Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited has commenced commercial operations of the second 1,000 MW unit of the Kudankulam nuclear power plant in Tamil Nadu. With this, the project’s capacity has reached 2,000 MW and […]
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has commissioned the second 800 MW unit of the 1,600 MW Yeramarus supercritical power station in Karnataka. The first unit of the coal-based project was commissioned by BHEL in March […]
NTPC Limited has crossed the 50 GW generation capacity milestone with the commissioning of Unit 6 (500 MW) of the Unchahar coal-based power plant in Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh. The company also recently commissioned the […]
Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (Powergrid) has commissioned Pole I of the ±800 kVChampa-Kurukshetra high voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission system. The system is a part of the western and northern HVDC interconnector for independent […]
Kerala, Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura and Mizoram have joined the Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana (UDAY), taking the total number of states to 27. The scheme will accrue net benefits of Rs 41.78 billion, Rs 3.09 billion, […]
The Sikkim government has signed an MoU with the central government under the Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana (UDAY). Sikkim will earn an overall net benefit of about Rs 2.07 billion through the scheme by way of cheaper […]
NTPC has commissioned the 660 MW second unit of the Mouda Super Thermal Power Station Stage-II in Maharashtra. With this, the commissioned capacity of the Mouda Super Thermal Power Station has reached 2,320 MW and […]
The MoP has issued over 3.8 million energy savings certificates (ESCerts) to designated consumers (DCs) under the first cycle of the Perform, Achieve and Trade (PAT) scheme. The ESCerts were issued on February 16, 2017 […]
US-based Westinghouse Electric Corporation (WEC) plans to go ahead with its proposal to build six nuclear reactors in Andhra Pradesh in partnership with Larsen & Toubro Limited. The recent decision of Toshiba Corporation, WEC’s Japanese […]
The Central Electricity Authority (CEA) has released the Annual Generation Target 2017-18 report. As per the report, the CEA has fixed the generation target at 1,229.4 billion units (BUs) for 2017-18. About 78 per cent […]
The MoP is currently in talks with the Bihar government for procuring land for setting up the 4,000 MW Banka ultra mega power project in the state. In order to ensure a competitive cost of […]
Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (Powergrid) has signed a memorandum of cooperation with the Norwegian Centre of Expertise – Smart Energy Markets. The cooperation relates to fields of smart grid, capability development and other […]
NTPC Limited has commenced electricity generation from its 100 kWp floating solar photovoltaic (PV) plant at Kayamkulam in Kerala. The country’s largest floating solar plant is installed at NTPC’s Rajiv Gandhi Combined Cycle Power Plant in […]
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has commenced commercial operations at the first 800 MW unit of the 1,600 MW Yeramarus supercritical power plant in Karnataka. This is the highest-rated supercritical unit commissioned by BHEL so […]
The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has decided to step in to resolve the issues plaguing Ratnagiri Gas and Power Private Limited’s (RGPPL) 1,967 MW Dabhol gas-based power project in Maharashtra. It is expected to expedite […]
The MoP is in discussions with coal producers to finalise a framework for ensuring the quality of coal supply to power plants. It plans to take steps to encourage third-party sampling of coal. The MoP […]
The Ministry of Power (MoP) has notified the Methodology for Use Coal by States for Private Generating Stations under the policy on the Flexibilisation in Utilisation of Coal for Reducing Cost of Power Generation, which […]
The central government is planning to withdraw subsidy schemes for the solar power generation segment forincentivising competitive bidding in the sector as the tariff has now become market determined. The government is planning to directly […]
Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited is in the final stages of negotiations with Russian companies for establishing two nuclear units at Kudankulam (Units 5 and 6) in Tamil Nadu. The general framework agreement for […]
The MoEFCC is likely to extend the December 2017 deadline regarding stricter emission norms for coal-based power plants. The MoP has reportedly taken up the issue with the MoEFCC as domestic capacity for manufacturing emission […]
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