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Rail hub launched to drive project delivery and investment Network Rail has established the Rail Investment Centre of Excellence, a new department which will help to lead the organisation’s effort to become a more efficient and dependable partner within the rail industry. As well as bringing a focus on efficient delivery of major projects and investment, the department will act as a hub for Network Rail’s devolved regional businesses and its wider network functions. Part of wider organisati...

The Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) has attributed the power outage experienced in some parts of the country to disruptions in its power supply system.

An aerial view of buildings and homes during a nationwide power blackout.—AFP/File ISLAMABAD: An independent inquiry committee has found serious violations of safety and security protocols and severe deficiencies in the country’s power system operations starting from generation facilities both in public and private sector to the entire transmission network including the K-Electric (KE) that resulted in a prolonged power breakdown early last month. The 24-page inquiry report “Total Power S...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Persistent and extreme cold weather has led to region-wide electricity use that exceeds available generation across the Southwest Power Pool (SPP) service territory. At 10:08 a.m.

EN+ GROUP ANNOUNCES 4Q AND FY 2020 TRADING UPDATE The rapid spread of the COVID-19 virus from early 2020 led to a decline in business activity and a rapid deterioration of commodity markets, marked by considerable bouts of volatility. The second half of 2020 saw our end markets stabilise, and then show signs of recovery in 4Q 2020. Despite these challenges, En+ continued to move forward with confidence and maintained stable operating performance both in its Metals and Power segments...

Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today presented the Union Budget 2021. Here are the sector wise highlights of the Budget.

Eskom unhappy with private solar installations as revenue evaporates Eskom hopes its proposed retail tariffs for 2021 will help solve a looming problem triggered by increased solar generation across the country. It cites a research study that projects between R3.5-billion and R4-billion in revenue will be lost to photovoltaic (PV) solar generation by the end of this year. Many would argue these numbers are on the low side. The shift to solar generation by business and households has resul...

Source: Eskom’s 2020/21 proposed retail tariff plan Second, because existing tariffs are largely variable-usage based (charged per kilowatt-hour), Eskom argues that they do not adequately “reflect the fixed costs and also the demand a customer imposes on the network”. As customers move to solar, Eskom contends they could become a “zero net or very low net” consumer as they feed excess power back into the grid during the day. Because they still use the network, this resultant “loss o...

The company seeks to operate about 7,300MW of power supply system in the province over a period of five to 10 years. — AFP/File ISLAMABAD: The Central Power Purchasing Agency and the National Transmission & Despatch Company — both key federal entities — have opposed transmission licence to the Khyber Pakhtun­khwa Transmission and Grid System Company (KPTGC) that seeks to operate about 7300MW of power supply system in the province over a period of five to 10 years. In response to comments...

BRIEF HISTORY Electricity was first generated in Nigeria in 1866 when two generating sets were installed to serve the Colony of Lagos. In 1951, the government of Nigeria, through an Act of Parliament, established the Electricity Commission of Nigeria (ECN) to regulate and operate the power supply systems in Nigeria. Subsequently, the Niger Dam Authority (NDA) was established for the development of the Kanji Hydroelectric Dam. In 1972, the ECN and the NDA were merged to form the Nigerian Electri...