NTPC has inked a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Madhya Pradesh State Power Trading Company for sale of power from its upcoming facilities in Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh. NTPC is developing Lara Super Thermal Power Project in Chhattisgarh and Barethi Super Thermal Power Project in Madhya Pradesh having installed generation capacity of 4,000 MW and 3,960 MW respectively.

The Union government has threatened to cancel the coal block allocations of four companies, including the country's largest power generator, NTPC, and of Coal India Ltd itself, the largest mining firm.

The ministry's showcause notices to these comapnies has asked for explanations for failure to develop blocks allotted years before, despite repeated reminders.

The ministry has served similar

State-run power company NTPC has set up a joint venture with the Asian Development Bank and Japan

STATE-OWNED power generator NTPC, Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Kyuden International Corporation (Kyushu) of Japan have signed a joint venture agreement to develop renewable power project in the country, reviving an old alliance that fell apart last year after the global financial meltdown.
The joint venture will set up 500 mw of non-conventional power generation capacity in India over thr

NTPC Ltd, the country

NTPC on Sunday said it is all set to add 13,000 MW of power generation capacity by the end of the XI Five-Year Plan in 2012.

The Prime Minister-headed National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) has given a green signal for declaring the 130-km area between Gomukh and Uttarkashi as the

The government on Monday decided to discontinue three hydro projects on the river Ganga. While work is yet to begin on the 381-Mw Bhaironghati and 480-Mw Pala Maneri projects, considerable work has already been done at NTPC

The Centre has asked the Goa government to consider setting up a gas-based power plant in the state.

BHUBANESWAR: Even as the Reliance Energy Limited (REL)- managed distribution companies have been flouting all the agreements, silence of the government has baffled many.

The government constituted an inter-ministerial committee to address several contentious issues including renewal of the shareholders agreement, corporate guarantee to the government, repayment towards NTPC bond and counterpart