Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh will meet Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal on Thursday

POWER generation major NTPC will soon see 7% of its generation vanish off the grid, thanks to wagon breakers who managed to topple a rake carrying coal to its Kahalgaon Thermal Power station in Bihar, rendering the track unusable for at least 4-5 days.

This track, owned by NTPC, is its main link to source coal.

THE prime minister

Jaipur: Chief minister Ashok Gehlot on Wednesday met Union minister for coal Sriprakash Jaiswal in Delhi and requested him to immediately allot coal linkage and coal blocks for power projects in the state.

During the meeting, the chief minister demanded that the coal blocks allotted to Rajasthan in Chhattisgarh be set aside from

Anticipating rising demand for imported coal from the Indian power sector, overseas coal suppliers have started charging premium for assured coal supplies, besides reducing the normal tenure of long-term contracts from 10-15 years to 3-5 years.

The quantum of generation capacity based on 100% imported coal is rising fast in India, with developers increasingly opting for setting up plants in coa

Bhel, NTPC & IGCAR Join Hands For Project
A 800-MW coal-fired power project based on more efficient advanced ultra supercritical thermal power technology is being set up jointly by BHEL, NTPC and Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR). The .

THE Indian Railways will put coal movement on its priority list to ensure timely supply of the fuel to power stations, a senior official said.
For this, the Railways has rationalized its freight scheme by specifying dedicated routes linking coal producing areas with power stations.

A concerned coal ministry has found out ways to keep up the pace of development in the country and yet not get into crosshairs with the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) for stalling the new coal blocks in the country.

The coal ministry is mooting the idea to introduce coal to liquid (CTL) technology to address the environment concern in wake of the ever increasing demand of coal to su