The coal ministry will award mining blocks to state-run NTPC for four of its upcoming projects and could also return licences that were revoked in June, putting the power plans of the company back
Amid rising concerns about the poor financial health of power distribution companies, electricity tariffs are likely to go up in many states in coming months, says a report.
Power Secretary P. Uma Shankar said 1000 MWe would be added in the next quarter and another 1000 MWe in the last quarter of this year.
The Vallur Power Project (3x500), the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC)'s joint venture with the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board, was well on target. “The first unit will be ready by the end of this year,” said Arup Roy Choudhury, Chairman and Managing Director of NTPC.
A cash-strapped Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation (UPPCL) has signed a one-year deal with a private power generator in Gujarat, routed through a private power trader in the western state, to buy some 600 MW at around Rs 4.70 a unit. The price is well above the average of less Rs 3 a unit on the power exchanges over the last two months.
Currently facing farmers’ firewall over land acquisition for the 1320-MW Mansa plant of Indiabulls, the Punjab government seems to be flouting the very policy it formed to allow power projects thro
Tata BP Solar India, a joint venture of Tata Power and BP Solar, on Monday said it has commissioned its first 1 MW solar photovoltaic power plant in Orissa under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar
KSEB, environmental groups urged to put proposals in public domain
With the consumption of energy in Kerala doubling every seven years, the State will have to go beyond the mere “tinkering” it is now doing with the dynamics of energy management to avoid a catastrophic situation in the near future, according to M.P. Parameswaran of the Integrated Rural Technology Centre (IRTC) in Palakkad.
A combination of solar and hydroelectric power generation with pumped storage can provide a solution to the State's power woes and form the backbone of a sustainable energy system for Kerala, according to R.V.G. Menon, social activist and former director of the Agency for Non-Conventional Energy and Rural Technology (ANERT).
