Manoj Gaur-led Jaypee Group and Anil Agarwal-led Vedanta Group emerged winners of coal blocks on day four of the coal block auctions. Bharat Aluminium Company Ltd, where mining major Vedanta Group owns a 51...
Developers are quoting negative final price offers in the reverse auction process, for coal blocks earmarked for the power sector, implying zero fuel cost pass-through. While this is beneficial for the end consumers and...
Margao: Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Saturday inaugurated the state’s first concentrated solar thermal (CST) technology at the 53-year-old Lakaki dry cleaners and art dyers factory premises at Dicarpale, near 3 MTR office mess,...
India can achieve “energy swaraj” by tapping its huge potential for generating renewable energy from various sources, Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu said today. “RE-invest is a significant step towards achieving ‘Energy Swaraj’ for India....
The Indian wind energy sector would witness heightenedacquisition in the next 12-18 months, with operators having a portfolio of 100-300 Mw generation capacity likely to dominate the buyers’ interest. “These players are having a...
India’s efforts to enhance safety at nuclear power plants has been hailed by member states on Convention on Nuclear Safety (CNS) at a recent meeting of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said Atomic Energy...
CHENNAI, FEB 19: Wind turbine manufacturers in India want to create a new market by enticing large companies to start wind power businesses. Their pitch to them: 18 per cent IRR. A recent White...
Continuing the argument in an ongoing case seeking a hike in power tariffs, Delhi-based power distribution company (discom) BSES said the city’s electricity regulator should allow the firm compensation for regulatory assets (past losses)....
Carrying forward its trend of bidding aggressively, Power GridCorporation of India (PGCIL) has put in aggressive bids for grabbing latest power transmission projects. This, however, could irk the private sector which has long been...
NEW DELHI: The Kejriwal government has asked the Centre for a coal block that will help a private company set up a giant plant to supply adequate and affordable electricity to the city, Delhi’s...
Hyderabad: In order to improve consumer service and ensure foolproof protection of consumer rights, the Andhra Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (APERC) is looking forward for a meaningful discussion in the forthcoming State Advisory Committee...
A power game by chief ministerDevendra Fadnavis will soon play out in your home — if you are a Mahavitaran consumer, that is. The chief minister wants to charge up his government’s ‘Make in...
New Delhi: With aggressive bidding for coal blocks likely to continue on the fourth day, the government today said that poor states would benefit from the auction. “Coal block auction gets underway on the...
Rating agency Crisil today said the aggressive bids by companies in the ongoing coal blocks auctions, especially by the power sector, will be credit negative for them. “Participants at the ongoing e-auction of coal...
New Delhi: Renewable Energy Ministry has suggested Finance Ministry that solar energy should be included in the priority sector norms of banks. The suggestion was made by Renewable Energy Ministry in its memorandum to...
Sesa Sterlite fell 1.56% to Rs 208.35 at 10:23 IST on after the company’s subsidiary Bharat Aluminium Company won the Chotia coal block in Chhattisgarh for Rs 3,025 per tonne. Meanwhile, the S&P BSE...