9 September
Electricity consumption in India dropped by 1.6% year-on-year to 109.7TWh in August. This comes as a result of weak industrial and commercial activities in the aftermath of the Covid-19-induced lockdown. Power consumption in the month was also 2.2% lower than July, as monsoons reduced the cooling demand from residential segment.
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The Australian Capital Territory government has awarded a wind farm construction contract to Global Power Generation (GPG). The company is a joint venture of Naturgy Energy Group, with a 75% stake, and the Kuwait Investment Authority with a 25% stake. GPG will construct the 107MW Berrybank Stage 2 Wind Farm in the state of Victoria, approximately 150km from Melbourne. Furthermore, GPG has committed to install a 20MWh Battery Energy Storage System located within the ACT. The wind farm will entail a total investment of $155m (AUD215m), and will start operations in the second half of 2022.
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved plans to monetise the state-run Power Grid Corp. of India‘s transmission projects won through a bidding process.
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