Private Sector

ACME Solar Holding Limited has emerged as the lowest bidder in the 2 GW solar tender floated by SECI for interstate transmission system-connected projects. The company quoted a bid of Rs 2.44 per kWh for […]

SB Energy, Acme Solar and ReNew Power Ventures Private Limited have secured the highest capacities in the 3,000 MW grid-connected solar power auction conducted by SECI. While SB Energy’s special purpose vehicle SBE Renewables won […]

Adani Transmission Limited has emerged as the successful bidder for implementing the transmission project for the 1,980 MW Ghatampur TPP in Uttar Pradesh. The project involves the establishment of a 900 circuit km transmission line […]

Nabha Power Limited, a part of the L&T Group, has shutdown the second 700 MW unit of the 1,400 MW Rajpura TPP in Punjab owing to coal paucity. Previously, the first unit of the plant […]

Tata Power Renewable Energy Limited (TPREL) has received a contract for setting up a 150 MW solar project in Maharashtra. The project is part of Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited’s 1,000 MW grid-connection solar […]

Essar Power Limited has signed an MoU with Russian firm Inter RAO Export to jointly develop power projects in India. Under the agreement, both the companies will explore opportunities for joint investment in new coal-based […]

Tata Power Company Limited has partnered with Tata Motors Limited to develop EV charging stations in Maharashtra. This is in line with Tata Motors’ MoU with the Maharashtra government to support the Maharashtra Electric Vehicle […]

Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services Limited (IL&FS) has partnered with SB Energy Holdings Limited (part of the SoftBank Group) to develop grid-connected solar parks across India. IL&FS and SB Energy will jointly develop solar parks with an […]

Reliance Power Limited has sold its 3,960 MW Tilaiya ultra mega power project (UMPP) for Rs 1.12 billion to state-run Jharkhand Urja Vikas Nigam Limited. The company has transferred its entire shareholding in Jharkhand Integrated […]

Tata Power Company Limited is planning to invest around $5 billion in order to augment its renewable energy capacity to 12,000 MW by 2028. Currently, the share of renewable energy capacity in the total power […]

Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has synchronised Unit 3 of the 1,320 MW Shree Singaji thermal power plant in Khandwa district of Madhya Pradesh within a period of 40 months. The supercritical plant has been developed […]

Sterlite Power expects to invest $4 billion in energy projects in Brazil by 2022. The company plans to establish its headquarters in São Paulo as a base for future expansion in Latin America. Over the […]

Toshiba Plant System & Services Corporation (India) Private Limited (TPSC) plans to expand its assembly plant of water turbines for small-and medium-sized hydroelectric power projects. TPSC’s plant in Delhi-NCR currently assembles water turbines for hydroelectric […]

Adani Enterprises Limited (AEL) has signed a coal mining agreement with NLC India Limited for the development and operation of its Talabira II and III coal blocks in Odisha. AEL’s subsidiary, namely, Talabira (Odisha) Mining […]

Tata Power has launched an IoT-based smart consumer substation in Mumbai. The solution will enable an overview of CSS spread across different zones and monitor its distribution substations in an effective manner.

BRPL and BYPL have signed a power sale agreement with SECI to procure 200 MW of wind energy. Under the agreement, BRPL will procure 150 MW of wind power and the remaining 50 MW will […]

BRPL has entered into a strategic partnership with EESL for promoting energy efficiency measures and renewables among 0.25 million consumers in South and West Delhi. The MoU has been signed for a period of three […]

GE Power Limited has completed its first turnkey full flow wet flue gas desulphurisation (WFGD) unit at NTPC Limited’s 500 MW Vidhyanchal superthermal power project (STPP) in Madhya Pradesh. The installation is the first limestone-based […]

The Association of Power Producers (APP) has written to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) requesting a relaxation in the recent guidelines (released in February 2018) on stressed assets. As per the guidelines, even a […]

The central government has allowed Reliance Power Limited to produce 18 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) of coal from its Moher and Moher-Amlohri captive coal blocks in 2017-18, in excess of the cap of 17 […]