witnessed significant growth and diversification, with a focus on increasing capacity from renewable sources while maintaining a balance with conventional energy sources such as coal and lignite. The country’s peak […]
The Indian power sector has seen significant developments over the past year, marked by notable progress and strategic milestones across the value chain. Peak power demand has been effectively managed, renewable energy capacity has increased […]
The year 2023-24 saw a capacity addition of 25,367 MW, higher than the 16,854 MW in 2022-23. In 2023-24, renewable capacity addition stood at 18,485 MW, thermal at 5,404 MW, nuclear at 1,400 MW and […]
The national plant load factor (PLF) increased from 64.2 per cent in 2022-23 to 69.1 per cent in 2023-24. For the central, state and private sectors, the PLF stood 75.1 per cent, 64.7 per cent […]
The entry of drones into various sectors is transforming the approach to inspection and maintenance of assets. This has led to the emergence of new ways of surveillance, monitoring, tracking and maintenance. The deployment of […]
In a first-of-its-kind move to tackle the problem of mounting discom dues, the Ministry of Power (MoP) has allowed discoms to clear their outstanding dues along with late payment surcharge (LPS) in equated monthly instalments […]
The power distribution segment continues to be the Achilles heel of the power sector, adversely impacting the viability of the entire value chain. In the past couple of months, the outstanding discom dues to power […]
In a move that could be a potential game changer for the power sector, the government recently released the draft Electricity (Amendment) Act, 2018, which seeks to fill the gaps in the existing framework and […]
Budget 2018 is certainly a special one since it is the last one to be presented by the current government before the elections in 2019. The government has to a large extent set a populist […]
Project commissioning has been on the rise across infrastructure sectors in the past few years. In fact, the years 2016 and 2017 witnessed the completion of several projects owing to the government’s thrust on resolving […]
India Infrastructure Research identified 489 major power projects (each with an investment of over Rs 10 billion) in the country, aggregating an investment of almost Rs 32.5 trillion. About 88 per cent of this will […]
In recent years, energy management has been a key focus area of Indian Railways (IR). It has undertaken a number of initiatives to curtail fuel costs. Energy costs (comprising diesel and electricity costs) roughly account […]
Pumps and pumping systems are an integral part of activities undertaken in agriculture, onshore and offshore production of oil and natural gas, petroleum refining, mining, power generation, and public water supply and sanitation. The power […]
The market for equipment moves in tandem with growth in the manufacturing sector. With the aim of increasing the share of manufacturing in the economy’s GDP, the government is taking steps to give an impetus […]
In a first in the power sector, lenders of an under-construction project have opted for the Swiss Challenge auction to seek alternative investors. The lender consortium led by the State Bank of India (SBI) […]
Distribution franchise (DF) is neither a new concept in India, nor a popular one. It has been a decade since the first franchise was awarded in 2006 amid a lot of promise, and yet, there […]
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