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New Delhi: Indian Stainless Steel Development Association (ISSDA), the apex organization representing the domestic stainless-steel industry, has urged the Government of India to restore Countervailing Duty (CVD) against dumped stainless steel imports from China and Indonesia. Making representation t
Posted Date : 20-01-22
Mumbai: The Mumbai Trans Harbour Link (MTHL) has successfully completed a milestone event with one of the most complex construction activities with the erection of the Orthotropic Steel Deck (OSD) in Package-1. This Package is awarded to L&T-IHI Consortium. Package-1 involves the construction of
Posted Date : 15-01-22
New Delhi: The Union Ministry of Power has promulgated the revised consolidated Guidelines & Standards for Charging Infrastructure for Electric Vehicles (EV) on 14th January 2022. The objective is to enable faster adoption of electric vehicles in India by ensuring safe, reliable, accessible, and
Posted Date : 15-01-22
- India Clean Energy Holdings, a Mauritian entity, and a wholly owned subsidiary of ReNew Energy Global Plc, has raised US$ 400 million at 4.5% by issuing senior secured dollar notes
- Amount raised to refinance existing debt and fund capital expenditure, among other uses
Gurugram: ReNew Ener
Posted Date : 08-01-22
BALLARI & MUMBAI: Hon’ble Union Steel Minister, Shri Ram Chandra Prasad Singh, today, laid the foundation stone for the new 5 MTPA project at JSW Steel Vijayanagar Works integrated steel facility in Ballari, Karnataka. This brown-field expansion project is being undertaken through JSW Vija
Posted Date : 07-01-22
New Delhi: Jindal Stainless Limited (JSL) earned a major rating upgrade from CRISIL Ratings, with the agency assigning ‘CRISIL AA-/Stable’ rating to the long-term bank facilities of the Company.
The previous assigned rating was ‘CRISIL A+/Stable’. JSL’s short-term ba
Posted Date : 07-01-22
New Delhi: Tata Power, one of India’s largest integrated power companies, secured the highest score among its peers in the Indian Power sector in S&P Global’s recently released Corporate Sustainability Assessment (CSA) results. Giving credence to the company's focus to become the
Posted Date : 07-01-22
New Delhi: Unnat Jyoti by Affordable LEDs for All (UJALA) was launched by the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India on January 5, 2015. In a short span, the programme has evolved to be the world’s largest zero-subsidy domestic lighting programme that addresses concerns like high electrificatio
Posted Date : 05-01-22
New Delhi: Shri Sanjay Kumar Singh on December 29 assumed charge as the Secretary in the Ministry of Steel in New Delhi. He is a 1987 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre. Shri Singh succeeds Shri P.K. Tripathi, Secretary, Department of Personnel and Training(DoPT). Shri Tripathi was
Posted Date : 30-12-21
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New Delhi: Sterlite Power Transmission Limited (“Sterlite Power” or the “Company”), a leading private sector power transmission infrastructure developer and solutions provider, announced the acquisition of Nangalbibra -Bongaigaon Transmission Limited, a Special Purpose Vehicl
Posted Date : 29-12-21
ATL wins CERC regulated ISTS (interstate transmission) renewable energy evacuation project through TBCB
The project comprises 765 KV 220 ckt km of transmission lines and a 765 kV GIS substation in Khavda, Gujarat
Khavda will be one of the largest hubs for Renewable Energy totaling about 30,00
Posted Date : 24-12-21
Ahmedabad: Adani Transmission Limited (ATL), India’s largest private sector power transmission and retail distribution company and a part of the diversified Adani Group, has completed the construction of one of India’s longest intra-state transmission lines of 897 Circuit Km. This feat w
Posted Date : 20-12-21
New Delhi: Union Minister of Power and NRE, Shri R.K Singh chaired a Review, Planning and Monitoring meeting with Additional Chief Secretaries and Principal Secretaries of Power/Energy Departments of the States and UTs and CMDs/MDs of power sector CPSUs here, on 17th December 2021. Minister of State
Posted Date : 18-12-21
New Delhi: In order to arrest the price hike of electricity in recent past Government of India has taken various steps. The Government of India announced a Liquidity Infusion Scheme (LIS) through Power Finance Corporation (PFC) Ltd. and Rural Electrification Corporation (REC) Ltd. as a part of the A
Posted Date : 17-12-21
New Delhi: Under the guidance of the Union Minister of Power and New & Renewable Energy, the Ministry of Power and New & Renewable Energy have issued revised guidelines providing for thermal generation companies to set up renewable energy generation capacity either by themselves through deve
Posted Date : 16-11-21
New Delhi: Union Minister of Power and New & Renewable Energy Shri R. K. Singh on Thursday, November 11, 2021, chaired a virtual meeting with the senior officials from Central Government, Central PSUs, Renewable Energy Developers, PSP Developers and Battery Manufacturers for discu
Posted Date : 11-11-21
New Delhi: The Union power ministry Shri R.K Singh speaks on the Power Deficit for the country on Monday. He said that the peak power demand deficit in the country was almost wiped out in the 2020-21 period. According to PTI providing statistics, the ministry said the deficit stood at 0.4 per cent i
Posted Date : 08-11-21
New Delhi: Tata Power, one of the country’s largest private-sector integrated companies, now has a network of more than 1000 Electric Vehicle (EV) charging stations across the country, achieving a major milestone in India’s journey towards green mobility.
This network of 1000 public E
Posted Date : 25-10-21
New Delhi: Ministry of Power notifies rule for the sustainability of the electricity sector and promotion of clean energy to meet India’s commitment towards Climate Change.
The investors and other stakeholders in the power sector had been concerned about the timely recovery of the cost due
Posted Date : 23-10-21
New Delhi: The fourth general assembly of the International Solar Alliance (ISA), was held virtually between October 18th and October 21st, 2021. It was presided by Union Minister Shri R.K. Singh, Minister for Power, New and Renewable Energy, Government of India and the President of the ISA As
Posted Date : 22-10-21
New Delhi: Keeping the electricity losses in mind the Ministry of Power on Monday announced that it is mandatory for every electricity distribution company to undertake energy accounting on a periodic basis. The regulation in this regard was issued by the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) with the a
Posted Date : 11-10-21
New Delhi: India and UK are on their next partnership growth, sets in motion to create an action plan for driving the best roadmap for the power sector. The 3rd India and UK Energy for Growth Partnership – Ministerial Energy Dialogue was co-chaired by Union Minister for Power and New & Ren
Posted Date : 09-10-21
Mumbai: Tata Power, India’s largest integrated power utility, announced that it has signed a three-year commercial agreement with BluWave-ai, the world’s first renewable energy AI company. This agreement comes at the conclusion of a successful trial project during which Tata Power evalua
Posted Date : 06-10-21
New Delhi: Shri R.K. Singh, Union Minister for Power and New and Renewable Energy met a delegation led by Mr. John Kerry, U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate here today. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss further collaboration on climate change issues and to work towards a genuine par
Posted Date : 14-09-21
New Delhi: Ministry of Power has issued an advisory to all Central Ministries of the Government to direct organisations under their administrative control to ensure switch over to Prepaid Smart Meters on priority. As part of the same process, the ministries have also been asked to issue all enabling
Posted Date : 12-08-21
Bandipora: A 33/11kV 10 MVA Substation commissioned under the IPDS scheme of the Government of India was inaugurated in Nusso, Bandipora. Power Finance Corporation is the Nodal Agency for IPDS scheme.
The inauguration ceremony is a part of ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’ celebrations markin
Posted Date : 24-07-21
New Delhi: Government of India launched the Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana – Saubhagya in October, 2017 with the objective to achieve universal household electrification for providing electricity connections to all willing un-electrified households in rural areas and all willing po
Posted Date : 20-07-21
New Delhi: Shri R.K. Singh, Union Minister of Power and New & Renewable Energy today announced various initiatives being taken by Government of India towards energy efficiency in the building sector, as part of 'Azadi Ka Amrut Mahotsav'.
While inaugurating “A
Posted Date : 16-07-21
New Delhi: Union Minister of Power, New and Renewable Energy, Shri R.K. Singh released 9th Integrated Ratings for State Power Distribution Utilities today here. The Minister appreciated that the Ninth Annual Integrated Rating exercise covering 41 State Power Distribution Utilities for the rating per
Posted Date : 16-07-21
New Delhi: ICRA Ratings has estimated the all India electricity demand growth at 6.0% for FY2022 on a year-on-year (Y-o-Y) basis, considering the favourable base effect, relatively lesser impact of the second wave on electricity demand and the pick-up in the vaccination programme. The electricity de
Posted Date : 13-07-21
New Delhi: The Minister for Road Transport and Highways Shri Nitin Gadkari Inaugurates the country’s first Private LNG Facility plant at Nagpur on Sunday. He has emphasized on the importance of alternate biofuels for diversification of agriculture towards the energy and power sector, also said
Posted Date : 12-07-21
New Delhi: Secretary (Power) Govt of India met Secretary (Power) Govt of Bangladesh today through video conferencing for the issues related to the 1320MW Maitree Power project. This meeting was convened shortly after the 8th High-Level Monitoring Committee meeting held on 17.06.2021 during which cer
Posted Date : 06-07-21
New Delhi: Hon’ble Prime Minister of Nepal, Sh. K.P. Sharma Oli, remotely inaugurated 132kV D/C Samundratar Trishuli 3B Hub TL (25.74km) and 132/33 kV SS at Samudratar (AIS) under SASEC Project in Nepal. POWERGRID has provided its consultancy services for this project.
Background:
Posted Date : 06-07-21
New Delhi: The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has approved a Reforms-based and Results-linked, Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme. The Scheme seeks to improve the operational efficiencies and financial sustainability of all DISCOMs/ Power Departments excluding Priv
Posted Date : 30-06-21
NEW DELHI: After prolonged delays, India may open a derivatives market for the power sector in the next financial year (FY 2022-23), allowing both power generators and consumers to enter into a futures contract and use it as a new hedging tool to mitigate price volatility and other associated risks.
Posted Date : 22-06-21
New Delhi: India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra) on Friday said the recovery in energy demand will continue despite COVID-19 led temporary blip.
India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra) has published the May 2021 edition of its credit news digest on India's power sector.
The r
Posted Date : 29-05-21
New Delhi: Power and new and renewable energy minister Raj Kumar Singh on Wednesday launched the Gram Ujala scheme in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Lok Sabha constituency Varanasi. The scheme offers the world’s cheapest LED bulbs in rural areas at Rs10.
Gram Ujala programme is financ
Posted Date : 25-03-21
New Delhi: Government has transformed India from a power deficit in 2013 to a power surplus. The installed generation capacity is around 379 Giga Watt which is more than adequate to serve the electricity peak demand of 190 GW. The Government has also made plans to have sufficient generation capacity
Posted Date : 23-03-21
Bihar: Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Ministry of Power and Ministry of New and Renewable Energy and Minister of State, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Shri R K Singh launched the GRAM UJALA programme in Arrah, Bihar through a virtual event today.
While
Posted Date : 19-03-21
New Delhi: Shri RK Singh, Minister of State (I/C) for Power and New & Renewable Energy and Minister of State for Skill Development &Entrepreneurship, launches "Energy Efficiency Enterprise (E3) Certifications Programme for Brick Manufacturing Sector" in order to kick-start a series
Posted Date : 12-03-21
New Delhi: Union Ministry of Power has promulgated rules laying down the rights of power consumers in the country. While issuing these rules here today via Press Conference, Shri R.K. Singh, the Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Power and New & Renewable Energy, said, “Th
Posted Date : 21-12-20
New Delhi: The Centre’s move to strengthen the implementation of the letter of credit requirement — an existing payment security mechanism in power purchase agreements — for states has plugged electricity distribution company (discom) dues to power generation companies (gencos) from rising
Posted Date : 26-08-19
New Delhi: Shri Subhash Chandra Garg, Secretary, Govt. of India, Ministry of Power, released Coffee Table Book on Bhakra Beas Management Board on 29th July 2019 at Shram Shakti Bhawan, New Delhi.
This Coffee Table Book is compilation of amazing facts, figures and details about BBMB pro
Posted Date : 30-07-19
Nashik: Shri R K Singh, Union Minister of State (I/c) for Power and New & Renewable Energy, Government of India laid the foundation stone of Regional testing laboratory of Central Power Research Institute (CPRI) at Nashik, Maharashtra today on 30th January 2019.
Manufacturers in the we
Posted Date : 30-01-19
New Delhi: The Union Cabinet, lead by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has given approval to regularization of Pay scales of below Board Level Executives in National Hydroelectric Power Corporation Ltd. (NHPC), North East Electric Power Corporation (NEEPCO), THDC India Ltd. (formerly Tehri
Posted Date : 17-01-19
Port Blair: Smt Nirmala Sitharaman, Defence Minister of India reached at Port Blair on 13th January evening and she was received by Vice Admiral Bimal Verma, AVSM, ADC, Commander-in-Chief, Andaman & Nicobar Command at INS Utkrosh.
The Defence Minister is on a two-day visit to Andaman Nicoba
Posted Date : 14-01-19
Guwahati: Power Secretary, Shri Ajay K. Bhalla reviewed the progress of household electrification in Assam and Meghalaya at Guwahati recently on 11th Jan 2018. Under the scheme Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana (Saubhagya) and Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti (DDUGJY) of Government of Ind
Posted Date : 14-01-19
NEW DELHI: POWERGRID has been placed at #81 in the recently published 2017 Platts Top 250 Global Energy Rankings, registering a leap of 11 positions from last year's rank #92. With this POWERGRID has retained its top position as 'Fastest Growing Electric Utility in Asia' for the fourt
Posted Date : 28-09-17
New Delhi: The international crude oil price of Indian Basket as computed/published today by Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell (PPAC) under the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas was US$ 51.24 per barrel (bbl) on 01.08.2017. This was higher than the price of US$ 50.80 per bbl on previous pu
Posted Date : 03-08-17
New Delhi: Electricity generated by central sector generating stations is allocated to the beneficiary States and Union Territories in the electricity region by the Ministry of Power (MoP). As per the extant guidelines of MoP, 50% of power is allocated to ‘Home’ State, 15% unallocated power k
Posted Date : 03-08-17
New Delhi: With the commissioning of the third unit of the 3×660 MW Prayagraj Super Thermal Power Project (PSTPP), Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has successfully executed the 1,980 MW coal-based supercritical thermal power project in Uttar Pradesh.
Posted Date : 24-05-17
NEW DELHI. Union Minister of State (IC) for Petroleum & Natural Gas, Sri Dharmendra Pradhan, inaugurated the 2-days national seminar on “Production productivity for sustainability in coal & power sector” on 05.05.2017organized in New Delhi by World Confederation of Productivity Science (Indi
Posted Date : 08-05-17
NEW DELHI. 53rd Meeting of Executive Committee of Power Sports Control Board(Ministry of Power, Govt. of India) organized on 28th April,2017 at Hotel Lalit, New Delhi. Representatives from PFC, BBMB, PGCIL, NHPC, THDC, REC, MOP, CEA, NEEPCO and SJVNL attended the meeting.
On this occ
Posted Date : 05-05-17
New Delhi. State power ministers are considering a proposal to mitigate electricity tariffs by pooling NTPC's power and rationalising subsidies. Speaking at a press briefing during the power ministers' conference in Delhi, Power Minister, Piyush Goyal said, "NTPC has proposed to pool the
Posted Date : 05-05-17
NEW DELHI. The Minister of State for Power, Coal, New and Renewable Energy and Mines (Independent Charge), Shri Piyush Goyal addressing at the inauguration of the Conference of Power, Renewable Energy and Mines Ministers of States & UTs, in New Delhi on May 03, 2017. The Secretary, Ministry of Po
Posted Date : 04-05-17
Bhubaneswar. National Aluminum Company (NALCO) has dedicated 100.80 MW of Wind Power Plants to the Nation in the presence of Tribal Affairs Minister Jual Oram and Power, Coal, New & Renewable Energy and Mines Minister Piyush Goyal at a function in Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
Posted Date : 20-04-17
Lucknow. The Uttar Pradesh government on Friday signed an agreement with the Centre for “Power for All”.The agreement was signed in presence of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Union Power Minister Piyush Goyal.
UP was the only state in the country which had not signed the scheme aimed
Posted Date : 17-04-17
With commissioning of 500 MW unit at Unchahar in Uttar Pradesh the total installed capacity of NTPC has risen to 50498 MW. In FY 17 NTPC's annual generation has topped 250 BUs: Company commenced Coal Mining at Pakri Barwadih: Commissioned First high efficiency 800 MW unit at Kudgi and has
Posted Date : 03-04-17
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NEW DELHI .The Minister of State for Power, Coal, New and Renewable Energy and Mines (Independent Charge), Shri Piyush Goyal interacting with CEOs at an event felicitated by Follow CII, in New Delhi on March 20, 2017.
Posted Date : 22-03-17
New Delhi.The government on Friday said it is planning to set up scrap-based steel plants in north and west parts of India to augment the country's production capacity. "We are examining the feasibility of setting up scrap-based steel plants," Steel Minister Chaudhary Birender Singh
Posted Date : 18-02-17
Patna . Bihar's Energy Minister Bijendra Prasad Yadav yesterday reviewed the progress of the work of two power projects at Nabinagar in Aurangabad and Kanti in Muzaffarpur district and asked the concerned agencies to expedite the work to start generation in this year itself.
Posted Date : 15-02-17
Chhattisgarh . A total of 661 street lights have been replaced with LED lights under Street Lighting National Programme (SLNP) in Chhattisgarh, the Central Government has informed.
A total of 1,639,265 street bulbs have been replaced with LED Lights throughout the country und
Posted Date : 07-02-17
RANCHI. Steel Authority of India Limited is focusing on developing high impact leadership amongst its ranks for which it is sensitizing talented young executives to drive the top management's agenda of 'change' and for transforming SAIL into a vibrant organization. With this aim in si
Posted Date : 07-02-17
Uravakonda (Anantapur): The State government is coming up with a novel idea of establishing a 100 MW floating solar power plant in the PABR Reservoir.
Details are being worked out in this regard. The idea not only saves space but also reduces water evaporation losses as the s
Posted Date : 03-02-17
New Delhi: The power ministry has worked out a mega expansion plan for village electrification in the coming financial year that is likely to require spending upwards of Rs 16,500 crore through a slew of central schemes including the flagship Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY).
Posted Date : 01-02-17
NEW DELHI .The Supreme Court-empowered EPCA today asked the Delhi government to ensure that the Badarpur thermal power plant, a major source of air pollution in the city, continues to remain shut.
We want the plant to remain shut, especially since there is no power crisis in
Posted Date : 01-02-17
NEW DELHI . Ahead of the Union Budget, country's largest steel maker SAIL said it expects the removal of clean energy cess on coking coal and reduction of import duty on metallurgical coal as the steel industry is reeling under high raw material costs pressure.
Steel Auth
Posted Date : 31-01-17
SILIGURI: Hydropower rich, Himalayan country Nepal is going to increase its power import from India to plug up own winter time demand-supply gap.
In addition to its existing 350MW import, Nepal will take additional 25MW from India as per a power purchase agreement signed betw
Posted Date : 31-01-17
NEW DELHI. SAIL today said it is in negotiations with the miner on the issue as it is difficult for the company to absorb the increase.
"We are under negotiations with them and working model will come out," Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) Chairman P K Singh told
Posted Date : 31-01-17
JAMMU. Jammu Kashmir Government has said that during discussions with Government of India on the return of power projects as recommended by Rangarajan Committee, National Hydro Power Corporation (NHPC) resisted the move stating that it may run into problems in respect of agreements already signed
Posted Date : 30-01-17
New Delhi: Ahead of the Union Budget, country's largest steel maker SAIL today said it expects the removal of clean energy cess on coking coal and reduction of import duty on metallurgical coal as the steel industry is reeling under high raw material costs pressure.
Steel
Posted Date : 30-01-17
New delhi . The second unit of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) in Tamil Nadu has attained its generation capacity of 1,000 MWe and will soon start commercial power generation.
The unit is India’s 22nd nuclear power reactor and among the largest in the countr
Posted Date : 28-01-17
New Delhi: The Ministry of Power has released the guidelines for procurement of electricity for medium term from power stations set up on finance, own and operate basis (FOO) through the e-bidding portal DEEP.
Medium term power is purchased through a power procurement agreeme
Posted Date : 28-01-17
New Delhi BSES, one of the three power distribution companies (discoms) in the national capital, on Tuesday said that in collaboration with the state-run Energy Efficiency Services Ltd (EESL) it has distributed over 56 lakh LED bulbs in its area of operations.india live today
Posted Date : 25-01-17
NEW DELHI . The Secretary, Ministry of New & Renewable Energy, Shri Rajeev Kapoor releasing the Grid Connected Rooftop Solar Power Systems, at a function, in New Delhi on January 24, 2017.
Posted Date : 25-01-17
BHILAI. Union Minister of Steel Shri Birender Singh ji in presence of Smt. Prem Lata, MLA Haryana, Chairman SAIL Shri P K Singh and Shri.Sunil Barthwal inaugurated the state of the art Universal Rail Mill of SAIL Bhilai .
Minister of Steel Shri Birender Singh ji flagged off t
Posted Date : 25-01-17
KOLKATA: India's first wind tender offered by Solar Energy Corporation of India was over subscribed despite offtake uncertainties feels Bridge to India, a renewable energy analyst firm.
Earlier this month, SECI received bids for India’s first wind power tender. There are
Posted Date : 24-01-17
New delhi . The state-run Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) had increased its rail production capacity to 2 million tonne per annum (mtpa). The development is significant as it would help the country's largest integrated steel maker to meet the demand of Indian Railways (IR) besides upg
Posted Date : 24-01-17
New delhi . The second unit of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP) has reached 100 percent capacity (1000 megawatts) for the first time, a senior Rosatom official told RIR on Jan. 22.
“After completing the physical experiments stage at 90 per cent power level and
Posted Date : 23-01-17
New Delhi: Chhattisgarh’s request for a revision in royalty rates on coal to 30 per cent from the existing 14 per cent ad-valorem, will push up the cost of electricity by 7 per cent or 10-12paisa/kWh, India Ratings today said in a report.
The state government has consti
Posted Date : 19-01-17
KOLKATA: Steel Authority of India has managed to widen its export base to Europe with Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) flagging off its maiden export consignment from its new Plate Mill on Tuesday.
The consignment, which consists of High Tensile Plates with CE (European Confirmity)
Posted Date : 19-01-17
NEW DELHI . Energy Efficiency Services (EESL) has said it plans to provide farmers with energy-efficient pump sets free of cost. Initially, the programme aims to supply nearly 70 lakh pump sets across Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Karnataka. The new pump sets will come with free repa
Posted Date : 19-01-17
NEW DELHI. Steel minister Chaudhary Birender Singh has urged all concerned ministries to use only India-made steel for infrastructure and construction projects of the government. He has also sought a modification in the general financial rules to include life cycle cost analysis in design and pla
Posted Date : 18-01-17
NEW DELHI: Government will not go in for "distress sale" of three SAILBSE 0.51 % subsidiaries -- Salem Steel Plant, Visvesvaraya Iron and Steel and Chandrapur Ferro-Alloy -- and rather look for a management that will turn around the units, a top official said. "None of these plants
Posted Date : 18-01-17
New Delhi . While the central and state governments are taking steps to generate and supply power to consumers across the country, EESL bridges the demand-supply gap by implementing various energy conservation measures. Its main agenda is to see that the output is delivered with minimum energy us
Posted Date : 17-01-17
Abu Dhabi. FICCI is leading a high-level Business Delegation accompanying Mr. Piyush Goyal, Minister of Power, Coal, New & Renewable Energy & Mines to the World Future Energy Summit at Abu Dhabi during 15-18 January 2017.
The city, which combines ancient Arabic archit
Posted Date : 17-01-17
kolkata: With six years left for India to achieve its goal of generating 100 GW of electricity from solar projects, 25 states have fallen short of adding capacity by some 2,000 MW so far in 2016-17.
The biggest laggards are Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Jharkhand, Odis
Posted Date : 17-01-17
NEW DELHI . The Centre is planning to come up with a policy under which it will be mandatory to use locally manufactured steel for all infrastructure and construction projects of the government.
"Talks are going on with concerned ministries for introduction of policy to
Posted Date : 17-01-17
NEW DELHI.The country’s peak power demand at the end of the financial year 2021-22 will be 235 giga watt (GW), down 17% from the estimate made in 2012, the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) has said. With this revision, taking into account the lower-than-estimated economic growth in the f
Posted Date : 16-01-17
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today asked Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) and other agencies to expedite and complete the power projects at Barauni Thermal Power Station (BTPS) within the given time-frame.
BHEL is constructing two units (number 8 and 9) of 250
Posted Date : 16-01-17
New delhi . In what may help reduce wind energy tariffs in the country, the 1 gigawatt (GW) tender floated by state-run Solar Energy Corp. of India (SECI) has received 2.6 times the quantum of bids offered for the grid linked capacity.
Experts say this may potentially bring d
Posted Date : 16-01-17
New delhi . Wind power tariff may nose down to Rs 4-4.5 per unit in the latest 1,000 Mw auctionWind power tariff may nose down to Rs 4-4.5 per unit in the latest 1,000 Mw auction - ImageNEW DELHI: Wind tariff is likely to come in between Rs 4 and Rs 4.5 per unit -- below the average of around Rs
Posted Date : 16-01-17
NEW DELHI . Presently, consumers are penalised by way of higher tariffs for higher consumption.It's time the country doles out incentives for high power consumption, a committee constituted to advise the government on ways to increase electricity demand has said
The prese
Posted Date : 16-01-17
Jammu. In a written reply to the question of Devender Rana of National Conference in Legislative Assembly, Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh said the government is actively pursuing the transfer of power projects.
Jammu and Kashmir government today said the transfer of power proje
Posted Date : 13-01-17
NEW DELHI. India’s financial-inclusion drive has hit a wall, as banks and State governments that had sought Point of Sale (PoS) machines sourced through the public sector Energy Efficiency Services Ltd’s (EESL) tender have not expressed any interest since the bids for supply of these
Posted Date : 13-01-17
NEW DELHI .As steel companies feeling the heat from surge in coking coal prices, the Steel Ministry has approached Coal Ministry to seek availability of metallurgical coal on long-term basis, a top official said.
“What we are asking the Coal Ministry is that when they auction
Posted Date : 13-01-17
NEW DELHI: After successful transformation of the LED bulb market in the country through the UJALA scheme, state-run Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) is now keen to replicate it for air conditioners.
"Keeping this in mind, TERI and EESL hosted a day-long worksho
Posted Date : 12-01-17
Shillong: The northeastern region, with its huge energy potential -- 50,000 MW, by some estimates -- could soon become the "power house of India". And taking a small first step in this direction, it is expected to feed the rest of the country up to 1,100 MW by the end of this year, ener
Posted Date : 11-01-17
NEW DELHI . Speaking on the occasion Unio Power Minister Mr Piyush Goyal said that the SLNP programme is being presently implemented in 14 states including Delhi.
"Out of total 15.40 lakh street lights replaced with LEDs in the country, Delhi has exhibited an excellent p
Posted Date : 11-01-17
New Delhi. Recommending the housing societies to replace the diesel generator sets with the rooftop solar power systems, a study by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) finds the clean energy option financially more attractive.
The study said the cost of power generation
Posted Date : 11-01-17
New Delhi. Recommending the housing societies to replace the diesel generator sets with the rooftop solar power systems, a study by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) finds the clean energy option financially more attractive.
The study said the cost of power generation
Posted Date : 11-01-17
KOLKATA: Bihar and Jharkhand are likely to face major power cuts soon, as their main power supplier is facing the possibility of a total shutdown in the next three days as it isn’t getting coal to run the plant since the Rajmahal mine accident.
The 2,100 MW Kahalgaon Th
Posted Date : 10-01-17
NEW DELHI: Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) will shortly float tenders for putting up of solar power projects with capacity of 2,300-mw, its managing director Ashvini Kumar said on Monday.
The corporation has committed to finalise tenders for producing 5,500-mw of sol
Posted Date : 10-01-17
NEW DELHI .Union Minister of Power and Renewable Energy Piyush Goyal on Mondaydedicated world’s largest street lights replacement completed programme to the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC).
Around 2 lakh conventional street lights have been replaced by the energy eff
Posted Date : 10-01-17
NEW DELHI . Union Power Minister Piyush Goyal will unveil the world’s largest street light replacement in South Delhi Municipal Corporation area where two lakh LED lights will replace inefficient lamps. Street Lighting National Programme (SLNP), currently running in the South Delhi Municipa
Posted Date : 09-01-17
JAMMU. In a major setback to Pakistan, work on two major power projects in Jammu and Kashmir including 1856 mw Sawlakote hydro-electric power project, which was hanging fire for last about 57 years and 930 MW Kirthai-II hydro-electric power project at estimated costs of Rs 22,000 crores and Rs 55
Posted Date : 09-01-17
New Delhi. Union Minister of Steel Birender Singh took a review meeting of Steel Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL) western region's sales performance at Goa on 27/12/2016. He opined that SAIL should increase the market share of its products and try to replace the imports by leveraging the produc
Posted Date : 05-01-17
New Delhi . The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has released a list of the winners for projects within the eagerly observed 500 MW rooftop auction, with prices falling to record lows, although full capacity details of the projects have not been included within the list.
Posted Date : 04-01-17
Hyderabad . The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) in India intends to roll out a massive streetlight replacement project ahead of the annual holiday Ugadi, which takes place on March 29 this year, reported The Hans India.
A total of 413,029 high-pressure sodium v
Posted Date : 04-01-17
New Delhi. Energy Efficiency Services Ltd (EESL) has zeroed in on seven bidders for supplying 10 lakh point-of-sale (PoS) machines. Ingenico, Verifone, MSwipe and Ezetap, which are the largest players globally and locally, are emerging as frontrunners. TVS Electronics and Zivah are among the othe
Posted Date : 04-01-17
New delhi . From the first day of the new year, 1st January, 2017, additional power transfer of 80MW to Nepal is expected to commence. With this, the total supply of electricity to Nepal from India will be about 400 MW.
Shri Janardan Sharma, Minister of Energy, Government of
Posted Date : 03-01-17
New delhi . Steel is a strategic sector for any major developing and developed economy. India is the 3rd largest Steel producer globally and is likely to be the 2nd largest Steel producer in a few years. The sector contributes about 2% to the country’s GDP.
Over the las
Posted Date : 29-12-16
NEW DELHI . Shri I.S. Jha, CMD, POWERGRID has informed that the POWERGRID’s joining the elite club of Rs. 1 lakh crore market capitalization companies. Shri Jha was addressing an event on ‘Empowering the Grid to meet Future Challenges’, organized by the Power Grid Corporation of
Posted Date : 28-12-16
RANCHI. Steel Minister Birendra Singh visited SAIL Units of Ranchi and urged them to register global presence in terms of increasing exports of SAIL steel by producing more and more special steel at optimum cost. He also emphasised the need of presence as a world class Management Institution as w
Posted Date : 28-12-16
New Delhi. A PIL seeking a CBI probe into the award of contracts worth Rs 14,000 crore relating to setting up of a major greenfield integrated steel plant in Chhattisgarh has been filed in Delhi High Court, alleging irregularities by top officials of a navaratna PSU. The petition by an NGO has so
Posted Date : 27-12-16
New Delhi. State-run Energy Efficiency Services Ltd (EESL) has registered a net profit of Rs 35.59 crore for 2015—16.“Net profit of the company in 2015—16 is Rs 35.59 crore, an increase of Rs 26.53 crore over the previous year,” a statement said.
Durin
Posted Date : 27-12-16
New Delhi. NTPC today said that its wholly-owned arm NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam has signed power purchase pact with Nepal Electricity Authority to supply 160 MW power for January-May 2017.
"NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam Limited (NVVN)...has signed Power Purchase Agreement(PPA)
Posted Date : 27-12-16
Varanasi . An estimated power saving of more than 100 million units per year has been achieved here by replacing conventional lighting systems with LED bulbs, according to the PSU entrusted with the central government job.
"The Unnat Jyoti by Affordable LEDs for All (UJA
Posted Date : 26-12-16
BHILAI. Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP) which is the flagship unit of the public sector giant Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) has installed eight Point of Sale (POS) machines to facilitate cashless transactions, plant officials informed on Saturday.
Two POS machines have been in
Posted Date : 26-12-16
Rourkela. Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP), a unit of Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) has recorded its best ever single day crude steel output of 11,285 tonne from its two steel melting shops — SMS-I and SMS-II.
The SMS-II alone produced 10615 tonne of hot metal. RSP as t
Posted Date : 24-12-16
Bengaluru: State-run Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) has set up a 3.5-megawatt solar energy project to power its airport facility in the eastern suburb of this tech hub, said the defence behemoth on Friday.
"The Rs.25-crore project will enable us to use solar energy and
Posted Date : 24-12-16
New Delhi: Solar power generator Azure Power today said it has bagged a 50 MW project which was recently put up for auction by SECI under the National Solar Mission (NSM).
Azure Power secured 50 MW of the total 100 MW capacity auctioned by Solar Energy Corp (SECI) and will su
Posted Date : 24-12-16
NEW DELHI .The Minister of State for Power, Coal, New and Renewable Energy and Mines (Independent Charge), Shri Piyush Goyal releasing a report on Green Energy Corridor II, at an event ‘Empowering the Grid to meet Future Challenges’, organised by the Power Grid Corporation of India Lt
Posted Date : 23-12-16
NEW DELHI .The Minister of State for Power, Coal, New and Renewable Energy and Mines (Independent Charge), Shri Piyush Goyal releasing a report on Renewable Energy Integration Transmission an Enabler, at an event ‘Empowering the Grid to meet Future Challenges’, organised by the Power
Posted Date : 23-12-16
RANCHI.Union Steel Minister Chaudhary Birender Singh visited MECON Limited, a premier consultancy Public Sector Undertaking, under Ministry of Steel, Govt. of India in Ranchi and reviewed its performance.
Atul Bhatt, CMD, MECON and Directors of MECON received him at Corporate
Posted Date : 23-12-16
New Delhi. Comptroller & Auditor General of India (C&AG) in one of their latest Audit Reports No.34 of 2016 has highlighted that grants-in-aid given by the Central Government to its Power Sector has increased to Rs. 12388 crore during the last two financial years amounting to 27 Office of
Posted Date : 23-12-16
Visakhapatnam: Union steel secretary Aruna Sharma inaugurated a solar plant at the Visakhapatnam steel plant. The 5 MW solar plant was installed by RINL, the corporate entity that runs the steel plant, at an investment of Rs 33 crore.
Posted Date : 21-12-16
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Gangtok: The Sikkim government is in talks with the Bangladesh government to export hydro power generated in the state to the neighbouring country. Ahead of the commissioning of the 1200-MW Teesta-III project in North Sikkim, the Power Trading Corporation (PTC) has been tasked to explore possibil
Posted Date : 19-12-16
NEW DELHI . Union Minister of state (IC) for Power, Coal, New and Renewable Energy and Mines, Piyush Goyal in a written reply in Lok Sabha on Thursday said that in order to facilitate integration of large scale renewable generation capacity addition, a comprehensive scheme including intra-state a
Posted Date : 17-12-16
Dibrugarh. Utpal Bora, Chairman and Managing Director, Oil India Limited inaugurated a 40 KW Solar Power Plant in Sasoni Merbeel Eco-Tourism Project, which has been provided by OIL under the Company’s CSR initiatives. OIL had sanctioned a financial package of Rs 1 (One) Crore, which include
Posted Date : 17-12-16
NEW DELHI .EW DELHI: Funds worth over Rs 30 crore have been sanctioned to 21 states and union territories under the solar cities development programme, the government said today. These funds were sanctioned during the last three years till November 30 this year.
Out of the to
Posted Date : 17-12-16
Rajasthan Electronics and Instruments Limited has been honored with First “Rajasthan Energy Conservation Award- 2016” during the award distribution ceremony of 7th Rajasthan Energy Conservation Award -2016 held, on the occasion of National Energy Conservation Day, at Indralok Auditori
Posted Date : 15-12-16
NEW DELHI . Praveer Sinha says Frequent tariff revisions and addressing the issues of regulatory assets will go a long way in transforming the health of power discoms.
Rolling out a public-private partnership (PPP) model across states, of the kind implemented in Delhi, may of
Posted Date : 15-12-16
NEW DELHI . .The Minister of State for Power, Coal, New and Renewable Energy and Mines (Independent Charge), Shri Piyush Goyal inaugurating the National Painting Exhibition, at the National Energy Conservation Day function, in New Delhi on December 14, 2016. The Secretary, Ministry of Power, Shri
Posted Date : 15-12-16
RAIPUR. Chhattisgarh government has decided to shift the site of its proposed ultra mega steel plant (UMSP), which was supposed to come up in Bastar Dilmili village. The plant was a result of joint venture agreement inlvolving the state government, Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) and the
Posted Date : 15-12-16
New delhi . Solar Energy Corp. of India has recently launched a tender of 1000 MW capacity for development of grid-connected rooftop solar capacity for Central Government Ministries/Departments.
This would be the largest rooftop tender to be launched by SECI, and is expected
Posted Date : 14-12-16
New Delhi: Inox Wind today said it has bagged 50-MW wind power project order from hydroelectric firm SJVN Ltd in Gujarat.
In a BSE filing, Inox Wind said it has bagged an order for 50 MW wind power project to be deployed in the state of Gujarat from SJVN Ltd.
Posted Date : 07-12-16
New delhi . India is expected to compete a landmark renewable energy auction by late next month in its endeavour to increase competition and reduce generation costs in the wind energy sector.
Officials of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy have stated that the first-ever wind
Posted Date : 16-11-16
New delhi . One of the world’s largest solar power projects has just been completed in southern India. At 648 megawatts (MW), the Kamuthi solar plant can generate as much electricity as most coal or nuclear power stations.
This is great news. But it must be only the start of
Posted Date : 16-11-16
NEW DELHI . The exhibition stall of MOP Limited in the Ministry of Power Pavilion at India International Trade Fair 2016 at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi was inaugurated by Ms. Shalini Prasad, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Power, Govt. of India on 14th November 2016.
Shri K.M
Posted Date : 15-11-16
Bhubaneswar . The prestigious Golden Peacock Award for Corporate Governance for this year has been conferred upon the ‘Maharatna’ firm, Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL). Set up by the Institute of Directors, India, the award was received by Ashwini Kumar, CEO o
Posted Date : 10-11-16
New delhi .The two-day Conference of State Power, New & Renewable Energy & Mines Ministers concluded in Vadodara, Gujarat today. It was attended by Ministers and senior Officials from the 20 participating States and 2 Union Territories, Secretaries and officers of the Union Ministries of
Posted Date : 08-10-16
NEW DELHI .Octobe 10, 2016 The government has decided to remove roadblocks in the path of the wind and hydropower sectors to fuel growth after focusing on solar energy for the past two years, said Piyush Goyal, minister for coal, power and renewable energy.
“After 32 years of
Posted Date : 10-10-16
Vadodara. The Minister of State for Power, Coal, New and Renewable Energy and Mines (Independent Charge), Shri Piyush Goyal addressing the press conference after conclusion of two- day Conference of Power, Renewable Energy and Mines Ministers of States/UTs, in Vadodara, Gujarat on October 08, 201
Posted Date : 10-10-16
Union Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal, New & Renewable Energy and Mines, Shri Piyush Goyal, addressed a distinguished gathering of Industry stalwarts from Energy sector at a media event, ‘Energy Conclave, 2016 – Securing India’s Green Future’, organized here yes
Posted Date : 06-10-16
Gurugram: RITES Limited, a leading Transport Infrastructure Consultancy, and Engineering company, and the Asian Institute of Transport Development (AITD), New Delhi, have entered into a memorandum of ...
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