2nd auction on subsidy to gas-based power projects on Sep 15

Last Updated: Sunday, September 6, 2015, 12:32

Under the plan, liquefied natural gas (LNG) will be imported and cash-strapped state power distribution companies will be financially supported to buy electricity from them.

BHEL starts NTPC's 800-MW Koldam hydro power plant

Last Updated: Monday, June 15, 2015, 13:25

"Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) has successfully commissioned all the four units of NTPC's 4x200 MW Koldam Hydro Electric Project (HEP) in Himachal Pradesh," BHEL said in a statement.

Reliance Power, Adani to invest $5 billion in Bangladesh power plants

Last Updated: Friday, June 5, 2015, 23:26

Anil Ambani Group firm Reliance Power and Adani Group are set to sign agreements to invest nearly USD 5 billion to set up two power plants in Bangladesh during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit here Saturday.

Goverment talks of contingency plan to tackle power woes

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 3, 2015, 16:15

"Today, we have stocks which can run these power plants for almost 20-22 days continously...," the minister said, adding that the buffer stock has been built up. "Power plants are ready to produce more. They have sufficient capacity in the system. Sufficient contingency plans have been drawn up," the minister said.

Power generation at a NTPC unit stopped in Karimnagar district

Last Updated: Thursday, May 14, 2015, 12:24

Power generation at Ramagundam was stopped due to leakage in its boiler tube.

RLNG subsidy to help fuel 9,000-MW power plants

Last Updated: Monday, May 11, 2015, 15:01

The scheme provides for a per-unit tariff subsidy from the Power System Development Fund (PSDF).

Will upgrade old power plants into UMPPs: Goyal

Last Updated: Wednesday, April 29, 2015, 14:31

The government is looking at the option of upgrading existing power plants into larger capacity Ultra Mega Power Projects (UMPPs) using clean technology and to offer them in plug and play mode, Power Minister Piyush Goyal said on Wednesday .

Surplus mine land would be returned to states: Goyal

Last Updated: Monday, April 27, 2015, 15:31

The surplus land that is no longer required by coal companies will either be returned to state governments or would be used for building solar power plants, Parliament was informed on Monday.

NTPC to bring uniformity in procurement process for plants

Last Updated: Friday, April 17, 2015, 19:59

State-run power major NTPC, under a new business initiative, has decided to expand vendor base and bring uniformity in procurement process of materials and services at all its plants.

SEZ: Govt withdraws duty benefits for power plants

Last Updated: Monday, April 6, 2015, 23:36

The Commerce Ministry in a notification on guidelines for power generation in SEZs said the directive issued in March 2012 was being withdrawn and the position of February 2009 was being restored.

Short-term fuel supply to power projects extended till June

Last Updated: Sunday, April 5, 2015, 14:15

In a fresh directive, the Coal Ministry said that supply of fuel to power plants, the blocks of which were cancelled by the Supreme Court last year, will continue till June-end.

RIL counters govt assertion on idle power plants

Last Updated: Thursday, March 26, 2015, 17:19

Reliance Industries has countered government's assertion that power plants were lying idle due to fall in output from its KG-D6 fields, saying most of these units were built much before the fields were even discovered.