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Power consumption in the country grew 4.4 per cent year-on-year to 150.47 billion units (BU) in August. Power consumption was recorded at 144.11 BU in August 2024, according to official data. Experts said continuous rainfall in most parts of the country affected power consumption and demand in August. The highest supply in a day (peak power demand met) in August rose to 229.71 GW last month, from about 216.47 GW in August 2024. Peak power demand had touched an all-time high of about 250 GW in May 2024. The previous all-time high peak power demand of 243.27 GW was recorded in September 2023. According to government estimates, peak power demand was expected to touch 277 GW in the summer of 2025. However, this summer (April onwards), the record peak power demand was 242.77 GW in June. According to the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), India received 743.1 mm of rainfall between June 1 and August 31, about 6 per cent above the long-period average of 700.7 mm. June rainfall w

Energy and Power

SECTOR | 01 Sep 2025, 04:28PM

GH2 Solar to set up green hydrogen electrolyzer manufacturing facility in Madhya Pradesh

Business Line

The facility, located in Morena district, will begin with an annual manufacturing capacity of 105 megawatt (MW)

Energy and Power

SECTOR | 01 Sep 2025, 01:17PM

OpenAI eyes India data centre with 1 GW capacity, builds local presence

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OpenAI plans to build a 1-gigawatt data centre in India and is expanding its local team; the move is part of its Stargate AI infrastructure push in Asia

Energy and Power

SECTOR | 31 Aug 2025

Uttarakhand landslide: 19 NHPC workers trapped inside Dhauliganga project

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Nineteen workers of National Hydroelectric Power Corporation Limited (NHPC) were trapped inside a power house on Sunday as a landslide blocked normal and emergency tunnels of Dhauliganga Power Project in Uttarakhand's Pithoragarh, officials said. Dharchula Deputy District Magistrate Jitendra Verma said that machines have been deployed to remove the debris, and the way will be cleared by evening, after which all the workers will be able to come out. The path leading to the normal and emergency tunnels of the Dhauliganga power project in Ealagarh area near Dharchula here in the district was blocked due to a landslide caused by heavy rains. He said that despite the continuous falling of debris, the work of clearing the way is underway with the help of JCB machines of the Border Roads Organisation. Verma said that all the workers are safe and they will come out after the way to the power house is opened. He also said that power generation from the power project is continuing normally.