Tata Power plans ₹20k cr capex in FY25: Natarajan Chandrasekaran

Tata Power plans a robust ₹20,000 crore investment in FY25, aiming to boost renewable energy and expand transmission and distribution. Chairman Natarajan Chandrasekaran highlighted the company's goal of achieving a…

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GVK Power and Infrastructure Ltd faces insolvency proceedings

NCLT appointed Satish Kumar Gupta as an interim resolution professional for managing the company during pendency of the insolvency. "The corporate debtor has acknowledged its liabilities and admitted the factum…

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Tamil Nadu electricity bill hiked: See new rates

Power tariff for different sections of consumers was revised in Tamil Nadu on Monday and this was part of the measures to offset the mounting financial losses incurred over the…

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Uttarakhand CM seeks Centre’s nod for 21 new hydro electricity power projects of 2123 MW

Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Dhami noted 40% hydroelectric capacity use, seeking 21 new hydel projects (2123 MW) approval from Union Minister Khattar, who reviewed Tehri Complex and urban projects. Projects on…

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A deep dive into cryptocurrency decentralization

In recent years it has become well known that cryptocurrency networks such as the Bitcoin network are energy intensive systems. As of 2024, Bitcoin mining operates on more than 16…

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Powering AI could use as much electricity as a small country

It has been nine years since Digiconomist was first launched with the objective of “exposing the unintended consequences of digital trends.” For a big part of these nine years, the…

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The Latest Hype in NFTs is a Climate Disaster: On-Chain Bitcoin NFTs

It wasn’t long ago non-fungible tokens (NFTs) were making headlines for their excessive environmental impact. Most of these NFTs were making use of the Ethereum blockchain or a related platform,…

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New research highlights success of Ethereum’s merge

A new article published in the peer-reviewed journal “Patterns” has caught the attention of various mainstream media such as the BBC and Bloomberg. The article by Digiconomist-founder Alex de Vries,…

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Launching public API for energy and carbon footprint data

Digiconomist has launched a new API for developers to retrieve energy consumption and carbon footprint data on the Bitcoin, Ethereum and Dogecoin networks. The respective energy index pages already provide downloadable…

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