The coal ministry on Thursday issued orders to revoke mining licences of five blocks of NTPC, Damodar Valley Corp and Jharkhand State Electricity Board with combined reserves of 1,000 million tonnes.

The two-member expert committee constituted by the West Bengal government to draft a new land policy in the state, has recommended direct purchase of land by industrialists from farmers.

NTPC has formed a joint venture company, National Power Exchange Ltd (NPEX), to set up a power exchange.

Starting November 2012, one power plant to be commissioned each year in the state

The next government in Punjab would come to power, literally. Starting November 2012, all the four mega power plants will be commissioned till 2015, one every year.

NTPC, Reliance Power and Lanco Infratech are among the 12 companies that will receive coal for their newly-commissioned power projects with combined capacity of 12,200 MW, a senior power ministry official said.
The official said that projects to be commissioned in first quarter this year would get only 40% of assured supply by Coal India Ltd while those set up in 2009-10 and 2010-11 will receive

Lucknow In a move that would cleared an investment of R10,000 crore in the ailing power sector and give a push to PPP model, the Uttar Pradesh government is likely to sign an agreements with Isolux Corsan and Cobra MEIL Consortium for the setting up of a new transmission network in the state.

It may be mentioned that the Mayawati government has initiated ambitious plans of capacity addition of

New Delhi Yielding to former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Uma Bharati

Shortage in supply of domestic coal has forced state-run power producer NTPC to design its projects for future capacity addition with a blending 30 per cent of imported coal. This might raise the cost of power by 30 paise for the end users.

Currently, the company blends 10-15 per cent of imported coal.

UP Power Corporation Ltd (UPPCL) is set to go green this year by ensuring per day supply of 200 Megawatt electricity, essentially generated through non-conventional sources, to consumers.

The power corporation, taking a step in this direction, in fact have already signed an agreement with National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) for supply of 85 Mw solar energy and for the rest amount tenders