The power sector is slated to see significant policy and reform moves in the near to medium term, according to R.K. Singh, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Power and Renewable Energy. While the government […]
At a recent conference, “Wind Power in India”, organised by Power Line, Anand Kumar, secretary, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), discussed the issues and challenges facing the wind power sector and the way […]
Domestic coal production has recorded a steady growth in volumes in recent years, highlighting the government’s strong focus on augmenting output. The coal ministry is now gearing up for the launch of commercial coal mining […]
The country’s apex regulator, the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has been proactively working on a number of reforms to facilitate growth in the power sector. One of the landmark orders issued last year was […]
For NTPC Limited, the country’s biggest power producer with an installed capacity of over 51 GW, clean energy and electric vehicles are expected to be key areas of growth over the next few years. It […]
The country’s biggest power transmission utility, Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (Powergrid), I.S. Jha, chairman and managing director, Powergrid, spoke to Power Line about the company’s performance last year, its key projects, growth plans, […]
Although the country’s power mix is experiencing significant disruptions with a greater influx of renewables, coal-based power is expected to remain the backbone of the Indian power sector, says Atul Sobti, chairman and managing director, […]
Deepak Amitabh, chairman and managing director, PTC India Limited, expects power demand to pick up in the medium term on the back of improvements in the macroeconomic environment, better discom health and government stimuli. Excerpts […]
According to Anil Sardana, managing director and chief executive officer, Tata Power, the mood of the power sector has transformed from despair to optimism during the past year. However, issues related to stressed assets and […]
For de-stressing the distribution segment, the government needs to focus on addressing the legacy issues of discoms by devising customised solutions, believes Lalit Jalan, chief executive officer, Reliance Infrastructure Limited (RInfra). Excerpts from a recent […]
Positive on government initiatives, Ravi Uppal, outgoing managing director and group chief executive officer, Jindal Steel and Power Limited (JSPL), believes that the reliance on thermal power in India will continue in the years to […]
Having won three distribution franchise bids in the past two years, CESC Limited is optmistic about more opportunities in this space going forward, says Aniruddha Basu, managing director, CESC Limited. However, more needs to be […]
Power and automation technology major Siemens is optimistic about the sector’s growth in India, driven by electrification opportunities, uptake in technologies for power quality improvement and smart grid development, and integration of renewable energy on […]
Power sector reforms commenced in the early 1990s when the Government of India launched economic policy changes. It was recognised that power sector expansion programmes would require not only public sector investments but also, in […]
Power generation recorded a compound annual growth rate of 5.34 per cent to reach 1,154,524 MUs in 2016-17 from 722,626 MUs in 2007-08. Thermal generation accounted for 86 per cent of the total generation in […]
With this issue, we celebrate our twenty-first anniversary. As before, we use this occasion to share our own take on the state of the sector. Over the past couple of years, the Indian power sector […]
The national plant load factor (PLF) registered a decline from 62.24 per cent in 2015-16 to 59.88 per cent in 2016-17. Across the central, state and private sectors, the PLF has been declining since 2011-12. […]
The Prime Minister has launched the Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana or Saubhagya scheme to provide last mile electricity connectivity to all rural and urban households in the country by December 2018. The […]
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