Month: June 2017

The CEA has projected a peak surplus of 6.8 per cent and energy surplus of 8.8 per cent for 2017-18 in its recent Load Generation Balance Report 2017-18. A capacity addition of 13,405 MW comprising […]

The Ministry of Coal (MoC) has stated that Eastern Coalfields Limited’s Rajmahal Opencast Project (OCP) will continue to supply coal to NTPC Limited’s 2,100 MW Kahalgaon and 2,340 MW Farakka TPPs throughout 2017. The statement […]

NTPC has awarded the mine developer-cum-operator contract for its Dulanga coal mine in Odisha. In addition, the company is soon likely to begin production at the eastern quarry of the Pakri-Barwadih coal mine in Jharkhand. […]

NTPC Limited has set up charging stations for electric vehicles (EVs) at its offices in Noida and Delhi. The move is aimed at promoting clean transportation and is expected to eventually boost the power demand. […]

The expert forest panel of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has deferred clearance to the 600 MW Tawang hydroelectric project (HEP) Stage I until a study is conducted on it, as […]

The Indian government has signed a general framework agreement and a credit protocol with its Russian counterpart for setting up units 5 and 6 of the Kundankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP) in Tamil Nadu. The […]

The central government has imposed a one-year ban on 71 companies providing solar panels. The government has removed them from the panel and the reason cited for the same is that the companies had failed […]

The central government has reportedly decided to provide a Rs 160 billion bailout package to the hydropower sector. The bailout package will provide a 4 per cent interest subvention to projects with a total capacity […]

The MoP is in the process of formulating a plan along with financial institutions and NTPC Limited to bail out stressed thermal power projects (TPPs). While banks will take over stressed power assets, NTPC has […]

The Central Electricity Authority (CEA) has released the region-wise implementation plan for flue gas desulphurisation (FGD) installation wherein it has provided a two-to five-year relaxation to over 300 TPPs from adhering to the new emission […]

The Ministry of Power (MoP) is at an advanced stage of finalising the revised guidelines for group captive power plants (CPPs). The new guidelines are likely to change the definition of ownership of the group […]