Gandhinagar: The overall power demand in Gujarat soared to a new peak on Tuesday, surpassing the 22,800 MW. This is a significant increase compared to the same period last year when the highest single-day demand in the first half of April was recorded at 20,747 MW. According to data from the State Load Dispatch Centre, electricity consumption stood at 22,843 MW on Tuesday. Experts anticipate that the total statewide demand may surpass 23,500 MW in May. In order to meet Tuesday's demand, Gu...Read More

Union Minister of Power and New and Renewable Energy, R. K. Singh, and Kanubhai Desai, Minister of Finance, Energy, and Petrochemicals, Gujarat, today inaugurated a seminar titled ‘Energy Transition in India: Road Travelled and Opportunities Ahead” here in the state capital. The two-day event is a precursor to the forthcoming Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2024. In his address, Shri Singh said, “Our economy is growing at 7.6% and will continue to grow at that pace at least for the next 2 ...Read More

Gandhinagar: Due to delayed rain in August and so far in the month of September, the demand of power has increased in agricultural sector, as the farmers need to use pumps to irrigate and save their standing kharif crops, and also in non-agricultural sector due to heat and high temperature. The peak power demand has gone up and reached an unprecedented 24,544 MW in Gujarat this week, in which the demand in the agriculture sector is 9002 MW. The State government has started giving two hou...Read More

Gandhinagar: The Government of Gujarat today announced additional two hours power supply for several districts benefitting 12 lakh farmers. Cotton, groundnut and paddy farmers are kept in focus while taking this decision. Finance minister Kanubhai Desai said the decision has been taken in view of delayed rains in the month of August. Desai said the power demand has gone up to never before 9,170 mw. He said the other districts will also be served if need arises. The district wh...Read More

New Delhi: Gujarat tops the list of Indian states for installed electricity generation capacity, according to the 'Energy Statistics India' report for 2023 by MOSPI. In 2022, Gujarat had an installed capacity of 37.35 GW, surpassing Maharashtra's 36.12 GW. The state's renewable energy capacity grew by 25%  from 13,214 megawatts (MW) to 16,587MW between 2020-21 to 2021-22, with solar power capacity rising by 61% to 7,180 MW. Gujarat ranked second in the potential of renewable power, accou...Read More

ગાંધીનગરઃભારત સરકારના ઊર્જા મંત્રાલય દ્વારા હાથ ધરવામાં આવેલા ૧૦મા એન્યુઅલ ઇન્ટીગ્રેટેડ રેટિંગમાં રાજ્ય સરકાર હસ્તકની વીજ વિતરણ કંપનીઓએ ‘એ’ પ્લસ રેટિંગ પ્રાપ્ત કરવાની સિદ્ધિ મેળવી છે. ...Read More

Ahmedabad: All state-owned utilities and two torrent power utilities of Ahmedabad and Surat received an A+ grade in the “10th Integrated Ratings of DISCOMs” released by Union Minister for Power and New & Renewable Energy, Shri R K Singh in New Delhi on Friday. DGVCL (Dakshin Gujarat Vij Company Limited) and MGVCL (Madhya Gujarat Vij Company Limited) topped the list, respectively, while two other state-owned DISCOMS and two torrent power utilities of Ahmedabad and Surat rounded out the top...Read More

Gandhinagar: The Gujarat Energy Department has set a goal of reducing carbon emission from energy production by 139 million tons till 2030. To meet this goal, installed capacity for renewable energy production will be increased in the state to 68,000 Megawatt by 2030. Installed capacity for renewable energy is 42% (17,367 Megawatts) of the total installed power generation capacity, up from 29% (8,065 Megawatts) in 2017-18. Because of this increase in installed capacity for renewable energ...Read More