State-run power generator Mahagenco has heaved a sigh of relief as the coal ministry has decided to give it a captive coal mine. Mahagenco’s earlier captive mine Machchhakatta in Angul district of Odisha was...
The Commerce and Industry Ministry has given permission to set up 16 bio gas-based and three coal-bed methane-based natural gas filling plants to encourage use of alternative fuel in the country. Commerce and Industry...
Upset over one of its power PSUs not being allocated a coal block in the latest round of coal block allotment, Orissa has said the auctions and allotment of coal blocks is leading to inequitable sharing of...
Nagpur: At a public hearing on MSEDCL’s petition to increase power tariff, the state run agency drew flak from various consumer organizations, which claimed the new rates will hit the poor hard. A hike...
BENGALURU: It was an all time high of 212 million units of power consumption recorded in Karnataka on a single day, when people stayed glued to their TV sets during the semi-finals for the...
HYDERABAD: Domestic power consumers utilizing more than 200 units per month will have to shell out more for their electricity bills from next month. The Telangana State Electricity Regulatory Commission (TSERC) on Friday announced...
New Delhi: Aggressive bidding seen in the auction of 33 mines would result in a significant under-recovery in fuel cost estimated at Rs 1,800 crore by financial year 2017-18 for the winning bidders in...
India registered a shortfall of 2.8% in peak power demand during February. Though it appears to be the continuation of the ‘power deficit’ trend, the shortfall is gradually coming down. Peak demand for power...
NEW DELHI, MARCH 27: Piyush Goyal, Minister for Power, Coal, New & Renewable Energy, said cheap power has to be balanced with green power. Making energy affordable and reliable for users, has been a...
CHENNAI, MARCH 27: Renewable energy is here, can ‘storage’ be far behind? This industry riff captures an emerging mega trend, one that is underscored by three recent announcements. The first was that of the...
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) urged India on Friday to further tighten its nuclear safety regulations by assuring the legal independence of its atomic watchdog and allowing more outside inspections. India, which has...
Natural gas prices will fall 10% to $5.02 per unit from April 1, after the first price revision since the new gas formula was announced by the government last year, a government official said....
Ghana has sought greater Indian investments, noting that its favourable business climate has lured many Indian entrepreneurs to the West African country in the past decade. Ghanaian Minister of Trade And Industries, Ekwow Spio-Garbrah,...