Hold off future plans for civilian nuclear power sector – Dr. A Gopalakrishnan Monday March 14 2016 New Delhi All future plans for expanding the civilian nuclear power sector should be put on hold...
Nearly 5,700 MW of solar capacity is expected to be added during 2016-17, even as concerns over aggressive bidding and regulatory challenges persist, says rating agency Icra. According to an Icra study, the capacity...
New Delhi, Mar 11 (PTI) Hindustan Construction Company Ltd (HCC) today said it has bagged a Rs 635 crore contract from NTPC in Uttarakhand. “HCC has been awarded Rs 635 crore contract by NTPC...
One of the largest power generation stations in the Eastern Region, NTPC’s Farakka plant operated with just one 500 MW unit on Saturday sparking fears of an electricity supply problem in the region. However, Eastern Region...
Canada is planning to send a delegation to the Def Expo in Goa later this month to explore partnership in the area of defence electronics as it eyes an expansion in strategic ties with...
Reliance Industries’ wholly-owned arm Model Economic Township Ltd will develop an electronics manufacturing hub and footwear park at Jhajjar, Haryana with an investment of Rs 1,300 crore. Model Economic Township Ltd, formerly known as...
Environmental clearance has been given to 900 projects worth Rs 6 lakh crore in the last 20 months, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar said today, seeking to counter criticism that several projects have been bogged...
Looking to put back on track three stalled power projects in Sikkim, the Centre this week will meet officials of the state government and PSUs to resolve issues hampering implementation of the proposed plants....
Jharkhand Bijli Vitaran Nigam Limited (JBVNL) in association with Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL), has been distributing 30,000 LED bulbs daily on an average in Jharkhand over the past four months. This brings the...
Telangana will get an additional 1, 200 MW of power from Singareni from May 1, 2016. One of the two thermal units (each 600 MW) of Singareni Thermal Power Plants coming up at Jaipur...
To achieve its target of having 1,000 MW capacity, wind energy producer Sitac Management and Development (SMDPL) is looking at acquiring non-operational projects across the country in the next 3-5 years with an investment...
The state government has admitted in the state assembly that in the last two years the state’s own has power production was 44,256 million units, and it bought 64,642 million units of power from...
The accumulated loss suffered by power distribution companies in Uttar Pradesh increased to Rs 60,101.98 crore in 2013-14 from Rs 33,600 crore in 2011-12, the CAG said in its latest audit report. Slamming the...
China produced 513 million tonnes of coal over the January-February period, down 6.4 percent compared with the same period last year, according to figures published by the National Bureau of Statistics on Saturday. China’s...
The Coal Ministry has slapped a show cause notice on GMR for delay in payment with regard to Talabira coal mine in Odisha. The successful bidder is required to make monthly payments within 20...
Lamenting that decision making in India could have been quicker, mining baron Anil Agarwal has said his company Cairn India filed a suit against government to “help” latter decide on price and tenure of...