Hope Despite Hurdles
Consultants’ perspective
Power Line invited key consultants in the power sector to highlight the major achievements in the past […]
2016
Hope Despite Hurdles
Positive Outlook
Equipment manufacturers’ views
The equipment industry has been battling a significant slowdown in demand, which has led to a major […]
Lending Hope
Financiers’ perspective
Investor confidence is slowly returning to the sector with various reforms being undertaken to address industry concerns. […]
Road to Revival
Discoms’ views
That the Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana (UDAY) will bring about a positive change in the power sector […]
Getting Future Ready
Transcos’ opinion
Over the past two decades, the transmission segment has witnessed significant developments in terms of the increase […]
Challenging Times
Developers’ perspective
The Electricity Act, 2003 opened up the generation segment for private players, leading to sizable capacity addition […]
Growth Expectations
Views of sector experts
With massive capacity addition, reduction in power deficit and improved energy access, the sector has come a […]
A Sea Change
Transformation of the power sector over the last 20 years
R.V. Shahi, Former Power Secretary, Government of India The Indian power sector has, in the last 20 […]
Interview with Andreas Lusch
“We are extremely upbeat about the opportunities the Indian market presents”
Coal is an important fuel and will remain so for many years, believes Andreas Lusch, president and […]
Interview with Pitamber Shivnani
“ABB’s continuous focus has been on introducing the latest technologies in India”
With investments in transmission and distribution (T&D) infrastructure expected to remain high on the agenda of the […]
Interview with Lalit Jalan
“We are hopeful of better days for the sector”
While the Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana (UDAY) is a step in the right direction, timely tariff reforms […]
Interview with Anil Sardana
“Tata Power aims to have a significant contribution from clean power sources”
Greater private participation, larger contribution of renewable energy to the fuel mix, stronger regulatory processes and an […]
Interview with Deepak Amitabh
“Power market forces will be instrumental in creating liquidity and competition”
From around 2 per cent of the country’s total power generation in the early 2000s, the share […]
Interview with Atul Sobti
“Ordering activity is gradually picking up”
While the overall power equipment industry continued to suffer from underutilisation of manufacturing capacity, it was a […]
Interview with K.M. Singh
“Hydropower development will look up in the near future”
Ease of doing business is the key to reviving the languishing hydropower sector, believes K.M. Singh, chairman and […]
Interview with I.S. Jha
“Transmission has evolved as an enabler of power markets”
The power transmission segment today boasts of high-tech systems, an integrated pan-Indian grid and a huge network. […]
Interview with Gurdeep Singh
“We expect to cross the 50,000 MW mark by the end of this fiscal”
Providing power at affordable rates and gearing up for a life with renewables are some of the […]
Interview with Anil Swarup
“If the country’s economy has to grow, the demand for coal has to grow”
The coal sector has witnessed a number of positive developments over the past two years, including record […]
Interview with G.B. Pradhan
“The CERC has played an important role in creating a market structure for the sector”
For a sector that was unused to regulation, a major turning point was the passing of the […]
Views of Piyush Goyal
"The climate change problem is here, now and today."
Piyush Goyal, minister of state (independent charge) for power, coal, new and renewable energy and mines, is […]