Last Updated: Wednesday, September 11, 2013, 19:38
With gas supplies to power plants drying up, the Power Ministry has moved the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) proposing about Rs 11,000 crore payout to subsidise costlier power arising from rising gas rates.
Last Updated: Friday, August 23, 2013, 21:00
Providing relief to power projects, the government on Friday said any surplus natural gas left after meeting the needs of urea plants would be supplied to fuel-starved electricity generating stations.
Last Updated: Saturday, August 10, 2013, 17:33
The company's net profit during the same period of the last fiscal was at Rs 288.4 crore, NLC said in a filing to BSE.
Last Updated: Wednesday, August 7, 2013, 14:42
Even as the government battles to secure fuel for thermal power plants in the country, as many as six states including Gujarat, Haryana and Tamil Nadu have asked state-run Coal India to restrain supplies.
Last Updated: Friday, August 2, 2013, 14:46
Many power plants are facing issues related to rise in fuel costs, especially pricier overseas coal.
Last Updated: Tuesday, July 23, 2013, 12:49
A high-powered ministerial panel will meet on Thursday to consider making available natural gas to fuel starved power plants from sources other than Reliance Industries' KG-D6 fields.
Last Updated: Monday, July 8, 2013, 21:44
With the implementation of these projects and schemes in the pipeline, the state-owned lignite miner's power generation capacity will touch 11,195 MW.
Last Updated: Monday, July 8, 2013, 17:06
Coal stocks at thermal power stations in the country have shown an increase, mainly due to improved supplies of the fuel and lower demand for electricity.
Last Updated: Monday, June 3, 2013, 10:24
Some 60,000 people gathered for a "Goodbye to Nuclear Power Plants" rally in Tokyo, in a display of public anger at the government`s decision to restart nuclear power plants.
Last Updated: Sunday, May 12, 2013, 14:06
The Oil Ministry has proposed to abolish the priority ranking in natural gas allocation so that the scarce resource currently consumed by urea plants can also be diverted to fuel-starved power plants.
Last Updated: Monday, April 15, 2013, 13:36
Power generation was on Monday stopped at the Thermal power plant here after its two units developed some technical problems, officials said.
Last Updated: Monday, April 8, 2013, 16:47
Reliance Industries has stopped gas supplies to power plants after its KG-D6 output hit an all-time low, prompting Power Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia to press for convening an urgent meeting of a ministerial panel to rework allocations.
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