As per the Load Generation Balance Report (LGBR) released by the Central Electricity Authority (CEA), the country would have a peak surplus of 2.5 per cent and energy surplus of 4.6 per cent in 2018-19. […]
The central government has notified a reduction in the applicable rate of the goods and services tax (GST) on lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries from 28 per cent to 18 per cent, effective from July 27, 2018. […]
The MNRE has suggested to states to waive specific cess and taxes for small-hydro power (SHP) project developers for six years from the start of commercial operations. The ministry has also suggested to exempt SHPs […]
The central government has directed 24 state and central power plants holding large fuel stocks to increase power generation. The move has been taken to allow other plants to run at a lower capacity and […]
The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has cancelled the 2 GW Tranche V ISTS-connected wind tender issued in May 2018. Technical bids totalling 1,200 MW were received against the tendered capacity of 2 GW. […]
Five states, namely, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Punjab and Rajasthan, have emerged as the front runner states in the first edition of the State Energy Efficiency Preparedness Index. The index has been released by the […]
The central government is considering awarding 25 small and mid-sized power transmission contracts aggregating Rs 12 billion to Power Grid Corporation of India Limited. According to the National Committee on Transmission set up by the […]
NTPC Limited is planning to issue a tender for the import of 2.5 million tonnes of coal. The imported coal will be utilised at the company’s coastal power projects – Simhadri, Kudgi and Farakka. The […]
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has written to various state governments to ease the procedure for the implementation of renewable energy projects. It has removed the mandatory registration required for renewable energy […]
The MoF has suspended the imposition of safeguard duty on solar panels and modules imported from China and Malaysia till the writ petition challenging the imposition of the duty is disposed of by the Orissa […]
The central government has constituted a high-level empowered committee to be headed by the cabinet secretary to look into the issue of stressed assets in the power sector. The committee comprises representatives from the Ministry […]
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Energy has recommended that a new framework must be adopted to resolve the issue of stressed power assets. The committee stated that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) guidelines issued […]
The Delhi government has approved a new solar scheme, Mukhyamantri Kisan Aaye Badhotri Solar Yojana, for farmers in Delhi. As per the scheme, a maximum of a one-third surface area of the agricultural land can […]
The Himachal Pradesh government has decided to allot the 449 MW Duggar hydroelectric project to NHPC Limited. The project has been allotted on a build-own-operate transfer basis for a period of 70 years. It is […]
The Uttar Pradesh New and Renewable Energy Development Agency (UPNEDA) has announced the rebidding of 500 MW of grid-connected photovoltaic (PV) projects through competitive bidding. This comes after the state annulled the recent auction for […]
The Punjab government is planning to restart operations at two units of the 1,260 MW Ropar thermal power plant to meet the rising power demand in the state. The state cabinet had decided to shut […]
Sterlite Power has upgraded the capacity of the 132 kV, 61.6 km long Hatia-Kamdara transmission line in Jharkhand. The project has been delivered five months ahead of schedule. The line was upgraded as the Kamadara […]
The East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) has signed an agreement with Singapore-based AG Dauters Company to set up a waste-to-energy plant in Ghazipur, New Delhi. About 3 acres of land adjacent to the Ghazipur landfill […]
The Jharkhand Renewable Energy Development Authority (JREDA) has prepared a framework for the state’s solar rooftop policy for 2018, with the objective of achieving 500 MW of solar rooftop capacity by 2022. The policy, which […]
The Delhi High Court has asked the central government to expeditiously decide on the release of Reliance Power Limited’s (RPower) bank guarantee worth Rs 2.08 billion in respect of the Tilaiya ultra mega power project […]
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