Bilaspur. In the power-surplus state of Chhattisgarh, undeclared power cuts are going on from city to village in the scorching heat, due to which people are suffering. In the village, the electricity system is dependent on God. At the same time, the condition of the city is also bad. There is no time for electricity to come and go in Bilaspur. Every year, three thousand crore rupees are spent in the name of maintenance so that there is no technical problem in the electricity department. But, in the name of maintenance only formalities are done by cutting the branches of the trees.
To get relief from all these problems of power failure, every year a tender of three thousand crore rupees is issued by the department. So that, storms and technical problems can be overcome. Officers say that every year there is a scheme to work in the department, according to which different works are done. Even after the month of May has passed, the maintenance work in the department is incomplete, due to which the problem of electricity is not getting resolved.
Kathmandu: Nepal has started exporting electricity to India from Saturday, as the generation of hydroelectricity from run-of-the-river projects increased with the onset of the monsoon in the Himalayan country. Last year also, Nepal exported hydroelectricity to India from June to November.
“We have started selling 600 MW hour electricity to India from Saturday as there is a surplus in the electricity in the country,” said Suresh Bhattarai, spokesperson of Nepal Electricity Authority. From shortage of electricity in Nepal to surplus
Some time ago Nepal was importing up to 400 MW electricity from India to meet the domestic demand.
In Nepal the domestic demand for electricity increases in winter, while the supply decreases and in summer the demand decreases while the supply increases.
Most of the hydropower projects operating in Nepal are based on run-of-the-river. Last year, Nepal earned around 12 billion rupees from exporting electricity to India.
With the onset of monsoons, hydropower plants in Nepal have been producing excess electricity from the elevated water levels in the Himalayan rivers.
Janjgir-Champa. The havoc of celestial electricity has been seen. A woman died after being struck by lightning. In the same incident, the husband of the woman narrowly survived. There has been a stir in the area after the incident.
According to the information, this incident happened this morning. During the work in the Women’s Employment Guarantee Scheme, she got electrocuted. The name of the woman is Purnima Patel. This is the case of Changori village of Akaltara area.
Washington. In America, a snake cut off the electricity of 16,000 homes. The incident came to light in the US city of Austin when a snake slithered into a substation and came in contact with equipment. The outage started at 1 pm on May 16, affecting around 16,000 customers, according to reports. The incident happened when a snake entered a substation and came in contact with an electrified circuit, causing a power failure. At the same time, Austin Energy said in its tweet that interference of wildlife can cause power failure. Today a snake crawled into one of our substations and came in contact with an electrified circuit which stopped the flow of electricity. Power was later restored to all affected customers by 2 p.m. An Austin Energy spokeswoman said the company is now in the process of installing low-voltage electric snake fencing around substations to keep the crawling reptiles out. In a similar incident last year, about 10,000 homes in Japan lost power when a snake fell into an electrical substation.
The central government has given its approval for the implementation of Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS) in the Union Territory of Ladakh with a sanctioned cost of Rs 687.05 crore, officials said in a PTI report.
It is said that the Ministry of Power conveyed its approval to RDSS for implementation in Ladakh.
In this regard, an agreement was signed between the chief engineer, Distribution, Ladakh Power Development Department (LPDD), Tsewang Paljor and executive director WAPCOS Limited A K Gahlot in the presence of administrative Secretary Power, Ladakh, Ravinder Kumar, they added.
The scheme includes the grid connectivity of the Changthang region, downline infrastructure in the Zanskar region along with other loss reduction works in the Leh and Kargil districts of Ladakh, they said.
The Ministry of Power also approved the appointment of WAPCOS, a Government of India undertaking as the project management agency (PMA) for the implementation of RDSS in Ladakh.
The Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme aims to improve operational efficiencies and financial sustainability, by providing result-linked financial assistance to DISCOMs for strengthening supply infrastructure based on meeting pre-qualifying criteria and achieving basic minimum benchmarks.
Goa largely depends on coal thermal power plants to meet its electricity requirement; but it is startling to note that the data released by the State government revealed that the sector was responsible for around 50 per cent of total carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions of the State in 2020.
The emission, which is likely to drop down to 22 per cent by 2050, also takes into account the power generation that takes place in coal thermal plants of Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, to fulfil the coastal State’s requirement.
Further, in 2020, Goa’s per capita CO2 emissions were around 3.02 tonnes per year, much higher than the national average of 1.9 tonnes per year. This was revealed through data released by the State government.
“It is observed that in 2020, the electricity sector of the State was responsible for around 50.4 per cent of total CO2 emissions of the State. By 2050, emissions from the electricity sector will drop to 22.4 per cent only. That’s because the State’s power requirement will also go up in the next two-and-half decades,” the government said.
“Of the total 50 per cent, the coal thermal power plants contribute half of their total emissions. These plants generate power for us and hence we need to take into account the emissions by them,” sources said.
Goa’s firm allocation of power, excluding renewable energy, is 646.11 MW at generating source. The net availability considering transmission losses and auxiliaries consumption at the State border is 580 MW. To meet the shortfall, the Electricity Department Goa (EDG) buys electricity from the open market through energy exchanges, regularly about 100-150 MW.
State’s power demand during peak hour is likely to touch 1000MW by 2030, with further requirement projection yet to be done.
The data further revealed that the transport sector contributed around 42 per cent emissions in 2020. “By 2050, the transport sector emissions share is likely to increase to 62 per cent. Emissions from the industry sector are expected to increase from 4 per cent in 2020 to 13 per cent in 2050,” it said further.
“It’s critical to urgently adopt cleaner powering technologies. Goa aims at going 100 per cent renewable across all its sectors by 2050 with net zero emission,” sources said.
According to the government data, in terms of the per capita emissions, it is estimated that Goa will be around two times higher than the national average of per capita emissions.
“In 2020, Goa’s per capita CO2 emission was around 3.02 tonnes per year where India’s average is around 1.8 tonnes per year. Due to increasing levels of energy consumption especially transport fuels and industrial energy, per capita emissions of Goa could go up to 4.67 tonnes per year by 2050,” it stated.
Raipur. Chhattisgarh Electricity Board is going to recruit the vacant posts of Wireman in Raipur. Candidates can register on the department’s website (www.cei.cgstate.gov.in) till April 30. In the month of July, the department will take the exam for the recruitments. The department will not charge any fee for this registration. Candidates will get posting in Raipur, Balodabazar, Gariaband district. There is also a separate course in ITI for wireman, which students can do after 8th, 10th or 12th. By the way, many courses are conducted under ITI course. ITI wireman candidates are given information related to wire, in which wire installation, repairing, replacement and information related to electricity are taught in great detail. The minimum age for taking admission in Wireman’s course should be 14 years and no upper age limit has been prescribed.
In Himachal Pradesh, 10 MW of electricity will be generated from the roofs of the houses in the next eight months. Snow Energy Department has started the work to achieve the target. The Central Government has given this target to the Snow Energy Department. The special thing is that the central and state government will also pay subsidy to generate electricity on the house roofs. In these, the central government has made a provision of subsidy up to 40 percent, while the state government has fixed a provision of six thousand rupees for the domestic plant. If Himachal achieves this target in January 2024, then the additional target from the Center will be fixed after 2024. At present, for the last two years, the Snow Energy Department is emphasizing on generating rooftop solar power. In this, the central government has also made a provision of 40 percent subsidy for domestic consumers from one to three kilowatts while 10 to 20 percent subsidy from three to 10 kilowatts. Talking about Snow Energy Department, up to three kilowatts, 50 thousand per kilowatt will have to be paid while from three to ten kilowatts, the rate of Rs.48600 will have to be paid.
