ELECTRICAL BLACKOUT
Adani to invest over $1 bn in Sri Lankan wind projects
Adani Group plans to invest over USD 1 billion in setting up projects in Sri Lanka through Adani Green Energy Ltd. The projects include two wind farms in Sri Lanka's Mannar town and Pooneryn village with a total capacity of 484 megawatts.
How electric car batteries might aid the grid (and win over drivers)
New technology could transform expensive electric car batteries into assets for owners, offering benefits like reduced utility bills and free parking. Automakers like Ford, GM, and BMW are exploring using electric car batteries to store excess renewable energy, creating a potential new revenue stream.
Powering ahead: How India made big electricity blackouts a thing of the past
The present situation is a far cry from July 30 and 31, 2012, when India experienced the world's largest blackout. During that crisis, the northern and eastern grids collapsed due to overload, leaving 620 million people without power for more than 13 hours. Since then, significant improvements have transformed India’s transmission network into the world's largest unified grid.
Government successfully met peak power demand in Delhi without outages: Atishi
Delhi Power Minister Atishi commended the power department for maintaining uninterrupted electricity supply in Delhi amid intense heatwave conditions, asserting readiness for potential peak demands of up to 8000 MW while contrasting with reported power outages in neighbouring cities and BJP-ruled states.
Cargo ship that caused Baltimore bridge collapse had power blackout hours before leaving port
Investigators attribute the March collapse of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge to the cargo ship Dali's electrical blackout, caused by a crewmember's mistake during maintenance. The ship lost power shortly after leaving the port, crashing into a bridge support. The National Transportation Safety Board conducts a comprehensive investigation, expected to last over a year. Meanwhile, the FBI initiates a criminal inquiry into the incident.
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Giant batteries are transforming the way the U.S. uses electricity
Power companies across the US are using large batteries, similar in size to shipping containers, to tackle the main drawback of renewable energy: the inconsistency of wind and solar availability.
‘We are energy nerds.’ People are obsessing over home electricity gadgets
The relationship between utility and customer is usually a one-way street: The utility offers a price, the consumer pays it and uses the energy supplied.
India’s hot summer creates winners in its pricey stock market
The coming months will also see hundreds of millions of voters attend campaign rallies and head to the polls in a parliamentary election that lasts for weeks starting mid-April. Such increased activity will likely amplify the impact of extreme weather and boost demand for products to tackle heat.
Best Generators in India: Unveiling Top Power Solutions for Every Need
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India may launch carbon capture policy to exploit vast coal resources
India plans to launch a carbon capture policy to address its growing emissions while still utilising its vast coal resources. The policy, set to be unveiled later this year, will provide incentives for companies to trap, recycle, and store their emissions underground. The power sector, responsible for 42% of India's emissions, can potentially capture and recycle 70% of its emissions through carbon capture. India aims to use coal in a sustainable way and is exploring coal gasification technology as well, which has marginally lower emissions compared to conventional coal firing.
India rebuilds coal stocks to ensure electric reliability: Kemp
India's electricity supply in 2024 is more comfortable due to increased coal production and a significant deployment of renewables. Coal inventories have recovered, with record volumes of coal being dug and dispatched to generators. Power plants now have plentiful stocks of coal, minimizing the risk of blackouts. Generators are storing 38 million tonnes of coal on site, up from previous years. The comfortable fuel situation is a result of increased coal production and prioritized coal deliveries. The expansion of renewable generation has also relieved some pressure on coal supplies.
Britain's National Grid drops China-based supplier over cyber security fears: Report
Britain's National Grid has removed components from its electricity transmission network supplied by China-backed Nari Technology due to cyber security concerns. The decision was made in April after consulting the National Cyber Security Centre. The decision was based on NR Electric UK components that help control and balance the grid and minimize blackout risks.
Gaza communications blackout ends, giving rise to hope for the resumption of critical aid deliveries
Israel has signalled plans to expand its offensive south while continuing operations in the north, including Gaza City, where troops were still searching the territory's biggest hospital, Shifa, for traces of a Hamas command centre that Israel alleges was located under the building — a claim Hamas and the hospital staff deny.
UN stops delivery of food and supplies to Gaza as communications blackout hinders aid coordination
Israel announced that it will allow for the first time two tanker trucks of fuel daily into Gaza for the U.N. and communications systems. The amount is about half of what the U.N. said it needs to conduct lifesaving functions for hundreds of thousands of people in Gaza, including fueling water systems, hospitals, bakeries and its trucks delivering aid.
Palestinian officials say Israeli air strikes hit Gaza hospitals and school
Israeli tanks, which have been advancing through northern Gaza for almost two weeks, have taken up positions around the Nasser Rantissi, Children's and Eye hospitals as well as the Al-Quds hospital, medical staff said ealier, raising the alarm.
Karnataka may need Rs 1,500 crore more for electricity: Siddaramaiah
Additional funds are needed because he acquiesced to the farmers’ demand of asking power companies to supply electricity to farmers for a maximum of seven hours instead of five, the CM said. Karnataka would require about 600 MW per hour or about 14 million units per day, he said.
Texas declares power emergency amid sweltering heat, warns of rolling blackouts; Details here
The memory of the catastrophic winter storm in February 2021 still looms large in Texas. During that event, a historic freeze led to widespread blackouts, resulting in the tragic loss of hundreds of lives, leaving millions without electricity in freezing homes, and crippling the state for nearly a week.
India seeks more natural gas amid emergency measures to end blackouts
In a bid to stop the electricity outages, the Indian government wants additional volumes of natural gas and has asked utilities to expedite completion of power plant maintenance. India's power demand has been growing rapidly, with strong economic growth boosting demand from factories and the summer heat increasing household consumption.
India extends coal import mandate for power to avoid blackouts
The Indian government has extended its mandate to power plants to import coal until March as the country experienced the driest August in a little over 100 years, pushing electricity demand to a record high. Plants have been asked to import 4% of their supplies through March in a bid to avoid outages.
Why Aditya-L1? The strange case of the great Canadian blackout
Major objectives of Aditya-L1 include the study of the physics of solar corona and its heating mechanism, the solar wind acceleration, coupling and dynamics of the solar atmosphere, solar wind distribution and temperature anisotropy, and origin of Coronal Mass Ejections and flares and near-earth space weather. Aditya-L1 will study how storms and flares from the Sun emerge and impact us on Earth and our space activities,
Widespread blackout leaves parts of Brazil without electricity
The outage affected public transportation. Passengers had to evacuate subway lines in major cities, including Sao Paulo, Belo Horizonte and Salvador. Traffic lights were out in other cities.
GM will add backup power function to its electric vehicles
The move comes amid rising concern over lengthening blackouts resulting from extreme weather and climate change. Carmakers are increasingly touting the practical benefits of electric vehicles to appeal to customers not mainly interested in environmental benefits.
A new job for electric vehicles: Powering homes during blackouts
Homeowners are beginning to turn their electric vehicles (EVs) into sources of backup power as the grids that supply electricity struggle to deal with the extreme weather linked to climate change. Experts predict that EVs will soon become more than transport options, serving multiple functions, including generating power for the home. Pedro Pizarro, of Edison International, said that by soaking up power when it’s abundant and releasing it when it’s scarce, EVs can become “a bigger rubber band to absorb the shocks”. This trend is expected to cut the reliance on fossil fuels and reduce carbon emissions.
As blackouts sweep Vietnam, Northern Province vows power for Apple suppliers and firms
Outages have hit industrial parks in some northern provinces including Bac Giang and Bac Ninh, the state utility Vietnam Electricity Group’s northern unit has said.
Solar flare causes shortwave radio blackout over Indian Ocean
US space agency NASA had last year warned that the Sun is expected to release more frequent horrific solar flares in the near future as it nears the peak of its 11-year cycle called the solar maximum.
Massive blackout in Oman due to electricity outage affects daily life; here's how authorities are dealing with it
The Authority of Public Service Regulation (APSR) also stated that some of Oman's primary power grid is facing disruptions and is being handled by the Oman Electricity Transmission Company.
ERCOT advises Texans not to use major electric appliances amid probable rolling blackouts
Texas’ power grid to expect a surge in the demand for electricity during the peak heat hours. Since the output is considerably lower than usual, they have advised Texans not to use major appliances.
India’s rush to avoid blackouts leaving iron firms without coal
Supply pacts for coal deliveries can be renewed if both parties agree, or instead awarded through an auction process that India’s government introduced in 2016 to boost transparency.
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