In another development, NTPC is planning to reduce its capex by 18 per cent to Rs 230 billion in 2017-18 due to low demand growth and surplus capacity in the power sector. The company is […]
NTPC Limited is planning to surrender its Banai and Bhalumuda captive coal blocks in Chhattisgarh. The blocks were considered economically and technically unfeasible during the exploration period. The blocks have a high stripping ratio and […]
Following the conclusion of secretary-level talks over the Indus Water Treaty (IWT), India has been permitted to construct hydroelectric plants (HEPs) on the tributaries of the Chenab and Jhelum rivers with certain restrictions under the […]
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has extended relief to solar power developers by extending the project development deadlines in case the delays were caused by circumstances beyond their control. Prior to this, […]
The MoP is planning to propose new norms for power procurement in order to revive the signing of long-term PPAs by discoms. The new norms would require the discoms to pay only for the power […]
The MoP has evaluated the status of 34 stressed thermal power plants (TPPs) with an aggregate debt of Rs 1.77 trillion as per the list given by the Department of Financial Services (DFS). According to […]
The Ministry of Power (MoP) has notified the Guidelines for Tariff Based Competitive Bidding Process for Procurement of Power from Grid Connected Solar Photovoltaic [PV] Power Projects. The guidelines are applicable to PV projects with […]
The CERC has rejected a proposal for the introduction of the day-ahead market (DAM) for renewable energy certificates (RECs) in the power exchanges. Power exchanges and renewable energy companies had sought for creation of a […]
The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has proposed to review the Framework of Sharing of Interstate Transmission Charges and Losses – Point of Connection (PoC) methodology. The objective is to examine the PoC methodology and […]
The electricity traded in the day-ahead market at the IEX and PXIL in July 2017 was 3,678 MUs and 5 MUs respectively. The average market clearing price range at the IEX was Rs 1.11 per […]
Total power generation stood at 107.26 BUs in June 2017. At around 37.52 BUs and 30.22 BUs, the central and private sectors respectively accounted for the major share in conventional power generation. Meanwhile, renewable energy […]
Ravindra Kumar Verma is happy to be at the helm of affairs as chairman, Central Electricity Authority, at a time when the industry is witnessing many positive changes and many “good” challenges… Can there possibly […]
C.M. Khurana, chief general manager, India Infrastructure Finance Company Limited (IIFCL), oversees its credit operations and infrastructure sector investments, including renewable energy. His career, spanning over 38 years, began as a probationary officer with the […]
Shardul Kulkarni, founder of Deesha Power Solutions, brings to the table over 16 years of experience as a power sector consultant with expertise in stressed asset evaluation, new market and product development, power sector regulatory […]
As country director of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), Kenichi Yokoyama heads ADB’s Indian Resident Mission, where he is responsible for the overall country assistance strategy, the identification of new projects, and the sovereign lending […]
Energy efficiency is the future of the power sector, believes Ravichandran Purushothaman, president of Danfoss Industries Private Limited. He has close to three decades of experience in the energy sector, over half of it in […]
The thermal power generation segment has been facing hard times over the past few years. Pointing to the poor project pipeline in the segment, a Central Electricity Authority (CEA) report notes that no coal-based capacity […]
Despite the growing shift towards renewable sources of energy, India will continue to rely on coal-based power in the near future. This will have serious implications with regard to the increased green house gas (GHG) […]
According to estimates of the Central Electricity Authority (CEA), as of March 2016, over 37 GW of India’s thermal fleet is more than 25 years old (35.5 GW in the government sector and 1.9 GW […]
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