Operations and maintenance (O&M) services play a critical role in ensuring the sustained performance, reliability and efficiency of thermal power plants (TPPs). Robust O&M strategies not only help maintain high operational standards but also extend […]
Among the industrial consumers of water, thermal power plants (TPPs) are the largest ones. It is estimated that TPPs account for nearly 88 per cent of industrial water consumption in the country. Moreover, 48 per […]
India aims to achieve 175 GW of installed renewable energy capacity by 2022. While this is expected to lower carbon emissions and help meet the growing energy demand, the integration of renewables into the grid […]
The renovation and modernisation (R&M) of thermal power plants (TPPs) is undertaken primarily to equip existing units with the latest technologies in order to improve their performance in terms of output, reliability and availability, reduce […]
The coal availability scenario in India has witnessed a major turnaround over the past two years. Owing to significant efforts by Coal India Limited (CIL), coal production had increased considerably. However, of late, power plants […]
Fly ash management has been one of the key concerns of the power sector in India owing to the high ash content (30-45 per cent) in domestic coal, which accounts for over 70 per cent […]
Environmental concerns associated with ash generation in thermal power plants (TPPs) have resulted in utilities adopting various measures such as reducing the water requirement for wet ash disposal, dry disposal of fly ash and utilisation […]
The country’s coal sector, which was plagued by demand-supply mismatches, has seen a massive turnaround in the past few years on the back of several key initiatives to improve coal availability, quality and supply chain […]
In March 2017, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved amendments to the Mega Power Policy 2009, providing a five-year extension to mega power projects to sign long-term power purchase agreements (PPAs) to avail of […]
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