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Power consumption grows 16.5% in first 12 days of March
March 14, 2021
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…
MSETCL records highest power transmission of 25,800 MW
March 11, 2021
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…
REC & PFC to finance hydropower project in Bhutan
March 11, 2021
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…
Hitachi ABB Power Grids to supply transformers to Railways
March 10, 2021
Hitachi ABB Power Grids to supply transformers to Railways
Hitachi ABB Power Grids in India has bagged order worth Rs 160 crore to supply transformers to Indian Railways.
Power Grid acquires Ramgarh New Transmission
March 10, 2021
Power Grid acquires Ramgarh New Transmission
Power Grid Corporation has acquired Ramgarh New Transmission Limited (RNTL), which it has won in a tariff-based competitive bidding.
L&T delivers 700 MW steam generator ahead schedule
March 10, 2021
L&T delivers 700 MW steam generator ahead schedule
Engineering and construction conglomerate Larsen & Toubro on Tuesday said it has despatched a 700 MWe steam generator for Gorakhpur…
Barakah nuclear power plant’s second unit licensed by UAE
March 9, 2021
Barakah nuclear power plant’s second unit licensed by UAE
The nuclear regulator in United Arab Emirates has issued an operating licence for the second unit of the Barakah nuclear…
Load shedding in Delhi lowest in last two decades
March 9, 2021
Load shedding in Delhi lowest in last two decades
Load shedding in the national capital has dropped to 0.03 per cent of the total consumption, the lowest in the…
Free power to farmers will continue in Punjab
March 6, 2021
Free power to farmers will continue in Punjab
Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh announced that free power to farmers and subsidised power to the industry will continue…
Myanmar sees temporary nationwide electricity outage
March 5, 2021
Myanmar sees temporary nationwide electricity outage
Electricity supply was briefly cut across many areas of Myanmar on Friday because of a system breakdown, according to multiple…
Average rural power supply duration increased to 18.5 hours
March 4, 2021
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
March 4, 2021
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
March 2, 2021
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
March 2, 2021
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
February 27, 2021
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
February 24, 2021
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
February 24, 2021
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
February 24, 2021
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
February 22, 2021
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
February 20, 2021
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
February 18, 2021
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
February 18, 2021
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
February 17, 2021
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
February 15, 2021
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
February 10, 2021
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…