Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …
Rs 50,000 crore of power lines open for private participation The Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission (TNERC) has fixed the tariff for renewable energy. While the tariff for Solar PV projects has been dropped by 27% compared to the previous tariff order, the levelised tariff of wind power has seen …
Jharkhand on Monday handed over assets of Patratu Thermal Power Station (PTPS) to a joint venture company of NTPC and the State government. Terming it a big step in the direction of power generation in Jharkhand to attain self-sufficiency, Jharkhand Bijli Vitran Nigam MD Rahul Purwar said the resources, including …
Electricity supply across India will be vulnerable to disruptions this summer as the official forecast of severe heatwave will boost demand significantly, while power stations face acute water shortage this year because of the alarming dip in water levels that has forced some plants to shut down. Water shortage is …
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has commissioned a 250 MW coal-based thermal power plant (TPP) in Bihar. The 250 MW unit has been commissioned at the upcoming, greenfield 1,000 MW Nabinagar Thermal Power Project (4 x 250 MW), being set up by Bhartiya Rail Bijlee Company Limited (BRBCL), a joint …
The Solar Energy Corporation's latest tender for solar plants in Uttar Pradesh, setting a base tariff of Rs 4.43 per kwH, has drawn bidders even as many in the trade have deemed the price too aggressive. RattanIndia Solar 2 Ltd, a subsidiary of the RattanIndia Group, won a 50 MW …
KOLKATA: The private sector may be giving up on greenfield thermal power projects and looking to solar energy instead. Installation and generation costs have risen for thermal plants following an increased coal cess and stricter pollution norms, experts said, adding that are likely to go even higher. Also, there's uncertainty …
NTPC Ltd has made a provision of '100 metre width green belt' around its upcoming 1600 MW Lara Super Thermal Power Plant (STPP) in Raigarh district of Chhattisgarh. In, addition, extensive plantation will be undertaken in and around the project site, officials stated. NTPC's upcoming Lara Super Thermal Power Project …
As many as 33 solar parks will be set up across the country as part of an effort to reduce the production cost of solar power, Power Minister Piyush Goyal said today. Government has taken a number of steps to reduce the production cost of solar power in the country, …
NPCIL will be in a position to mobilise Rs 10,000 cr debt and also equity from JV partners The finance minister Arun Jaitley’s proposal to allocate Rs 3000 crore for the nuclear power generation will help the state run Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) to raise debt of Rs …
The Union Budget 2016-17 presented by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley turned out to be positive for some sectors and negative for others. The Budget announcements came in as a mixed bag for the power companies. At close, the BSE power index was down 1.06 per cent down at 1,582.48 against …
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ambitious plan to give a push to renewable energy by bundling costlier solar power with cheap electricity produced in old thermal plants has failed to take off. After several States, now even Delhi has refused to give its consent to the proposal fearing it would result …
Unveiling an ambitious energy security plan, the Nepalese government has proposed to import 600 MW energy from India to lessen its increasing power woes. Though Nepal at present imports 230 MW from India, according to a Nepalese official, India will sell 80 mw electricity to the country from Tuesday via …
A policy to boost manufacturing in solar energy sector is on the anvil, Union Minister for Power, Coal, New and RenewableEnergy, Piyush Goyal said on Monday. The policy will focus on boosting end-to-end manufacturing of solar panels, said Mr Goyal while speaking at a session on renewable energy. “I see …
Energy-starved Nepal's plans to import 80 MW electricity from India from February 16 have turned uncertain due to last-minute differences related to pricing, a media report said on THursday. The tariff issue emerged after India assigned NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam to export power to Nepal. Previously, India's Power Trading Corporation …
Adani Power BSE 1.44 % and Azure Power have won the latest auction for solar energy projects with bids of Rs 4.78 per unit, higher than the record low of Rs 4.34 set this month. The smaller size of these projects in Uttar Pradesh and the lower level of solar …
Past auctions have seen low bids only by unknown names or not-so-serious players Foreign firms are pushing down solar tariffs in India, with the lowest bid in the last auction at Rs 4.34/kWh. While the low prices have evoked mixed reactions as to the sustainability of such aggressive bids, what …
New Delhi: Amicus curiae Harish Salve, assisting the Supreme Court in the fight to reduce pollution in the National Capital Region, on Wednesday called NTPC's Badarpur power plant a "health hazard" and urged the apex court to close it down. Salve, who had recently appeared for the Delhi government to …
But government benchmarking of solar tariff at Rs 4.43 per unit restricts players in Maharashtra Rajasthan witnesses solar bids spiraling down to Rs 4.3/unit In the bidding for solar projects totalling 420 megawatt (Mw) in Rajasthan, under the National Solar Mission, the winning bid touched a new low of Rs …
MoUs include a couple of large investment proposals by foreign companies 'Pan-India consensus very soon on revival of discoms' Union Power Minister Piyush Goyal, who is attending the CII Partnership Summit at Visakhapatnam, on Sunday said MoUs worth close to Rs 1.5 lakh crore would be signed in the energy …
Delhi Pollution Control Committee allows plant to continue its operations in the Capital After the hullabaloo regarding closure of the Badarpur Thermal Power Station (BTPS) for flouting emission norms, the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) has finally allowed the plant to continue its operations in the Capital. The decision comes …
