In order to enable surplus power sharing amongst the states in the southern region, the Southern Region Power Committee has constituted a panel to simplify the power sharing guidelines. Under the new agreement, states facing […]
The Indian Wind Energy Association (IWEA) has the challenged Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission’s (TNERC) order in the Madras High Court for allowing the Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Company to hold an auction for […]
The Gujarat government has floated a tender to procure 1,000 MW of power from coal-based plants willing to sell electricity at a tariff of less than Rs 2.82 per unit. The state would transfer the […]
Coal India Limited (CIL) has decided to reduce its e-auction coal volumes by 50 per cent from 300 million tonnes (mt) in 2016-17 to 150 mt in 2017-18. The offer has been reduced as CIL […]
NHPC Limited’s 132 MW Teesta Low Dam Project (TLDP)-III and 160 MW TLDP-IV hydropower projects in Darjeeling, West Bengal, have been closed as precautionary measures owing to local agitation. Reportedly, the closure, which has been […]
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 […]
Siemens has received an order from Alghanim International to supply power generation equipment for the 900 MW Sabiya Extension 3 combined cycle power plant in Kuwait. The project is being built on the existing site […]
Finnish energy group Wartsila has won multiple contracts in the international market. It will supply 13 natural gas engines and performance-related equipment for the Sumbagut-2 peaking power plant in North Sumatra, Indonesia, providing an output […]
Tunisia’s national utility SociétéTunisienne de l’Electricitéet du Gaz has awarded Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems (MHPS) and the Sumitomo Corporation a joint contract to build a 450 MW gas-fired power plant in Tunisia. Sumitomo will provide […]
Myanmar is planning to set up a 1,280 MW coal-fired power plant in eastern Kayin to address the country’s power deficit. Only a third of the population of 60 million is connected to the grid […]
Malaysia’s KKB Engineering and China’s State Nuclear Electric Power Planning Design and Research Institute Company Limited (SNPDRI) have signed anMoU, under which both the entities will collaborate to explore power plant construction opportunities in the […]
The Renewable Energy Project Development Office has issued the request for qualification for the 400 MW wind plant at Dumat Al Jandal – Saudia Arabia’s first utility-scale wind power project. Potential bidders and plant developers need […]
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