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Average rural power supply duration increased to 18.5 hours

Average rural power supply duration increased to 18.5 hours

Minister of Power R.K Singh has informed that the average rural power supply duration has increased from 12.5 hours in…
Average spot power price up 16% at Rs 3.39/unit in February

Average spot power price up 16% at Rs 3.39/unit in February

Average spot power price at Indian Energy Exchange (IEX) rose over 16% to Rs 3.39 per unit in February in…
0.88% growth in power consumption in February

0.88% growth in power consumption in February

India's power consumption grew 0.88% in February at 104.73 billion units (BU) due to a slight rise in temperature in…
Mumbai power outage could have been cyber sabotage

Mumbai power outage could have been cyber sabotage

A power failure that crippled India's financial capital of Mumbai in western Maharashtra state last year could have been a…
NTPC Gadarwara project unit to begin operation from March

NTPC Gadarwara project unit to begin operation from March

NTPC on Friday said unit 2 of its Gadarwara Super Thermal Power Station will begin commercial operation from March 1,…
RK Singh reinstated Paris Climate Agreement commitments

RK Singh reinstated Paris Climate Agreement commitments

Power Minister said that we are diversifying our energy basket with more non fossil fuels such as hydro, solar, wind,…
India & AIIB to improve power transmission in Assam

India & AIIB to improve power transmission in Assam

India and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) signed a $304 million loan agreement for the Assam Intra-State Transmission System…
Consumers ignored in finalising Electricity (Amendment) Bill

Consumers ignored in finalising Electricity (Amendment) Bill

The All India Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF) said consumers as well as employees are being ignored in finalising the Electricity…
Three transformers to energise Noida power supply

Three transformers to energise Noida power supply

The third transformer of 400/132kv system will be energised along with two transformers of 132/33 KV system at the 400…
CBAK Energy develops Special 26650 battery

CBAK Energy develops Special 26650 battery

CBAK Energy Technology announced that it has started the trial production of its special 26650 lithium battery (the Special 26650…
Policy and regulatory framework for DISCOMs in the offing

Policy and regulatory framework for DISCOMs in the offing

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the Centre is working to remove problems in the distribution sector and a policy and…
NTPC yet to assess damage to Tapovan Project

NTPC yet to assess damage to Tapovan Project

NTPC is yet to make an assessment of the damage caused by the February 7 deluge to its 520 MW…
Compensation to families of deceased Tapovan workers

Compensation to families of deceased Tapovan workers

NTPC Limited has started releasing compensation to the families of Tapovan workers, who have lost their lives in the Uttarakhand…
AIPEF demands to put Electricity Amendment Bill in public

AIPEF demands to put Electricity Amendment Bill in public

The All India Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF) has demanded that the draft Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2021 must be put in…
93 NTPC workers still missing in Uttarakhand glacier burst

93 NTPC workers still missing in Uttarakhand glacier burst

Union Minister of Power, RK Singh said that 93 workers of National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) Limited are missing, while…
Rs 1,500 loss to NTPC due to Uttarakhand tragedy

Rs 1,500 loss to NTPC due to Uttarakhand tragedy

The Uttarakhand glacier burst has caused an estimated loss of Rs 1,500 crore at the NTPC's 480 MW Tapovan-Vishnugad hydel…
JP Power Vishnuprayag project’s operations affected

JP Power Vishnuprayag project’s operations affected

The massive avalanche in Chamoli, Uttarakhand has led to the closure of power generation at Jaiprakash Power Venture Ltd 400…
RK Singh visits Tapovan to take stock of situation

RK Singh visits Tapovan to take stock of situation

A day after a glacier burst triggered a flash flood in the region, Minister of State for Power and New…
BHEL commissions 800MW supercritical thermal power plant

BHEL commissions 800MW supercritical thermal power plant

Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has successfully commissioned the second unit (800 MW) of the 2x800 MW Gadarwara Super Thermal…
Average spot power price rose 11% to Rs 3.18/unit

Average spot power price rose 11% to Rs 3.18/unit

The average spot power price rose 11% to Rs 3.18 per unit in the day ahead market on the Indian…
No new policy to support gas-based power plants

No new policy to support gas-based power plants

The government has decided not to bring any new policy or provide support to gas-based power plants at the moment…
Total investments by power PSU to rise 19% to Rs 60,000 cr

Total investments by power PSU to rise 19% to Rs 60,000 cr

Government has increased total investments by eight state-owned power companies, including REC Ltd, by over 19% to Rs 59,990.52 crore…
Rs 3L Cr scheme to provide assistance to DISCOMs

Rs 3L Cr scheme to provide assistance to DISCOMs

Nirmala Sitharaman in her budget speech of 2021-22, proposed an outlay of Rs 3,05,984 crore over 5 years to provide…
Tata Power to operate power distribution system in Odisha

Tata Power to operate power distribution system in Odisha

Tata Power has received the Letter of Intent from OERC for the distribution and retail supply of electricity in Odisha’s…
World’s first Hualong One reactor put into operation

World’s first Hualong One reactor put into operation

The Unit 5 of China's Fuqing Nuclear Power Plant, the world's first Demonstration project to adopt China's indigenous Generation III…
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