New Delhi: Coal minister Sriprakash Jaiswal appears to have mastered the art of getting his way with other ministries.
After taking to the Cabinet his fight against environment minister Jairam Ramesh

After running four years behind schedule, the 800 MW Kol Dam hydropower project, being executed by the NTPC, will be completed by December 2012.

It will be commissioned in 2013 as it requires more than six months to fill the 167-m-high and 12.5-sq-km reservoir.

New Delhi Construction of three large power projects in Orissa with a combined capacity of about 10,000 mw would start soon with a group of ministers (GoM) expected to give conditional nod for coal mining projects associated these power plants.

Steel Authority of India, or SAIL, will outsource the mining of its 2 billion tonne iron ore reserves at Chiria mines in Chattisgarh. It will float a global tender inviting mine developers and operators, chairman C S Verma said.

Power plant Ratnagiri Gas and Power Pvt Ltd, the joint venture between state-run firms NTPC and GAIL, will sell about five per cent of its total capacity of 1,967 Mw outside Maharashtra, for the first time starting July this year.

The company is also planning a 2,100 Mw capacity expansion addition but it will depend on availability of gas, Chairman D K Jain told Business Standard.

New Delhi Anticipating a shortfall of water for power generation in coming years, NTPC plans to use advanced technology to reduce the water requirement of its future coal-based power generating stations by 30%, a company source said.

NTPC is India

New Delhi The Association of Power Producers (APP), a representative body of private power generators, has moved the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) to seek termination of additional power purchase agreements (PPAs) worth 38,000 mw signed by NTPC in the run up to the implementation of the competitive tariff bidding regime on January 6 this year.

In a petition submitted to the e

Accuse State-Owned Major Of Abusing Market Position To Avoid Competition
New Delhi: Private power producers have moved Central Electricity Regulatory Commission against NTPC, accusing the state-run generation utility of going on a power purchase agreement (PPA)-signing spree to escape regulatory oversight in selling its

In a major setback to India

GUWAHATI, May 4