Union Ministry of Power has chosen Coimbatore Corporation for the second prize in the general category of the National Energy Conservation Award-2013.

A communiqué from Ministry’s Deputy Secretary says that the Commissioner G. Latha would receive the award from President Pranab Mukherjee on December 16.

The Cabinet will soon decide on putting a cap or limit to which natural gas prices can be increased following a new pricing formula coming into effect from April 1 next year, oil secretary Vivek Ra

Local fishermen community has challenged clearances alleging that approvals were based on false claims made in EIA reports

The power ministry has said it does not expect any delay in the progress of the 4,000 Megawatt Cheyyur Ultra Mega Power Project which is currently mired in a controversy with locals protesting environmental clearances for the coastal project.

New Delhi : All hydel projects with investment requirement of up to Rs 1,000 crore may soon be exempted from the mandatory techno-economic clearance of the Central Electricity Authority.

Power producers have sought more representation of the industry in the committee set up by the government to assess the impact of Uttarakhand’s two dozen hydropower projects on the ecology of the h

The power ministry plans to give a shot in the arm for ultra mega power projects and has approached the Cabinet to exempt the plants from a key provision of the Forests Act, 1980, that requires com

The Power Ministry has sought the approval of the Cabinet Committee on Investment (CCI) to tweak land acquisition norms for ultra mega power projects (UMPPs).

“The nodal Ministry has approached the CCI to change the policy wherein the UMPPs should be considered Government undertakings when it comes to land acquisition,” a senior Power Ministry official told Business Line.

NEW DELHI, October 30: Being aware of the uncertainty over the 2000 MW Lower Subansiri Hydro Electric Project (LSHEP), Union Power Secretary Pradeep Kumar Sinha has appealed to the government to se

The Centre may get tough on states which are not meeting the clean energy target.