Private Sector

The Suzlon Group has manufactured and installed India’s largest wind turbine generator with a rotor diameter of 18 metres at Sanganeri in Tamil Nadu. The S128 wind turbine generator is available in variants of 2.6 […]

Various private sector developers like ReNew Power Ventures Private Limited, Avaada Power Private Limited and Amplus Energy Solutions have signed MoUs with the Uttar Pradesh government at the recent Investors Summit 2018. While ReNew Power […]

Adani Power Limited’s proposal for setting up a special economic zone (SEZ) for the power sector in Jharkhand has been rejected by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. The Rs 15 billion proposal was rejected […]

GMR Chhattisgarh Energy Limited has resumed operations at its 1,370 MW TPP in Chhattisgarh to supply 500 MW of power to GUVNL under the centre’s tolling policy. The company has signed a short-term contract with […]

Sterlite Power Grid Ventures Limited has commissioned the 400 kV double circuit Nizamabad-Shankarapally and 400 kV Maheshwaram-Mahboobnagar power transmission lines in Telangana. Maheshwaran Transmission Limited, a special purpose vehicle of Sterlite Power, will own and […]

AES India Private Limited, a subsidiary of US-based AES Corporation, and Mitsubishi Corporation have jointly started the construction of a 10 MW utility-scale energy storage system in Delhi. The system will be operated by Tata Power Delhi […]

Tata Power Renewable Energy Limited (TPREL) has commissioned two solar power projects aggregating 150 MW at the Pavagada Solar Park in Karnataka. A 100 MW project was commissioned in December 2017 while another 50 MW […]

Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has commissioned the Bhermara combined cycle power plant in Bangladesh. The plant capacity has been declared to be 410 MW after performance testing as against the 360 MW that was originally […]

Torrent Power Limited has sought a tariff hike of Re 0.25 per unit for the Ahmedabad area of Gujarat. Besides, it has also proposed to levy a regulatory charge of Re 0.20 per unit in […]

Essar Power Transmission Company Limited (EPTCL), a subsidiary of Essar Power Limited, expects to commission the double-circuit 400 kV 337 km Mahan-Sipat transmission line by March 2018. The commissioning will enable Essar Power to evacuate […]

Tata Motors Limited has delivered the first batch of Tigor electric vehicles (EVs) to Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL), as part of the latter’s initiative to procure 10,000 EVs for use by government entities. As […]

Fortum India Private Limited has successfully connected a 100 MW solar plant at the Pavagada Solar Park in Tumkur district, Karnataka, to the grid. Fortum won the solar project in April 2016 under a reverse […]

Torrent Power Limited has commissioned a 400 kV gas-insulated switchgear (GIS) substation in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, to meet the power requirements in the city. The substation has an installed capacity of 945 MVA and has increased […]

Reliance Power Limited (RPower) has signed agreements for execution of the first phase of its $1 billion (Rs 65 billion) power project in Bangladesh. The first phase of the project consists of a 750 MW […]

JSW Energy Limited has signed PPAs aggregating 208 MW. This has resulted in an increase in the company’s long-term PPA proportion on a consolidated basis from 64.6 per cent to 69.3 per cent for the […]

The Meghalaya government is planning to cancel several private power projects in the state for which MoUs were signed between 2007 and 2014 due to various reasons. The 69 MW Umjaut and 57 MW Umduna […]

Adani Power Limited has signed a 25 year long-term PPA with the Bangladesh Power Development Board for supplying power to Bangladesh. The contract has been signed by Adani Power (Jharkhand) Limited for supplying a net […]

Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited and German development agency Deutsche GesellschaftfürInternationaleZusammenarbeit (GIZ) have signed an MoU to explore the potential areas of collaboration at the electric utility level. The MoU has been signed for promoting grid-connected […]

Sembcorp Green Infra Limited has secured a 250 MW wind power project in the second round of wind power auction conducted by SECI. The project is planned to be developed in phases and is expected […]

The Supreme Court has directed PSPCL to pay Rs 11 billion to Nabha Power Limited, a unit of L&T Power Development Limited, to enable the latter to recover its coal washing and transportation costs. In […]