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☆ Column: India’s massive renewables deployment helps meet record power demand
  + stars: | 2023-08-25 | by ( John Kemp | Thomson Reuters | John Kemp Is A Senior Market Analyst Specializing In Oil | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +3 min
Total demand met hit a record 140 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) in June, up from 134 billion kWh in June 2022. Chartbook: India's electricity systemGrid controllers have been able to call on much more generation from renewable sources and improved availability of fossil-fuel units. Generation from wind farms increased by 1.5 billion kWh (+16%) while solar output was up by 1.1 billion kWh (+14%) compared with the same month in 2022. Other generation, mostly from coal-fired units, also increased by 3.3 billion kWh (+3%) owing to improved fuel availability. Related columns:- India to extend time-of-use electricity tariffs (June 27, 2023)- India’s electricity supply improves in cooler pre-monsoon (May 26, 2023)- India’s grid strained by burgeoning power demand (March 29, 2023)- India’s low coal stocks threaten electricity supply (January 27, 2023)John Kemp is a Reuters market analyst.
Persons: India's, Sunil Kataria, John Kemp, Susan Fenton Organizations: REUTERS, Grid Controller, Thomson, Reuters Locations: Modhera, Gujarat, India
☆ India's first fully solar village lights up the lives of poor residents
  + stars: | 2022-11-01 | by ( Sunil Kataria | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +3 min
[1/3] Solar panels are installed on the rooftops of residential houses in Modhera, India's first round-the-clock solar-powered village, in the western state of Gujarat, India, October 19, 2022. Now, however, his machine moves on solar power as earlier this month Prajapati's village of around 6,500 residents, consisting mainly of potters, tailors, farmers and shoemakers, was declared India's first village to run entirely on solar energy all the time. The government buys excess energy produced here from residents if they do not use all of the capacity allotted to the households. For Reena Ben, 36, a housewife, who also works as a tailor part time, the solar power has hugely aided her work. "When we got access to solar power, I bought an electric motor worth 2,000 rupees ($24) to attach to the sewing machine.
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