ABB India Limited has secured an order from Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board Limited to upgrade 20 substations in Himachal Pradesh. ABB will deploy its electronic relays for the protection, control, measurement and supervision of […]
Kalpataru Power Transmission Limited has secured orders worth Rs 10.81 billion for works including the electrification of railways. The company secured a Rs 3.18 billion contract for railway electrification, signalling and telecommunication. Two orders worth […]
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL)has secured its first equipment export orders from Chile and Estonia. It has received orders for transformer bushings from Chile-based Niquel Electric Limited and for electric cards from Estonia-based SCANFIL OY […]
JSW Energy Limited may shelve its plans to acquire the 500 MW Bina TPP from Jaiprakash Power Ventures Limited (JPVL). The planned acquisition has been stalled as the lenders did not approve the deal due […]
CLP India Private Limited is planning to list itself on the bourses in the next two to three years. The company is looking for opportunities in the tranmission space and had recently bid for a […]
Thermax India Limited has set up a manufacturing unit in Indonesia at an investment of $25 million with the aim to expand its business in the Southeast Asian market. The facility will produce a range […]
CESC Limited is planning to invest Rs 10 billion in the power business in 2017-18. Of this, Rs 6 billion would be dedicated to CESC’s Kolkata distribution network and the rest would be invested in […]
Private gas-based power producers have sought the prime minister’s intervention on the issue of special incentives that are being given to Ratnagiri Gas and Power Private Limited (RGPPL), which operates the 1,957 MW Dabhol gas-based […]
Power generation companies have reportedly sought tariff support from the central government to meet new emission control norms for power plants. It is estimated that retrofitting coal-based power plants with new emission control equipment would […]
Tata Power Company Limited has introduced a QR (quick response) code-based bill payments system in Mumbai, Maharashtra. It is the first utility in the country to take this initiative. To enable the service, the QR […]
The Andhra Pradesh government plans to launch a pilot project on power storage batteries in Vizianagaram and Nellore districts. The move aims to meet power demand during natural contingencies such as cyclones. It is estimated […]
The Karnataka government is planning to purchase 1,000 MW of power from private players in order to meet the expected demand of 10,000 MW in the state. The state has been suffering from poor monsoon […]
The Delhi Electricity Regulatory RegulationsCommission (DERC) has notified the draft Renewable Purchase Obligation and Renewable Energy Certificate Framework Implementation, 2017 along with a draft RPO order. The draft regulations have mandated state discoms to either […]
The Uttar Pradesh New and Renewable Energy Development Agency has notified the draft UP Solar Power Policy, 2017. The policy proposes to generate 10,700 MW of solar power by 2022 to meet 8 per cent […]
TNERC has reduced cross-subsidy surcharge (CSS) to Rs 1.27-Rs 2.26 per unit for 2017-18 from about Rs 3.51 per unit earlier. With this, Tamil Nadu has one of the lowest CSS among industrialised states. The […]
In order to enable surplus power sharing amongst the states in the southern region, the Southern Region Power Committee has constituted a panel to simplify the power sharing guidelines. Under the new agreement, states facing […]
The Indian Wind Energy Association (IWEA) has the challenged Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission’s (TNERC) order in the Madras High Court for allowing the Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Company to hold an auction for […]
The Gujarat government has floated a tender to procure 1,000 MW of power from coal-based plants willing to sell electricity at a tariff of less than Rs 2.82 per unit. The state would transfer the […]
Coal India Limited (CIL) has decided to reduce its e-auction coal volumes by 50 per cent from 300 million tonnes (mt) in 2016-17 to 150 mt in 2017-18. The offer has been reduced as CIL […]
NHPC Limited’s 132 MW Teesta Low Dam Project (TLDP)-III and 160 MW TLDP-IV hydropower projects in Darjeeling, West Bengal, have been closed as precautionary measures owing to local agitation. Reportedly, the closure, which has been […]
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