Thermal power producers have yet again missed the 100% fly ash utilisation target set by the environment ministry, reporting underutilisation for the third straight year amid policy confusion over

BHOPAL: Narsinghpur will become energy capital of Madhya Pradesh, announced Union minister for power Jyotiraditya Scindia at Gadarwara on Wednesday while laying the foundation stone of NTPC's 800X2

The power ministry has proposed that planned subsidy for gas-based power plants be restricted to administered price mechanism (APM) gas.

This means if a power plant opts for other sources, such as non-APM gas and imported R-LNG, along with APM gas, the monetary benefits to the discom buying power would be restricted to the extent of its purchase of APM gas-based power.

It will cover southern, western districts

The Rs.1,593-crore Green Energy Corridors project of the Tamil Nadu Transmission Corporation (TANTRANSCO) will be the State’s first power project to be funded by the KfW, a German development bank.

The Power Ministry has moved a note before the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) with a proposal for a Rs.

Struggle to keep 25000 MW of gas-based power capacity alive

The Finance Ministry has rejected the Power Ministry’s proposal for a nearly Rs.25,000-crore subsidy cushion and instead asked it to work on gas price pooling and pass on the tariff to distribution companies (discoms) or consumers.

The Manmohan Singh government has had to abandon its bid to facilitate mining in at least a handful of a hundred-odd coal blocks being scanned by the Supreme Court since September 2012.

The Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) will provide Rs 350-crore incentive to the manufactures of high energy efficient fans in the country.

The BEE was created under the Ministry of Power, Government of India, under the provisions of the Energy Conservation Act.
The nodal agency is encouraging the manufacturers of 35 watt fans against the makers of normal 70 watt products. "We are working on promoting energy efficient fans in the country and we have a budget of Rs 350 crore to promote it," BEE Director General Ajay Mathur told PTI here.

The Planning Commission has junked a proposal by power producers to mandate Coal India act as a banker for surplus coal.