Power
Azure sells non-core solar rooftop portfolio to Radiance
Renewable Energy
April 5, 2021
Azure sells non-core solar rooftop portfolio to Radiance
Azure Power Global Limited, a leading solar power producer in India, announced it has signed a binding agreement to sell…
NCL supplies 87% of total coal to power producers in FY21
Coal
April 5, 2021
NCL supplies 87% of total coal to power producers in FY21
Coal India Ltd (CIL) arm NCL has said it supplied 87% of its total coal to electricity producers in the…
Borosil Renewables to double solar glass capacity
Renewable Energy
April 2, 2021
Borosil Renewables to double solar glass capacity
Borosil Renewables, the sole domestic manufacturer of solar panel glass, is doubling its capacity to 900 tonnes per day with…
Tata Power takes over power distribution in NE Odisha
Power
April 1, 2021
Tata Power takes over power distribution in NE Odisha
Tata Power, India’s largest integrated power utility, today announced that it has taken over the management and operations of NESCO…
India’s annual electricity demand fall for first time in 35 years
Power
April 1, 2021
India’s annual electricity demand fall for first time in 35 years
India's annual electricity demand fell for the first time in at least 35 years in the fiscal year to March,…
NTPC delivers electrifying performance in FY21
Power
April 1, 2021
NTPC delivers electrifying performance in FY21
NTPC recorded its highest ever group generation of 314 BU in FY 21, a growth of 8.2% compared to previous…
PGCIL tells MeECL to clear dues of Rs 56.89 crore
Power
April 1, 2021
PGCIL tells MeECL to clear dues of Rs 56.89 crore
Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL) has served a notice to the Meghalaya Energy Corporation Limited (MeECL) demanding payment…
Tata Power to develop 60 MW Solar Project for GUVNL
Renewable Energy
March 30, 2021
Tata Power to develop 60 MW Solar Project for GUVNL
Tata Power, India’s largest integrated power company, announced that the Company has received a Letter of Award from Gujarat Urja…
Nexcharge, Tata Power inaugurate grid connected BESS
Power
March 30, 2021
Nexcharge, Tata Power inaugurate grid connected BESS
Nexcharge, a joint venture between Exide Industries and Switzerland-based Leclanche, inaugurated the country's first grid-connected lithium-ion battery-based community energy storage…
IndiGrid acquires NER-II Transmission for Rs 4,625 crore
Power
March 27, 2021
IndiGrid acquires NER-II Transmission for Rs 4,625 crore
IndiGrid has completed the acquisition of NER-II Transmission Ltd from Sterlite Power at an enterprise value of Rs 4,625 crore.
Power generators can exit loss making contracts with state
Power
March 25, 2021
Power generators can exit loss making contracts with state
Government has given freedom to the central sector power producers such as NTPC, NHPC and SJVN to sell power relinquished…
BSES urges consumers to switch off lights during Earth Hour
Power
March 25, 2021
BSES urges consumers to switch off lights during Earth Hour
BSES DISCOMs have urged its Delhi consumers to switch off all non-essential lights and electrical appliances for an hour during…
Study shows why India should increase RE target of 2030
Renewable Energy
March 24, 2021
Study shows why India should increase RE target of 2030
Researchers at UC Santa Barbara have just released a study that demonstrates why India should double down on renewables.
NEEPCO has lifted power supply regulation to MeECL
Power
March 24, 2021
NEEPCO has lifted power supply regulation to MeECL
The North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Limited (NEEPCO) has lifted the regulation of power supply to Meghalaya after MeECL assured…
Oil PSUs to set up InvIT for asset monetisation
Oil & Gas
March 24, 2021
Oil PSUs to set up InvIT for asset monetisation
Oil sector PSUs would now float an Infrastructure Investment Trust (InvIT) as part of the asset monetisation exercise announced by…
DISCOMs get Rs 46,321 crore under liquidity package so far
Power
March 23, 2021
DISCOMs get Rs 46,321 crore under liquidity package so far
Power distribution utilities or DISCOMs in the country have been sanctioned loans of Rs 1.35 lakh crore and disbursed Rs…
NTPC Bongaigaon’s output crosses installed capacity
Power
March 22, 2021
NTPC Bongaigaon’s output crosses installed capacity
NTPC's Bongaigaon plant in Assam has crossed its installed capacity of 750 MW for the first time since the commissioning…
Power Minister R K Singh launches Gram Ujala in Bihar
Sustainability
March 19, 2021
Power Minister R K Singh launches Gram Ujala in Bihar
Power Minister R K Singh launched the GRAM UJALA programme in Arrah, Bihar, through this scheme, LEDs will be available…
New technology for High Electron Mobility Transistor
Sustainability
March 18, 2021
New technology for High Electron Mobility Transistor
Scientists from Bangalore have developed a highly reliable, High Electron Mobility Transistor (HEMTs) that is a normally OFF device and…
Hitachi ABB Power Grids bags Rs 124 cr order from BALCO
Power
March 17, 2021
Hitachi ABB Power Grids bags Rs 124 cr order from BALCO
Hitachi ABB Power Grids in India has won an order worth Rs 124 crore from leading aluminium producer Bharat Aluminium…
Revised estimates for transmission & distribution approved
Power
March 16, 2021
Revised estimates for transmission & distribution approved
Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a major step towards economic development of the…
Delhi power DISCOMs seek progressive tariff rationalisation
Power
March 15, 2021
Delhi power DISCOMs seek progressive tariff rationalisation
Power DISCOMs in Delhi have proposed to regulator DERC that there should be a cost-reflective, progressive tariff rationalisation
Power consumption grows 16.5% in first 12 days of March
Power
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
Power
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…
Barakah nuclear power plant’s second unit licensed by UAE
Power
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…