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…
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…
Largest solar power plant in Bangladesh connected to grid
Bangladesh's largest solar power plant in Mymensingh is fully installed with Huawei Smart PV solution, in which it has connected to the national grid since the…
CSE’s ‘First Run’ to encourage cleaner power stations
As part of its initiatives to build an ecosystem of incentives and deterrence measures, the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has developed a new concept…
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…
Tokyo Gas and First Gen to build Offshore LNG Terminal
Tokyo Gas Co has signed a Joint Cooperation Agreement (JCA) with First Gen Corporation of the Republic of the Philippines. The two companies entered into a…
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…
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…
JinkoSolar to build gas station PV power plant in Japan
JinkoSolar Holding announced its intention to co-operate with ENEOS Corporation on the provision of solar modules for a Virtual Power Plant ("VPP") project.
Titagarh Wagons to replace their quater energy demand through solar
One of India’s largest private sector manufacturers of passenger and freight trains, Titagarh Wagons (TWL) has signed a PPA with Fourth Partner Energy to procure 4.8…
Adani Power acquires GMR Chhattisgarh Energy
Adani Power announced the completion of acquisition of GMR Chhattisgarh Energy Ltd. (GCEL), which owns and operates a 1,370 MW (2 X 685 MW) Supercritical power…
Coal India to own wagons to increase supplies to Power Plants
Coal India Limited (CIL) has set the wheels in motion to purchase its own rail wagons, in a maiden venture, under General Purpose Wagon Investment Scheme,…
Supply of Coal to Tamil Nadu
In the year 2018-19, Coal India Limited (CIL) had supplied 491.54 Million Tonnes (MT) coal to power plants which was 8.2% more than the coal supplied…
Tata Sponge acquires the steel business of Usha Martin
Tata Sponge Iron Limited has completed the acquisition of steel business undertaking of UML including captive power plants.
Piyush Goel urges states to use provisions under “Flexibility of Utilization of Coal” Rules
Coal Minister, Piyush Goyal chaired a detailed review meeting with R.K. Singh, MoS Power and New & Renewable Energy and with top officials of Ministries of…
Rail – Coal Synergy Enables Record Movement of 344.5 Coal Rakes
Coal India Ltd has recorded the highest offtake of 2 MT in a single day on 28.3.2018, with Railways helping movement of highest number of 289.5…