Notwithstanding the policy emphasis on the sector, new power supply contracts have dried up over the last couple of years, owing to a host of factors like domestic fuel shortage, increased reliance on expensive...
Electricity regulator Central Electricity Regulatory Commission has asked Reliance Power to submit a report on the financial impact on 4,000 MW Sasan ultra mega power project the company is developing due to weak rupee and escalation in cost...
Design, Build, Operate, Finance and Transfer model will deprive concessionaire of ownership rights to projects Two of the largest lenders to power projects in the country, State Bank of India (SBI) and ICICI Bank, have raised major concerns...
The board of state-owned Coal India Ltd (CIL) has given approval to renew the existing fuel supply pacts with non-power producers, but with riders. “CIL board…accorded its approval for renewal of the existing fuel...
Coal India board has approved signing of FSA with power producers even in the absence of long-term purchase pacts between generation companies and distribution firms, but fuel supply will start only after inking of...
The government has sought by April 10 the status of the power purchase agreements from 20 companies, including NTPC, NMDC, NHPC and Neyveli Lignite, that have applied for coal mines to be alloted to...
The Coal Ministry has asked CIL to sign fuel supply pacts with the power generation companies, including NTPC, before finalising power purchase agreements with them.”The Coal Ministry has directed Coal India Ltd (CIL) to...
he Tata Group entered the power business back in 1911 and has emerged as a leading and credible player with generation capacity of 8,500 MW. It goal is to reach a capacity of 26,000...
Kiran Energy today announced that it has commissioned a 55 MW DC solar voltaic power project in Rawra village of Jodhpur district of Rajasthan. With this, Kiran Energy’s portfolio of solar projects in the...
The Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation, which has received investment commitments to set up power plants that can generate over 200 MW, has given bidders some more time to submit commitment letters, according...
NTPC Ltd has informed the government that it cannot accept the fresh terms set by the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) for its proposed 500-MW project in Sri Lanka. Indicating its willingness to withdraw from...
Nearly eight years after the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd (MSEDCL) signed memoranda of understanding (MoUs) with seven leading firms for the supply of 11,500 MW of power, the companies are yet to...
Apex state power utility Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited (GUVNL) is going to ink power purchase agreements with solar project developers under renewable energy certificate mechanism soon. The process for the same will start...
The Tamil Nadu solar bid is “seriously flawed”, says the Solar Independent Power Producers Association (SIPPA). In a petition sent just days before the last date for submission of bids (January 4), the Association...
Defying the convention of patronising public sector enterprises (PSEs) at the expense of private firms, new power minister Jyotiraditya Scindia has sent a missive to his counterpart in the coal ministry, strongly recommending that...
Infrastructure firm Lanco InfratechBSE 0.07 % will now sell 300 megawatt of power produced from its first domestic coal-fired plant Lanco Amarkantak in Chhattisgarh to the power distribution companies (Discoms) of Madhya Pradesh, after...
