No extension for NTPC CMD Arup Roy Choudhury; to retire today

Last Updated: Monday, August 31, 2015, 02:36

National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC) chief Arup Roy Choudhury will retire from his services on Monday, after he was denied an extension by the government.

PFC stake sale floor price at Rs 254; disinvestment on Monday

Last Updated: Saturday, July 25, 2015, 14:30

Government is expected to mobilise around Rs 1,676 crore through the divestment.

Thermal coal imports soar 23% at 12 major ports

Last Updated: Sunday, July 12, 2015, 13:51

These 12 major ports had handled 19.62 MT and 8.10 MT of thermal and coking coal, respectively, in the first quarter of the previous fiscal.

NTPC commissions 1st 250 mw unit of much, delayed Assam project

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 23, 2015, 17:38

"The entire 750 MW project will be completed by 2016. It got delayed due to various social disturbances, law and order issues and extreme weather conditions," the official said, adding it was scheduled to complete by 2012.

NTPC to seek board's nod for Raghunathpur DVC plant takeover

Last Updated: Thursday, June 18, 2015, 20:19

State-run power generation company NTPC will seek its board's nod on the takeover of Damodar Valley Corporation's Raghunathpur thermal power plant in West Bengal's Purulia district.

NTPC planning 3,000 MW capacity addition at Talcher

Last Updated: Thursday, June 11, 2015, 16:41

"Talcher Thermal Power station we are planning to add 1,320 MW. In super thermal power station we are planning to add another 1,600 MW. So what will essentially happen is that in that area itself there will be almost 3,000 MW of capacity addition...So it will become a power hub in Odisha...," Choudhury said.

Bajaj Group commissions 660 MW power plant at Lalitpur, UP

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 9, 2015, 21:08

Shishir Bajaj led-Bajaj Group Tuesday commissioned its 660 MW thermal power plant at Lalitpur in Uttar Pradesh.

NTPL Tuticorin to commission first power unit

Last Updated: Monday, June 8, 2015, 13:13

The first 500-MW unit of coal-based thermal power plant of NLC Tamil Nadu Power (NTPL) in Tuticorin has qualified for commercial operations.

Asian coal prices lifted by tightening markets in China, India

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 3, 2015, 15:24

The firms raised prices of lower-grade coal by 10 yuan per tonne in mid-May, anticipating a surge in demand for power over the summer.

BHEL wins Rs 369 cr order to revive NTPC's Barh project

Last Updated: Monday, June 1, 2015, 13:20

The commissioning of these two units assumes significance as the country seeks to achieve self-reliance in contemporary, state-of-the-art supercritical technology and demonstrates BHEL's capability in the same, which is expected to lower coal consumption and facilitate eco-friendly and efficient power generation.

Bhel commissions Bijlee Utpadan's thermal unit in Bihar

Last Updated: Monday, May 4, 2015, 12:25

Shares of Bhel were trading at Rs 240.90, up 1.56 percent, on the BSEBSE

BHEL commissions 500 MW power unit in Maharashtra

Last Updated: Thursday, April 30, 2015, 14:24

"Significantly, BHEL has been a partner in the power development programme of the state of Maharashtra and has contributed more than 15,000 MW of generating capacity to Maharashtra, the highest in any single state," it said.