Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Rajaram Vs State of Haryana dated 27/05/2025. By the execution application, the applicant was seeking compliance of the NGT order July 5, 2024 passed in OA No. 735/2024. In the OA, the applicant has raised the grievance in respect of …
The power ministry plans to impose huge penalties of over . 1 lakh per day on industries that fail to achieve energy efficiency targets under the threeyear Perform, Achieve and Trade (PAT) programme starting April 1. PAT, which aims to increase industrial energy efficiency, is expected to bring down energy …
GoM, headed by Pranab Mukherjee, was scheduled to meet on Friday The Government has deferred a meeting of a group of ministers that will classify forests into
The government has a reason to smile. The rate at which Indian power plants are pumping carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, which had been rising sharply, has receded to 2005-06 levels. This seems to indicate the pro-environment policy agenda devised after the commitment at the Copenhagen ecology meet of reducing …
The penultimate year of the 11th Five Year Plan is expected to witness a record addition to power generation capacity of 15,000 megawatt, taking the total capacity to 1.75 lakh MW, but insufficient availability of coal and fuel due to environmental restrictions pose a problem to meeting the overall Plan …
The power ministry has asked Central Electricity Authority (CEA) to regularly monitor the implementation of ultra mega power projects (UMPPs), with generation capacity of about 4,000 Mw each. Currently, implementation of four such projects are underway, of which three are being developed by Reliance Power (Sasan, Krishnapatnam and Tilaiya) and …
The country's largest power producer NTPC may revive its plans to set up coal and gas-based power projects in Nigeria, a proposal scrapped by the company earlier due to a delay in finalising a partner for the proposed venture in the African nation.
The government would give a special dispensation to state-owned entities such as NTPC for the development of captive blocks under a new policy to be announced within a week, coal minister Sriprakash Jaiswal told FE in an exclusive interview. The policy on development of captive blocks will, however, be tough …
The Union Ministry of Power (MoP) has argued that the timely grant of environment and forest clearances for the proposed hydel projects in Arunachal Pradesh is crucial to ensure India
Union Minister for Power and senior leader of All India Congress Committee, Sushil Kumar Shinde has said that 1000-MW Thermal Power Project was coming up near Pathankot shortly and people of J&K; will be benefited in big way. Addressing a large gathering at a function organized by J&K; Pradesh Congress …
Power Finance Corporation (PFC) has extended the bid submission date for the Orissa ultra mega power project by another two months to March 31, with environmental issues relating to the mining of allocated captive coal blocks still being unresolved.
Anticipating rising demand for imported coal from the Indian power sector, overseas coal suppliers have started charging premium for assured coal supplies, besides reducing the normal tenure of long-term contracts from 10-15 years to 3-5 years. The quantum of generation capacity based on 100% imported coal is rising fast in …
Share of host states increased from 15% to 50%. The Union Cabinet today approved a key proposal by the power ministry to increase the share of host states to 50 per cent in allocation of electricity generated from centrally-owned thermal power plants. It also approved a crucial amendment to the …
New Delhi: The power ministry is examining a five-year exemption from tariff-based bidding regime for hydel projects, while all coal- and gas-fired projects move to the new regime from this year. The Central Electricity Authority has backed the proposal. But some officials are opposing any reprieve on the ground that …
Will take gas at govt rate, despite HC suit with RIL. Government-owned power generator NTPC Ltd today said it was willing to buy gas for its Kawas and Gandhar expansion projects in Gujarat at a rate prescribed by the Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM). This reverses the company
A day before Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao arrives in India, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh has sprung a surprise on the Union Cabinet, which meets tomorrow, by hurriedly pushing through a proposal for an agreement with China on green technologies. An agreement of this sort, sources said, does not currently exist …
Whether it pushes reforms in the sector or not, India will be one of the top five countries in G-20 in attracting clean-energy investments over the next decade, says a new global study CALL IT A POWER SHIFT. Where the capital is headed in renewable energy mirrors the economic shift …
Sujay Mehdudia Union Ministry of Power has identified site in Nagapatinam district NEW DELHI: The Union Ministry of Power has set in motion the process of conducting a feasibility study for setting up a 4,000 MW ultra mega power project (UMPP) in Nagapatinam district. In a written reply in the …
Despite no budget allocation for the Bamnauli power project in the current financial year 2010-2011, the Delhi Government is all set to appoint NTPC as Project Management Consultant for the Pragati Power Project phase II (750 mw-800 mw) at Bamnauli. A proposal to this effect is likely to be brought …
