Last Updated: Sunday, May 5, 2013, 16:05
"The target is to take the generation capacity further to 315 gigawatts (315,000 MW) by the end of the 12th Five-Year Plan period ending in fiscal 2016-17."
Last Updated: Sunday, March 24, 2013, 11:28
Power generation in the country was to the tune of 68,474.92 million units in February this year against the target of 74,532 million units, the data by the Central Electricity Authority showed.
Last Updated: Thursday, March 21, 2013, 22:30
Cynical observers often remark that MPs produce a lot of useless hot air, but some enterprising physics students have gone on and calculated the power the lawmakers generate during debates: up to 10.34 kilowatts!
Last Updated: Sunday, January 27, 2013, 19:59
The Union Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas will soon bring in a Uniform Gas Price Policy to ensure parity in the price of imported and locally-produced gas.
Last Updated: Sunday, November 18, 2012, 14:34
The country's power generation is expected to grow by 8.7 percent this fiscal on the back of availability of coal and completion of a unit at Kudankulam plant, CMIE said in a report.
Last Updated: Wednesday, November 14, 2012, 18:46
India suffered a power generation loss of over 11 percent, in 2011-12, on account of fuel shortage, transmission bottlenecks and equipment problems, a Central Electricity Authority review has said.
Last Updated: Wednesday, November 14, 2012, 09:40
Saleh bin Husssain Al Awachi, the under-secretary at Saudi power ministry, also urged people to conserve electricity to help reduce the huge cost of power generation.
Last Updated: Sunday, November 11, 2012, 11:05
More than 50 thermal power stations in the country are facing acute fuel shortage with less than a week's stock available with them, according to the Central Electricity Authority data.
Last Updated: Friday, November 2, 2012, 17:22
Amid multiple woes hurting power generation, the government on Friday said it would soon come out with a 10-year action plan to strengthen the sector.
Last Updated: Sunday, October 7, 2012, 14:11
"The sector is expected to add around 54,000 mw of capacity during the 12th Plan out of the 88,000 mw target," ICRA said in its report.
Last Updated: Sunday, September 23, 2012, 12:06
The Planning Commission has set a target of adding over 88,000 MW of power generation capacity in the 12th Plan period (2012-17).
Last Updated: Saturday, August 25, 2012, 13:52
North East Electric Power Corporation (NEEPCO) plans to add 950 MW to its existing power generation capacity in the northeastern region in the next five years.
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