Thermal power generation holds a central place in India’s energy landscape, accounting for 49.74 per cent (243,789.62 MW) of the country’s total installed capacity as of July 2025. Industrial operations, infrastructure development and rural electrification […]
Thermal power remains vital in India’s energy landscape, especially in meeting peak summer demand, contributing 54 per cent of the total installed capacity of 446 GW (as of June 2024). However, coal-based capacity addition has […]
By Dr Alka Rai, Assistant Professor, NTPC School of Business, Noida; and Sunil Maheshwari, Professor, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad The unprecedented Covid-19 crisis presented enormous challenges to corporates, especially companies involved in essential services […]
The Covid-19 pandemic is putting a strain on all infrastructure sectors and one sector that has been visibly disrupted is power. The lockdown to curb the pandemic spread has manifested in a sharp reduction in […]
India’s reliance on coal as the dominant source of power generation continues, with it accounting for about 75 per cent of the total generation in 2017-18. However, the segment faces multiple challenges. Slow capacity addition, […]
The second edition of the Power Line Summit was held on October 10, 2017 at The Imperial in New Delhi. The objective of the summit was to provide a top-level view of the road ahead […]
During the past one year, the conventional power generation segment continued to face headwinds, with coal-based plants operating at low plant load factors (PLFs) and stressed assets accumulating due to subdued power demand from the […]
Power utilities in the country delivered a mixed performance in 2016-17. The reforms introduced by the government and their effective implementation have led to operational and financial improvement in the distribution segment. Under the Ujwal […]
The grid-connected gas-based power generation capacity currently stands at 25,329 MW, accounting for about 8 per cent of the total power capacity in the country. However, the potential of gas-based power plants remains vastly untapped. […]
The shortage of domestic natural gas has severely affected gas-based power generation in the country. As of February 2017, the country’s 25,329 MW of installed gas-based power capacity was operating at a suboptimal plant load […]
Coal is the primary source of power generation in the country, accounting for around 60 per cent of the total installed base and 78 per cent of the total power generation. However, over the past […]
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