Huge core catcher installed at Kudankulam nuclear project
The fourth 1,000 MW atomic power plant coming up in Tamil Nadu's Tirunelveli district attained a milestone with the installation of core catcher or core melt…
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SOFC market size to reach USD 1451.4 million by 2027
The Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) Market is Segmented by Type (Tubular, Planar, Others), by Application (Transportation, Portable & Military, Stationary).
RK Singh meets John Kerry, discusses energy transition
Minister of State for Power and New and Renewable Energy, RK Singh met US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, John Kerry, wherein he discussed India's progress…
Adani Electricity brings green energy to Mumbai
Adani Electricity Mumbai Ltd (AEML) is launching a green energy initiative in the city under which customers will have the flexibility to set their own targets…
Pakistan industrialists oppose rise in energy tariff
Pakistan industrialists on Sunday opposed the anticipated increase of Rs 5.36 per unit in base electricity tariff. Resenting frequent hikes in the power tariff that would…
Tata Power takes over power distribution in NE Odisha
Tata Power, India’s largest integrated power utility, today announced that it has taken over the management and operations of NESCO (North Eastern Electricity Supply Company of…
India’s annual electricity demand fall for first time in 35 years
India's annual electricity demand fell for the first time in at least 35 years in the fiscal year to March, government data reviewed by Reuters showed.
NTPC delivers electrifying performance in FY21
NTPC recorded its highest ever group generation of 314 BU in FY 21, a growth of 8.2% compared to previous year.
PGCIL tells MeECL to clear dues of Rs 56.89 crore
Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL) has served a notice to the Meghalaya Energy Corporation Limited (MeECL) demanding payment of Rs 56.89 crore.
$300 million loan for hydropower plant in Pakistan
Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Tuesday announced that it has approved a $300 million loan to finance the construction of a 300-megawatt hydropower plant in north-western…
Nexcharge, Tata Power inaugurate grid connected BESS
Nexcharge, a joint venture between Exide Industries and Switzerland-based Leclanche, inaugurated the country's first grid-connected lithium-ion battery-based community energy storage system in Delhi in collaboration with…
IndiGrid acquires NER-II Transmission for Rs 4,625 crore
IndiGrid has completed the acquisition of NER-II Transmission Ltd from Sterlite Power at an enterprise value of Rs 4,625 crore.
Power generators can exit loss making contracts with state
Government has given freedom to the central sector power producers such as NTPC, NHPC and SJVN to sell power relinquished by state DISCOMs to new buyers…
BSES urges consumers to switch off lights during Earth Hour
BSES DISCOMs have urged its Delhi consumers to switch off all non-essential lights and electrical appliances for an hour during Earth Hour on March 27.
India justifies J&K hydropower projects designs
Pakistan raised objections to the designs of Pakal Dul and Lower Kalnai hydropower plants in Jammu and Kashmir and sought more information on the projects in…
NEEPCO has lifted power supply regulation to MeECL
The North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Limited (NEEPCO) has lifted the regulation of power supply to Meghalaya after MeECL assured to clear the outstanding dues in…
DISCOMs get Rs 46,321 crore under liquidity package so far
Power distribution utilities or DISCOMs in the country have been sanctioned loans of Rs 1.35 lakh crore and disbursed Rs 46,321 crore so far under the…
NTPC Bongaigaon’s output crosses installed capacity
NTPC's Bongaigaon plant in Assam has crossed its installed capacity of 750 MW for the first time since the commissioning of all its units two years…
AMD carrying out uranium exploration in Arunachal Pradesh
Uranium exploration has been taken up in Arunachal Pradesh by the Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration and Research
Hitachi ABB Power Grids bags Rs 124 cr order from BALCO
Hitachi ABB Power Grids in India has won an order worth Rs 124 crore from leading aluminium producer Bharat Aluminium Company (BALCO) to strengthen its power…
Revised estimates for transmission & distribution approved
Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a major step towards economic development of the States of Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim…
Delhi power DISCOMs seek progressive tariff rationalisation
Power DISCOMs in Delhi have proposed to regulator DERC that there should be a cost-reflective, progressive tariff rationalisation
Power consumption grows 16.5% in first 12 days of March
Power consumption in the country grew 16.5% in the first 12 days of this month at 47.67 billion units over the corresponding period a year ago,…
MSETCL records highest power transmission of 25,800 MW
Maharashtra State Transmission Company Ltd (MSETCL) recorded the highest ever power transmission of 25,800 MW at 11.16 am due to the use of latest technology and…
REC & PFC to finance hydropower project in Bhutan
REC Ltd and Power Finance Corporation (PFC) have entered into a pact with Bhutan-based Kholongchhu Hydro Energy Ltd (KHEL) to finance a 600 megawatt (MW) hydroelectric…