Longer power cuts in Punjab due to critical power situation
The state electricity board in Punjab announced that it would have to impose power cuts of at least two-three hours starting Tuesday evening as three private…
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Combined heat & power plant for Assam Bio Refinery
Energy and environment solutions provider Thermax has won a Rs 320 crore order for setting up a captive Combined Heat and Power plant for Assam Bio…
Hoymiles unveils world’s first 3 phase microinverter
Hoymiles Power Electronics rolled out new models of its line up of three-phase microinverters, the world's first three-phase microinverters with reactive power control and single-phase microinverters…
Punjab fears power shortage amidst farmers agitation
Farmers continue to block rail tracks of private power plants in Punjab. This in turn has made the situation in the state grim, with the shortage…
Tata Power’s Demand Side Management programme
Tata Power’s DSM programme in Mumbai is a multi-dimensional, holistic and technology driven approach with focus on capacity building of the consumers towards energy management.
USAID’s $28 million to advance energy market in South Asia
USAID Acting Assistant Administrator for Asia Javier Piedra announced new activities valued at more than $28 million to advance regional energy markets in South Asia.
Shanghai Electric empowering local Pakistani welders
Shanghai Electric has reached milestone with the start of the soldering process of the heating surface of a boiler of Thar Coal Block-1 2x660MW Power Plant…
PM delivers inaugural address at 4th India Energy Forum
PM delivered inaugural address at 4th India Energy Forum CERAWeek through video conference. The theme of this edition is "India's Energy Future in a world of…
TES invests in Green Li-ion’s battery recycling technology
TES announced a strategic investment in Green Li-ion. This investment is aimed at extending Green Li-ion's proprietary battery recycling technology to TES's suite of battery recycling…
Nitya Electro Controls commences production in UP
Nitya Electro Controls Group said production has started at its wires and cables manufacturing plant at Greater Noida in Uttar Pradesh. The company also announced roping…
NTPC to use drones for inspection of power projects
Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) and Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) have granted conditional exemption to National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) for the deployment of…
100 MW unit Chamera-II Power Station restored successfully
NHPC successfully restored 100 MW UNIT#1 of its 300 MW Chamera-II Power Station of located in Chamba District, Himachal Pradesh and has successfully synchronized with the…
PFC sanctions Rs 2790 crore to JKPCL to clear dues
Power Finance Corporation Ltd (PFC), India's leading NBFC, has sanctioned Rs 2,790 crore to Jammu Kashmir Power Corporation ltd (JKPCL) for clearing its outstanding dues.
Complete power restoration in Mumbai takes 28 hours
28 hours is what it took for a complete restoration of power in Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) after power outage on Monday. Power supply was completely…
Punjab braces for power outage as coal stocks run dry
After power outage in Mumbai, Punjab braces itself for massive power outages. With coal stock in three operational private thermal plants in Punjab depleting, power crisis…
Major grid failure cripples Mumbai
The financial capital of India, Mumbai is crippled due to a total grid failure. Mumbai Metro, Banking, Airport, Trains, Traffic Signals, Security Infrastructure among other things…
Hitachi ABB Power Grids bags Rs 100 cr order from HRRL
Hitachi ABB Power Grids India announced that it has bagged an order worth over Rs 100 crore from HPCL Rajasthan Refinery Ltd (HRRL). The project will…
Rs 84.41 cr loss for NHPC due to plant shutdown
NHPC says it will suffer a loss of Rs 84.41 crore due to the shutdown of 120 MW Sewa-II power station in Jammu and Kashmir till…
Rolls Royce to deliver 29 MW gas power plant for DLTPL
Rolls Royce has signed a contract with Dhamra LNG Terminal Pvt Ltd (DLTPL) for the complete Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) delivery of a 29 MW…
NLC’s first thermal power station falls silent
NLC India’s thermal power station I, which was commissioned between 1962 and 1970 in three stages was decommissioned on September 30.
A unit of Hisar power plant closed due to turbine break down
After a unit turbine at Rajiv Gandhi Thermal Power Plant at Khedar village in Hisar broke down 4-5 days ago, it has now resulted in shut…
Co-firing of biomass pellets to combat air pollution
NTPC has invited bids for procurement of biomass pellets for its various thermal plants on the basis of Domestic Competitive Basis (DCB) as part of its…
PFBR set to add 500 MW of electrical power by 2022
MoS for Atomic Energy, Dr Jitendra Singh said that Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor being constructed by Bharatiya Nabhikiya Vidyut Nigam Limited (BHAVINI) is expected to get…
Singoli Bhatwari Hydel Power Plant, spinning of turbines commences
Larsen & Toubro announced 100% completion & readiness for commissioning of the 99-MW Singoli–Bhatwari Hydroelectric Power Plant. The commissioning of this run-of-the-river plant along the iconic…
BHEL to establish high temperature turbine rotor test rig for efficient Thermal Power Plants
India may soon manufacture its own super alloy steam turbine rotors for efficient coal based thermal power plants – thanks to a facility being set up…