The government has given NTPC Ltd an ultimatum to decide on buying natural gas from Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) by the weekend, failing which it (government) will cancel its allocation and give the fuel to other power producers.

KOCHI: The Gas Authority of India will sign an agreement for distribution of liquified natural gas (LNG) to Fertilisers And Chemicals Travancore (FACT) and Kayamkulam Thermal Power Corporation from the Puthuvype LNG terminal by the end of this month.

The decision regarding this was taken at a high-level meeting attended by T K A Nair, Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister.

Last week

THE STATE-OWNED power major NTPC is seeking legal opinion on whether to ink deal with RIL for KG basin gas at the government-approved price of $4.20 per mmbtu (million Bristish thermal unit)for its projects except those on which it is in legal dispute with the Mukesh Ambani group over feedstock pricing.

Use of algae and methanol for rapid carbon recycling is gaining popularity among power producers.

As glaciers and rivers threaten to disappear, Indian coal-based power plants may have to look at algae and methanol for rapid carbon recycling.

The country

LUCKNOW: In a significant development, the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has pushed through an amendment in the Power Tariff

Regulation Act which translates into a major sop of about Rs 100 crore for the revenue starved UP Power Corporation Limited. But the bad news is that the benefits of the amendment may not be passed on to the power consumers in the state.

INDONESIAN FIRM NOW CONSIDERING ONLY COAL SUPPLY DEAL
Subhash Narayan NEW DELHI

The Rs. 465.59-crore programme aims at reducing losses in Escoms

Staff Reporter

Ranchi, Feb. 5: The National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) plans to increase its present capacity of 30,000MW to 51,000MW by the end of the 11th Five-Year Plan.

And for this, it is planning to hold talks with the state government so that it can set up units in the state.