Ministry of Power

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding poor handling of the fly ash by Rajiv Gandhi Thermal Power Plant, Khedar, Hisar district, Haryana, 27/05/2025

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 …

Power Ministry sets green energy target for state discoms

State discoms will have to mandatorily draw at least 2.75 per cent of their total power consumption from solar plants in the current fiscal, according to the renewable purchase obligation (RPO) norms laid down by the power ministry. States will have to increase the share of solar power to 4.75 …

State’s energy sector gets Rs162cr central sanction

Panaji: Union minister of state (independent charge) for power, coal, new and renewable energy and mines, Piyush Goyal has confirmed that an amount of 162 crore has been sanctioned for the state of Goa under various schemes for improving and augmenting the energy needs of the state. Under the Integrated …

Vedanta Limited gets Golden Peacock award for environment management

Vedanta Limited, a globally diversified natural resources company, has won the ‘Golden Peacock Environment Management Award 2016’. Vedanta Limited’s subsidiary, Talwandi Sabo Power Limited (TSPL), Banawali, of Mansa, was conferred the award at a ceremony presided by Piyush Goyal, Minister of State, Independent Charge (MoS-IC), Power, Coal, New and Renewable …

India's coal problems are now history: Piyush Goyal

Coal problems are now history and the target is to further boost domestic production to cut down on the imports that will result in savings to the tune of Rs 40,000 crore this year, Union Power Minister Piyush Goyal said today. "Coal problems are history in India. Last year, the …

India can achieve 1.65 billion units of electricity next year: Piyush Goyal

The country can achieve as high as 50 per cent growth in electricity production up to 1.65 trillion units next year, Power Minister Piyush Goyal said today. "We need to double our power production. Given the infrastructure and generating capacity we have today...we have the ability to double our power …

Goyal to meet Jaitley to discuss hydro projects

Power Minister Piyush Goyal will be meeting Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on July 8 to discuss the country’s hydroelectric projects. “It is not as if hydropower is a forgotten aspect, but right now I have been focussing on solar. But even now… tomorrow the Finance Minister will be meeting me …

4,000 MW available in exchanges at around Rs 2 per unit: Goyal

With the power demand in summer at a peak, Power Minister Piyush Goyal said on Monday that electricity is available at exchanges across India, and without network congestion, at rates around Rs 2 per unit. "Summer afternoon power check: 4,144 MW available at Rs.2.13/unit across India," Goyal said in a …

CSIR lab to monitor quality of coal supplied to power plants

The Centre has engaged a Council of Scientific & Industrial Research's (CSIR) laboratory to monitor the quality of coal before it is supplied to thermal power plants by companies. The move is expected to improve performance of power plants and reduce emission as efficient power generation will result in less …

Scaling Up Electrification Drive to Light Up Every Household

POWER FOR ALL Govt decides to electrify 5.98 crore un-electrified households by December 2018, offers finance to states from PFC and REC on no profit, no loss basis India has scaled up its electrification drive to target every household and shed the tag of being a nation with surplus supply …

Gujarat distributes 30 lakh LED bulbs in 19 days

Gujarat becomes the fastest state to distribute over 30 lakh LED bulbs under the Government of India's Unnat Jyoti by Affordable LEDs for All (UJALA) scheme. This scheme was launched in Gujarat on May 26, 2016 and the milestone of distributing 30-Lakh LED bulbs has been achieved within a short …

Future of Electricity in India Rest on the Pillars of Affordability, Sustainability & Energy Security"- Shri Piyush Goyal

Government to set up a pool of capital to Fund Research on Green Energy Technologies Shri Piyush Goyal, Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal and New & Renewable Energy said that future of electricity in India rest on the pillars of affordability, sustainability and countrys energy security. While delivering …

India's electricity consumption to touch 4 trillion units by 2030

NEW DELHI: India's electricity consumption will increase four times from about 1.1 trillion units to 4 trillion units by 2030. "Despite massive roll-out of energy efficient schemes, we still see a possible 10 per cent jump in the electricity growth annually for the next 15 or 16 years," Coal and …

Hydro-power, a sustainable, clean and green alternative: Standing Committee on Energy (2015-16)

Standing Committee on Energy present this Fifteenth Report on ‘Hydropower, a sustainable, clean and green alternative’ relating to the Ministry of Power. Hydro power is clean, green, sustainable and also a cheap source of power in the long run. Amongst the renewable sources of energy, hydro power has been recognized …

Piyush Goyal wants Africa to join ISA club in clean energy drive

Power Minister Piyush Goyal today called upon African nations to join the International Solar Alliance (ISA) to promote the renewable source of energy across the globe. "African countries would benefit immensely by joining the ISA that is headquartered in New Delhi," Goyal said while addressing the 11th CII-Exim Bank Conclave …

Uttarakhand to get over 2,000 new solar power plants

DEHRADUN: In an attempt to promote solar power generation in the state, the Uttarakhand Renewable Energy Development Agency (UREDA) has decided to set up over 2,000 units which will produce 44 MW of electricity using solar energy. UREDA officials said that the campaign to set up more solar power generation …

All villages to be electrified by next March: Piyush Goyal

Government will meet its target of electrifying 18,452 villages by March next year, much ahead of the May 2018 deadline as over a third of the task has been completed already, power minister Piyush Goyal said. "During the last 11 months we have already electrified 6,029 unelectrified villages under our …

20 thousand crore project to power Andhra Pradesh

2,640 MW Sembcorp-Gayatri power complex launched. Nellore: Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Saturday launched the 2,640-MW Sembcorp-Gayatri Power Complex at Nelaturu in Muthukuru mandal of Nellore district on Saturday. At a project cost of $3 billion (`20,000 crore), the power complex is the largest foreign direct investment-driven project at …

CERC issues regulations achieve clean energy target, sound grid operations

Advises Centre to ask states to execute energy accounting & implement availability based tariff Adani Power: When the biggest pvt thermal player thinks solar Amid the Centre's push to pursue an ambitious renewable energy (RE) target of 175 GW by 2022, the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has taken a …

Nepal's 80MW import from India turns uncertain over tariff

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 …

Cabinet decisions: Coal linkage auction for power, steel, cement units

Linkages for 24 mn tonnes from Coal India, Singareni Collieries to be put up in the first year Moving forward to a market-linked model for awarding fuel supply agreements (FSAs), the government will auction coal linkages to non-regulated sectors such as steel, cement, captive power producers, etc. “The framework attempts …

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