Maharashtra State Power Generation Company Limited (MAHAGENCO) is planning to set up a coal-based power plant in Chhattisgarh. The company plans to use the Gare Palma Sector-II coal blocks at Raigarh, Chhattisgarh, to fuel the […]
West Bengal Power Development Corporation Limited has commissioned the second 500 MW unit of the 1,000 MW Sagardighi thermal power station (TPS) (Phase II) at Murshidabad in West Bengal. With this, the coal-based project is […]
Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited is planning to conduct a trial run of the first 700 MW pressurised heavy water reactor being developed at the 1,400 MW Kakrapar atomic power station at Vyara in […]
NTPC VidyutVyapar Nigam Limited has signed a PPA with the Nepal Electricity Authority for the supply of 160 MW of power for the period January-May 2017. The power supply will take place through the Muzaffarpur-Dhalkebar […]
Singareni Collieries Company Limited has commissioned the second 600 MW unit of the 1,200 MW Singareni TPP at Adilabad in Telangana, thereby fully commissioning the project. The first unit of the TPP was commissioned in […]
NHPC Limited has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Mizoram’s Power and Electricity Department for the supply of 1,400 MW of power from two of its upcoming HEP for a period of 35 years. […]
The MoP has initiated a safety audit of all coal blocks owned by CIL following the accident at Eastern Coalfields Limited’s (a subsidiary of CIL) Lal Matia opencast mine at Godda in Jharkhand. The audit […]
The MoP has initiated a safety audit of all coal blocks owned by CIL following the accident at Eastern Coalfields Limited’s (a subsidiary of CIL) Lal Matia opencast mine at Godda in Jharkhand. The audit […]
NTPC Limited has commissioned the first 800 MW unit of the upcoming 4,000 MW Kudgi supercritical TPP at Bijapur in Karnataka. With this, NTPC’s total installed capacity has increased to 48,028 MW. Doosan Power Systems […]
The MoP has sought concessions for under-construction hydroelectric projects (HEPs) in the upcoming budget. It has proposed to include these projects under the renewable energy category along with solar and wind power projects, which would […]
NTPC Limited has signed a non-binding MoU with Rajasthan RajyaVidyutUtpadan Nigam Limited and Rajasthan UrjaVikas Nigam Limited for taking over the Chhabra thermal power plant (TPP) at Baran in Rajasthan. As per the MoU, NTPC […]
Coal India Limited (CIL) has initiated the process for procuring coking coal mines overseas in order to meet domestic demand. It has floated a global tender for appointing merchant bankers for the identification and execution […]
An expert committee set up by the MoP has suggested direct subsidy transfer for electricity consumption. The committee was set up for suggesting ways to increase electricity demand and consumption. The scheme, if implemented, is […]
The states of Telangana, Assam and Tamil Nadu have signed tripartite MoUs with their respective discoms and the Ministry of Power (MoP) under the Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana (UDAY). The three states are likely to […]
The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has released a staff paper on the introduction of electricity storage systems in India. The paper states the possible methods for using storage systems, as well as operational and […]
The Central Electricity Authority (CEA) has issued the draft National Electricity Plan for transmission. The plan includes a review of the Twelfth Plan period (2012-17), a detailed plan for 2017-22 and a perspective plan for […]
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