Private Sector

Sembcorp Green Infra Limited has received the letter of award for a 250 MW wind power project in Tamil Nadu under the first national wind power tender conducted by the Solar Energy Corporation of India. […]

GMR Energy Limited (GEL) and Malaysia-based TNB Repair and Maintenance Sdn Bhd (TNB Remaco) have signed an agreement for setting up an operations and maintenance (O&M) JV. The JV plans to set up a refurbishment facility […]

In a letter to the Ministry of Power, the Association of Power Producers (APP) has sought clarity on the “change of law” provision of the National Tariff Policy (NTP), 2016. The letter follows a recent […]

The Supreme Court has disallowed Tata Power Company Limited and Adani Power to charge compensatory tariffs on account of the Indonesian coal price hike issue pertaining to the companies’ respective power plants in Mundra, Gujarat. […]

Hindalco Industries Limited is planning to set up a 24 MW solar PV power plant in Sambalpur district, Odisha. The project, entailing an investment of Rs 1,500 million, will be built within the premises of […]

Statkraft BLP Solar Solutions Private Limited (SBSSPL) has commissioned a 5 MW solar PV plant in Karnataka. The company will sell power from the project to three Karnataka-based clients –  one institutional user and two […]

Tata Power Renewable Energy Limited (TPREL) has synchronised the 15 MW solar PV plant at Belampally in Telangana. The commissioning of the project is in line with the conditions and timelines mentioned in the PPA. […]

Siemens Limited plans to commission a 400 kV static var compensator (SVC) system at the New Wanpoh substation (-200/+300 MVAr) in Jammu & Kashmir in 2017. The company has already commissioned two such SVC systems at […]

Essar Power’s 270 MW power project at Hazira, Gujarat, has attained 100 per cent capacity utilisation within three months of commissioning. The project can run on multiple fuels like coal, corex fines and corex gas […]

The 330 MW Unit 4 of Adani Power Limited’s 4,620 MW Mundra coal-based power plant in Gujarat has created a national record by running continuously for 600 days and generating 4,142.56 units of electricity. Earlier, […]

Tata Power Solar Systems Limited has expanded the capacity of its solar PV cell and module manufacturing facility at Bengaluru, Karnataka, with an investment of Rs 1 billion. The two-stage expansion has increased the company’s […]

The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change’s Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) has deferred the forest clearance for the 3,097 MW Etalin hydroelectric project (HEP) in Dibang valley, Arunachal Pradesh. The FAC found major inadequacies […]

Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited (TPDDL) has collaborated with telecom equipment maker Nokia to modernise its electrical grid with an advanced communications network as part of its roadmap for smart grid implementation. Nokia has provided TPDDL […]

The Competition Commission of India has approved the acquisition of Reliance Infrastructure Limited’s (RInfra) power transmission assets in Gujarat and Maharashtra by Adani Transmission Limited (ATL). As per the deal, ATL will acquire power transmission […]

CESC Limited has secured the distribution franchise contract for the Bikaner distribution area in Rajasthan. The franchise spreads across 155 square km catering to 142,000 consumers. The company has secured a 20-year contract for Bikaner […]

Three companies have won the contract to build and operate the 750 MW Rewa Ultra Mega Solar Park in Madhya Pradesh. In the reverse auctions, the first-year solar tariff bids reached a record low of […]

China Southern Power Grid International (CSPGI) has submitted a proposal to build, own and operate power transmission networks totallingRs 27.73 billion in response to bids invited by the central government. Bids were invited for three […]

The Delhi Pollution Control Committee has extended the ban on the 750 MW Badarpur thermal power station. The 40-year-old plant resumed its operations from February 1, 2017 after remaining closed since November 2016. However, it […]

The Arunachal Pradesh government intends to revive the 2,000 MW Subansiri HEP located at the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border. The project, being developed by NHPC Limited, is stalled since December 2011 following the protests by anti-dam […]

The 1,200 MW Teesta III hydropower project in Sikkim is expected to be fully completed by March 2017. Power from the project is likely to be evacuated by May 2017. Out of the six units […]