New Delhi The Supreme Court on Thursday cleared decks for the NTPC’s R29,700-crore investment plan by upholding the central utility’s decision to disqualify Ansaldo Caldaie from bidding for the bulk supply of 660 mw super-critical boilers.

The state-owned power generator was unable to award the contract that included 11 supercritical boilers and an equal number of supercritical turbines of 660 mw each, to be built locally, pending the disposal of the matter by the apex court.

Power companies have cancelled about .

Power sector companies on Wednesday won their long-drawn battle over coal shortages with Coal India Ltd (CIL), the country’s near monopoly coal producer.

Taking a tough stand on the unprecedented dip in fuel availability, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh directed the state-owned miner to meet the full supply commitments earlier made to projects run by power companies.

Keen on taking advantage of the national solar mission, the public sector Sutlej Jal Vidyut Nigam (SJVN) will make a foray into the renewable energy sector with a pilot solar power project in the s

Best efficiency of power plants could be achieved only through placing orders for spares with original equipment manufacturers, A.V.Krishnan, Executive Director, BHEL, Tiruchi, said.

Speaking at a customer meet organised by the Spares and Services Business Groups of BHEL's New Delhi, Tiruchi, and Ranipet units at Chennai recently, he assured efficiency of spares supplied by BHEL.

Every possible effort is being undertaken to make the State self-reliant in power generation.

General Electric, the $147-billion US multinational, has opposed the government’s plan to impose duty on power equipment imports, stating this would jeopardise its prospects in India vis-a-vis othe

The Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board is ready for the visit of the Parliamentary standing committee on Science and Technology, Environment and Forests led by Dr T. Subbarami Reddy.

The Board is quite relieved that the officials are not being taken to task, in fact, it is now pinning their hopes on small and medium enterprises availing of the incentives offered by the Committee to relocate to areas beyond the Outer Ring Road in an effort to reduce pollution.

The boilers have the advantage of fuel flexibility

Power generation from Unit II of Raichur Thermal Power Station (RTPS) resumed on Tuesday, Karnataka Power Corporation Managing Director Yogendra Tripathi said.