Mining

No coal block ownership rights for Orissa, Tamil Nadu UMPPs

The special purpose vehicles (SPVs) formed to implement the upcoming ultra mega power projects in Orissa and Tamil Nadu will not be given ownership rights on allocated coal blocks as was the case i

Publication Date: 
10/10/2013
Noor Mohammad
Financial Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Orissa (Odisha), Tamil Nadu, Coal, Mining, Ministry of Power, Ministry of Coal, Land Acquisition
Energy

Selection of developer for Bhedabahal UMPP by Jan 2014

Odisha Integrated Power Ltd will conduct bidding process for selecting developer for first 4,000 MW

The Union power ministry has decided to complete the process of bidding and award of projects for the Bhedabahal (Odisha) and Cheyyur (Tamil Nadu) ultra mega power projects (UMPPs) by January next year.

Publication Date: 
08/10/2013
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Orissa (Odisha), Cheyyur Ultra Mega Power Project (Cheyyur UMPP), Tamil Nadu, Ministry of Power, National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC), Jindal Steel and Power Ltd (JSPL), Land Acquisition, Sundargarh (D), Energy
Energy

PowerMin's request on linkages for GVK Power's plant rejected

CIL and its subsidiary coal companies are reporting negative coal balance, therefore there is no scope for issue of any new LoA, says Coal Ministry

The Coal Ministry has rejected the Power Ministry's request to grant linkages for GVK Power's 540 MW plant in Punjab saying that state-owned CIL has a "negative coal balance".

Publication Date: 
07/10/2013
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Punjab, Coal India, Ministry of Coal, Thermal Power Plants, Jharkhand, Ministry of Power, Power Industry, Coal, Energy
Mining

Private power comapnies violating coal block norms

Even as the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) under the jurisdiction of Supreme Court (SC) investigates the multi-crore Coalgate scam, the union power ministry (MoP) has found out that many pri

Publication Date: 
07/10/2013
Ashish Roy
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Coal, Mining, Ministry of Power, Power Industry, Private Sector, Uttar Pradesh, National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC)
Energy

Model Bill aims to 'energise' power sector in state

The Union Power Ministry has circulated a model State Electricity Distribution Management Responsibility Bill, 2013, on the lines of the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management (FRBM) Act.

Publication Date: 
04/10/2013
New Indian Express (Bhubaneswar)
Tags:
Orissa (Odisha), Energy, Electricity, Ministry of Power
Energy

MNRE Moves for the Mandatory Compliance of RPOs to Achieve Renewable Energy Targets

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), has taken up with the Power ministry the suggestion to include fulfillment of RPOs (Renewable Purchase Obligation) by the states as a mandatory condition for their support under the financial restructuring scheme of State Discoms. Read this Press Release for more.

Tags:
Energy, Renewable Energy, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), Ministry of Power, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Climate Change
Energy

PowerMin aims for electricity access to all households by 2017

The ministry envisages aggregate transmission and commercial losses coming to below 15% by 2017

The Union power ministry proposes to establish a National Smart Grid Mission (NSGM) by 2014, on the lines of the National Mission for Electric Mobility launched recently by the ministry of heavy industries.

Publication Date: 
22/09/2013
Sanjay Jog
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
India, Electricity, Power Transmission, Ministry of Power, Energy Technology, Energy
Energy

Power Ministry seeks approval of Cabinet on gas price pooling mechanism

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs is likely to take up on Thursday the Power Ministry’s proposal for a Rs.11,000 crore subsidy payout to cover the hiked electricity tariffs on account of th

Publication Date: 
12/09/2013
Sujay Mehdudia
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Natural Gas, Fuel Pricing, Ministry of Power, Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG), Imports, Subsidies, Direct Cash Transfer, Energy
Energy

ONGC’s dithering delays Tripura gas power project

The state-owned ONGC’s repeated dilly-dallying on supplying gas has delayed the state-run NEEPCO’s second biggest thermal power project in northeast India and resulted in huge losses, an official s

Publication Date: 
11/09/2013
Shillong Times (Shillong)
Tags:
Tripura, South Tripuram, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), Ministry of Power, Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (BHEL), Shillong, Solar Energy, Wind Energy, Renewable Energy, Energy
Dams/ Irrigation

Centre to fast-track 40,000 MW of hydro projects

Minister of State for Power (Independent Charge) Jyotirditya Scindia on Tuesday said the government was making efforts to fast-track nearly 95 hydro power projects with a capacity of 40,000 MW to g

Publication Date: 
11/09/2013
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Dams, Hydroelectricity, Ministry of Power, Central Water Commission (CWC), Jharkhand, Bihar, Andhra Pradesh, State Electricity Board (SEB), Karnataka, Dams/ Irrigation

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