RE sector in India got $70 B investment in 7 years
Power Minister R K Singh has said that as much as USD 70 billion (about Rs 5.2 lakh crore) has been invested in renewable energy across…
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Essar Power Hazira net soars 113% in FY21
Essar Power Hazira has posted 113% rise in its net profit at Rs 128.63 crore for the financial year ended March 31, 2021. Essar Power Hazira…
50% NPCIL’s generation in South shut down for maintenance
A total of 1,660 MW of atomic power capacity belonging to Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd. (NPCIL) has been shut down largely for refuelling and…
India EV sales to grow at 26% by FY23 according to Fitch
The recently announced electric vehicle (EV) incentives by India along with high fuel prices will be supporting factors for stronger adoption of EVs over 2020-2023, leading…
CIL expecting to hike coal price after wage hike
Coal India Limited (CIL) is debating on hiking coal price for the regulated sector and may take a call soon. The world’s largest miner could see…
11 Thermal plants in NCR accounted for 7% air pollution
The 11 coal-fired power plants in the National Capital Region contributed just 7% to Delhi's PM2.5 pollution on an average between October 2020 and January 2021,…
Power consumption grows 9.3% in first half of June
Power consumption in the country grew by 9.3% in the first half of June to 55.86 billion units (BU), indicating a slow recovery in commercial and…
Stalin urges PM to cancel hydrocarbon extraction bids
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Sunday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking immediate directions to the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas to…
Jagan urges Pradhan to set up petro complex
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy called on Union Steel and Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and urged him not to privatise Visakhapatnam Steel…
NHPC’s earns highest ever profit of Rs 3,233 Crore
NHPC reported highest ever net profit after tax of Rs 3233.37 Crore on standalone basis in the FY 2020-21 compared to Rs 3007.17 Crore for the…
Delhi sees highest power demand this summer at 6,499 MW
Pushed by the weather condition, Delhi's peak power demand soared to 6,499 MW on Thursday afternoon, the highest so far this summer, DISCOM officials said.
Retiring coal plants can help Maharashtra save Rs 16,000 Cr
Maharashtra can save up to Rs 16,000 crore in the next five years by shutting down old coal-fired power plants, along with other measures.
Power consumption grows 12.6% in first week of June
Power consumption in the country grew at 12.6% in the first week of June to 25.36 billion units (BU), indicating a slow recovery in commercial and…
Gujarat DISCOMs sign pacts for 3,979 solar projects
Gujarat's four public-owned electricity distribution companies have signed power purchase agreements (PPAs) for 3,979 small-scale distributed solar projects with aggregate capacity of 2,500 MW
Crude Oil increases towards $72 on demand prospects
Oil rose towards $72 a barrel on Friday, trading close to a two-year high as OPEC+ supply discipline and recovering demand countered concerns about patchy COVID-19…
CIL’s coal offtake jumps 38% to 55 MT in May
Coal India said its coal offtake rose by 38% to 55 million tonnes (MT) in May on the back of revival of fuel demand from the…
Petrol, diesel sales drop 17% in May owing to lockdowns
India's petrol and diesel sales fell by about 17% in May from a month ago as restrictions clamped to curb the world's worst outbreak of coronavirus…
6 illegal miners feared trapped in Meghalaya coal mine
Six miners from Assam, allegedly involved in illegal rat-hole mining in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district, were feared trapped inside a coal mine after it collapsed.
Coal India retains production momentum in May
Despite COVID-19 restrictions in several states, Coal India maintained its output and despatch momentum in May, the second month of the current fiscal
Reduced power tariff to benefit poor consumers: Punjab CM
Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Friday said that the massive cut, ranging from 50 paise to Rs 1 per unit, in domestic power tariff…
Government sanctions 19,000 solar street lights for J&K
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has sanctioned 19,000 solar street lights (SSLs) to Jammu and Kashmir, where the J&K Energy Development Agency (JAKEDA) has…
Reliance-BP delivers deep water gas fields despite COVID
Reliance Industries Ltd along with its JV Partner BP had embarked on concurrent development of three deep water fields in the Krishna Godavari basin block, KG-D6
Energy majors committed towards carbon neutrality to gain
Oil and gas companies most committed to reinventing themselves over the next three years expect to grow their revenues and margins at twice the rate of…
Taiwan president to scrutinise electricity management
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen pledged to look into the tech powerhouse's electricity management after two major blackouts hit homes and businesses in less than a week
ADB commits record $3.92 billion loan to India for 13 projects
The Asian Development Bank has committed a record USD 3.92 billion in sovereign loans for 13 projects to India in 2020