IOC on top of the world with Leh solar shop
On top of the world. That was how the bold hoarding at the only petrol pump in Leh used to stare at customers till a few years ago in an unabashed assertion of operating...
Daily Archive: June 18, 2015
India courts solar investors with dollar contracts plan
The baking days before the arrival of the monsoon, when much of south Asia swelters in daytime temperatures above 45C, may not sound the best time to boast the merits of the Indian sun....
Cabinet revises solar power target to 1 lakh Mw by 2022
The Cabinet on Wednesday approved the revised target of Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM) to generate 100,000 Mw by 2022 — five times the previous target. The target will comprise 40 Gw power...
India courts solar investors with dollar contracts plan
The baking days before the arrival of the monsoon, when much of south Asia swelters in daytime temperatures above 45C, may not sound the best time to boast the merits of the Indian sun....
Implementation of scheme for setting up over 2,000 MW of Grid-Connected Solar PV Power Projects with Viability Gap Funding (VGF) under Batch-Ill of Phase II of the JNNSM.
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has given its approval for setting up of over 2,000 MW of Grid-Connected Solar PV Power Projects on Build, Own...
Govt scheme for 24×7 power still in nascent stage
The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government’s ambitious plan to provide 24×7 power to households by 2019 was announced well before the Union government could even prepare a detailed blueprint or tot up an estimate...
Power generation, realty stocks in focus
Shares of power generation companies will be in focus after the government announced at the fag end of the trading session yesterday, 17 June 2015, a sharp increase in India’s solar power capacity target...
globalCOAL changes RB1 parcel sizes to multiples of 25,000 mt
globalCOAL has made changes to its fixed price physical market for Richards Bay coal (RB1). As of 15 June 2015, all bids, offers and trades will be limited to multiples of 25,000 mt. globalCOAL...
Conference on international photovoltaic solar energy
A conference on international photovoltaic solar energy – Solar Asia 2015 – on solar energy materials and solar cells will be held at Department of Physics, Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) from July 31...
Trina Solar plans $500 million India plant amid US, Europe ban
Trina Solar Ltd will invest in a $500 million plant with India’s Welspun Energy Ltd as the world’s biggest supplier of panels seeks to circumvent US and European Union sanctions on solar shipments from...
Adani Group in talks to buy Avantha Power & Infrastructure’s Madhya Pradesh power project
JHABUA: The Adani Group is in talks to acquire Avantha Power & Infrastructure’s 1,260-Mw power project in Madhya Pradesh, in what would be a second such deal between the two companies. Avantha Power was...
Indian govt needs to focus on structural challenges: Sanger
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley is in United States of America to hard sell the India story – after the Modi government took charge, the mood was upbeat but one year hence they seem to...
NTPC-JKSPDCL joint venture to develop coal block in Odisha
State-run NTPC today said that it has entered into an agreement with Jammu and Kashmir State Power Development Corporation Ltd (JKSPDCL) to form a joint venture company for mining at Kudanali-Luburi coal block in...
Naxals find a target in Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan
Is Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan becoming collateral damage of the spike in Maoist insurgency? The pace of building toilets, key to ending the problem of open defecation, is slower in Naxal insurgency affected states. A...
India’s thermal coal imports likely to spike owing to poor monsoon rains
Indian thermal coal imports were expected to spike over the next few months, exceeding the 200-million-ton forecast for the current financial year, a senior government official has said. Indian thermal coal import projections for...