NTPC Limited has successfully synchronised a 660 MW unit of its supercritical thermal power plant (STPP) at Stage I of the Barh project in Bihar with the grid. NTPC has been setting up five units […]
Despite significant investments in infrastructure and various attempts by the government at reforms, discoms continue to face financial stress. The gap between the average cost of supply and the average revenue realised was around 72 […]
Siemens Energy commissioned an eco-friendly power transmission system complementing one of China’s largest offshore eight MW wind turbines. The system consists of a SF6 (sulfur hexafluoride)-free gas-insulated high-voltage switchgear (GIS) called 8VM1 Blue GIS and […]
The West Bengal cabinet has approved a 5 MW grid-connected floating solar project at Sagardighi Thermal Power Project (SgTPP) in Murshidabad. … Reportedly, this floating solar plant with 5 MW capacity will be the largest […]
Coal India Limited (CIL) has floated a tender worth Rs 49.70 billion for construction of a 135 km east-west rail corridor in Chhattisgarh to evacuate 65 million tonnes of coal from opencast mines of its […]
The Orissa Electricity Regulatory Commission (OERC) has approved a proposal to hike power tariff by 20 paise per unit of electricity consumed in the state from October 1. However, the enhanced tariff will not be […]
Hitachi ABB Power Grids India along with consortium partner Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL), has successfully energised the first stage of the 6,000 MW +/-800 kV ultra-high voltage direct current (UHVDC) transmission link connecting Raigarh […]
Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (Powergrid) has received shareholders’ approval to raise up to Rs 100 billion via bonds on a private placement basis in 2021-22. The company had proposed a special resolution in […]
The union government has sanctioned 670 electric buses for Maharashtra, Goa, Gujarat and Chandigarh, and 241 charging stations in Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Gujarat and Port Blair under Phase-II of the FAME Scheme. At […]
The power distribution segment continues to be the weakest link in the power sector in terms of financial and operational sustainability. However, the segment is gearing up for reforms on the back of multiple interventions […]
Italian-Brazilian energy company BI Energia has signed a protocol of intentions with the Rio Grande do Norte state government for the implementation of a 624 MW offshore wind project. Consisting of 52 wind turbines of […]
Lightsource BP, the solar power company backed by BP Plc has acquired 100 MW of solar portfolio in Spain from local renewable energy firm Forestalia. The acquired pipeline consists of two utility scale solar projects […]
Tata Power has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Apollo Gleneagles Hospitals, Kolkata to commission a solar carport in the city. With 335Kwp capacity, the project is expected to generate approximately 4.26 lakh units […]
Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) has announced the appointment of Rajat Sud as its managing director. Sud takes over from S. Gopal director (commercial), who had taken on the additional charge of interim MD. The […]
Renew Power, Mytrah Energy and Torrent Power have approached the central electricity regulator, seeking to terminate power purchase agreements of at least 565 MW of proposed wind projects they had signed with Solar Energy Corporation […]
NTPC Limited plans to set up manufacturing industrial parks within its power plants at Solapur in Maharashtra, Kudi in Karnataka and Gadwara in Madhya Pradesh.. The company has invited expression of interest (EoI) from MSMEs […]
The Odisha Government has requested the central government to defer the coal block auction process by three months in view of the unfavourable market situation due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Nine of the total 41 […]
The ministry of power has drafted a standard bidding document’ (SBD) for the privatisation of the state discoms. This is the first time the central government has drafted a guiding SBD for discoms’ privatisation. It […]
State-owned NTPC Limited, the country’s largest power generator, which currently supplies around 21 per cent of the country’s electricity supply, has a diversified portfolio of coal, gas, solar, wind, hydro and small hydro-based power plants, […]
The state-owned power utility, Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS) of Afghanistan, has commenced works on the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan (TAP) transmission line project. The TAP power interconnection project is one of the most important regional energy projects […]
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