V. Bhaskar, Special Chief Secretary, Finance, will take over as the Chairman of Andhra Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission. The Government issued orders here on Tuesday appointing Mr. Bhaskar for the post with a five-year...
The Uttar Pradesh Power Transmission Corporation is expected to begin work on augmenting transformer capacity of the only 400KV substation in Gautam Budh Nagar this fortnight. Technical works are being planned for installing the 500MVA transformer...
The Delhi Metro would soon be partially fulfilling its power requirements with solar energy, officials said Tuesday. The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Solar Energy...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has revealed details of its US$2 million equity investment in Indian pay-as-you-go solar company Simpa Networks. The ADB announced the deal in January and says the move is its...
NTPC, on Tuesday, said it had drawn up plans to spend Rs.20,200 crore in the current fiscal for financing its expansion plans. Addressing shareholders at the annual general meetinghere, NTPC Chairman and Managing Firector...
A telecom department (DoT) panel has recommended that stater-un telecom company Bharat Sanchar Nigam (BSNL) be tasked with expediting mass solarisation of its cell towers in India’s power strapped rural zones with support from Universal Services Obligation...
After giving extension to various power projects initiated under the memorandum of understanding (MoU) mode, the Akhilesh Yadav government is planning to revive the 1,980 MW Karchana power project of JP Group. The project was initiated during the Mayawati regime....
Coal India Ltd’s (CIL) plan to set up its maiden power project in partnership with private sector is set to suffer delays on issues relating to compensation for land acquisition. The 1,600 mw power...
MUMBAI: National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) has achieved highest-ever capacity addition of 4,170MW, including 1,000MW through its joint venture projects, to provide further push to the growth momentum gained over the previous two years. With 18.4...
MUMBAI: India and Pakistan are exploring the option of negotiating a gas supply deal after Pakistan’s private energy companies told Gail that they need more liquid gas than the previously-decided 5 million standard cubic metres per...
MUMBAI, SEPT. 17: The Indian Railways has formed a new entity — Renewable Energy Management Company — to handle its renewable energy portfolio. The Railways has an installed capacity of 5 MW of solar...