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Delhi's Power Demand Surges Amid Heat Wave, Likely To Peak At 9,000 MegaWatt
Delhi is likely to witness another record-breaking power milestone, with the peak power demand expected to touch 9,000 MW for the first time this summer.
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Heatwaves Drove 1/3rd Of Rise In Power Demand During 2024 Summer: Report
India's electricity demand during the severe heatwave months of April to June 2024 rose by 10.4 per cent compared to the corresponding period the year before, with increased use of air conditioning contributing to nearly a third of the rise.
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Delhi's Electricity Demand Breaches 8.3 GigaWatt For The First Time Ever
The extreme summer heat in Delhi pushed its peak power demand to an all-time high of 8,302 MW on Wednesday afternoon, officials said.
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Rising Heat Across India Raises Alarm On Another Energy Crunch
High temperatures across parts of India have pushed electricity demand to near-record levels in recent weeks, triggering worries about yet another summer squeeze on power supply.
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Huge Jump In Power Demand In India Amid Early Summer: What Data Shows
Peak power demand met or the highest supply in a day rose by 12 per cent to 198.47 GW on April 1 compared to the year-ago same day, showing impact of early onset of summer and improvement in commercial and industrial consumption.
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Delhi's Power Demand Rises, Likely To Breach 7,000 MW This Summer
Delhi's power demand has started to rise under the combined influence of unlocking of the city and weather conditions, crossing over 5,000 mega watts (MW) mark in a night for the first time this summer, discom officials said.
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Delhi Power Discoms Gear Up To Meet Summer Electricity Demand
Amid a massive surge in COVID-19 cases, power discoms in Delhi are gearing up to meet the summer electricity demand and focusing on providing uninterrupted supply to critical services including hospitals, vaccination centres, quarantine facilities, p
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Delhi Discoms Offer New "Green" ACs, Fans To Consumers At Heavy Discount
In India, nothing works like a good discount and so goes for the adoption of cleaner technologies, which are often more expensive. With this in mind, Delhi's power distribution companies have started an exchange scheme, wherein all its consumers can replace their old fans and ACs and get new energy-saving ones for a substantial discount, a BSES spo...
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As Demand For AC Booms, India Could Become Top User Of Power For Cooling
With India's AC market expected to explode from 30 million to a billion units by 2050, the world's second-most populous country could become the planet's top user of electricity for cooling.
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Power demand in Delhi reaches year's highest
The searing heat today pushed the power demand in the city to over 5,200 megawatt, the highest of the year.
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Japan may shutdown all nuclear reactors this summer
It is possible none of Japan's nuclear reactors, all but two of which were shut down after last year's Fukushima disaster, will be up and running this summer when electricity demand peaks, the trade minister said on Thursday.
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Delhi's Power Demand Surges Amid Heat Wave, Likely To Peak At 9,000 MegaWatt
Delhi is likely to witness another record-breaking power milestone, with the peak power demand expected to touch 9,000 MW for the first time this summer.
-
Heatwaves Drove 1/3rd Of Rise In Power Demand During 2024 Summer: Report
India's electricity demand during the severe heatwave months of April to June 2024 rose by 10.4 per cent compared to the corresponding period the year before, with increased use of air conditioning contributing to nearly a third of the rise.
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Delhi's Electricity Demand Breaches 8.3 GigaWatt For The First Time Ever
The extreme summer heat in Delhi pushed its peak power demand to an all-time high of 8,302 MW on Wednesday afternoon, officials said.
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Rising Heat Across India Raises Alarm On Another Energy Crunch
High temperatures across parts of India have pushed electricity demand to near-record levels in recent weeks, triggering worries about yet another summer squeeze on power supply.
-
Huge Jump In Power Demand In India Amid Early Summer: What Data Shows
Peak power demand met or the highest supply in a day rose by 12 per cent to 198.47 GW on April 1 compared to the year-ago same day, showing impact of early onset of summer and improvement in commercial and industrial consumption.
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Delhi's Power Demand Rises, Likely To Breach 7,000 MW This Summer
Delhi's power demand has started to rise under the combined influence of unlocking of the city and weather conditions, crossing over 5,000 mega watts (MW) mark in a night for the first time this summer, discom officials said.
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Delhi Power Discoms Gear Up To Meet Summer Electricity Demand
Amid a massive surge in COVID-19 cases, power discoms in Delhi are gearing up to meet the summer electricity demand and focusing on providing uninterrupted supply to critical services including hospitals, vaccination centres, quarantine facilities, p
-
Delhi Discoms Offer New "Green" ACs, Fans To Consumers At Heavy Discount
In India, nothing works like a good discount and so goes for the adoption of cleaner technologies, which are often more expensive. With this in mind, Delhi's power distribution companies have started an exchange scheme, wherein all its consumers can replace their old fans and ACs and get new energy-saving ones for a substantial discount, a BSES spo...
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As Demand For AC Booms, India Could Become Top User Of Power For Cooling
With India's AC market expected to explode from 30 million to a billion units by 2050, the world's second-most populous country could become the planet's top user of electricity for cooling.
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Power demand in Delhi reaches year's highest
The searing heat today pushed the power demand in the city to over 5,200 megawatt, the highest of the year.
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Japan may shutdown all nuclear reactors this summer
It is possible none of Japan's nuclear reactors, all but two of which were shut down after last year's Fukushima disaster, will be up and running this summer when electricity demand peaks, the trade minister said on Thursday.
