Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …
NTPC is factoring in a 40 per cent surge in generation costs on account of Coal India Ltd’s new coal pricing mechanism, the state-owned generator’s Chairman and Managing Director Arup Roy Chaudhary said here. An increase in costs for NTPC could, in effect, translate into higher electricity tariffs for consumers …
New Delhi The government is set to start bidding process for the R17,000-crore Surguja ultra mega power project in Chhattisgarh which has been in limbo due to uncertainty about environment clearance for associated captive coal blocks. Government sources said that with the issue of ‘go, no-go’ area having been resolved, …
NEW DELHI: NTPC Ltd, India's No 1 power utility, expects to tie up funds for its 500 megawatts (MW) joint venture power project in Sri Lanka by September, Chairman Arup Roy Choudhury said. The company also plans to sign a joint venture with Bangladesh Electricity Board on January 29 to …
State-owned NTPC Ltd has wrapped up the pre-feasibility report for a proposed 9,750 MW Siang Upper hydroelectric project in Arunachal Pradesh. It is moving fast on the strategic project since India realises it is urgent to speed up building dams on the Brahmaputra and establish “lower riparian right”. This will …
NTPC Ltd's first ultra-mega power project (UMPP) of 4,000 MW, coming up at Kudgi in Bijapur district of Karnataka, is all set to award contracts for the first phase of 3 by 800 MW once it secures nod from the Ministry of Environment and Forests. “The investment for the Rs …
State-run power major NTPC has joined the chorus of voices opposed to CIL’s new coal pricing mechanism, asserting that it could lead to an increase in its generation cost by about 40 per cent. The power generation cost of NTPC could go up by about 40 per cent on account …
Power is essential for India’s long-term growth. But electricity is unlikely to flow fast enough STAB a finger at the middle of a map of India and you will hit Nagpur. Some 20 miles (32 kilometres) north-west of the city is a sloping tunnel bored into the rock. Ride two …
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Wednesday inaugurated a 5-MW solar energy plant by SunEdison, the leading solar energy services provider, at Phalodi in Jodhpur district. Union Minister for Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah was also present. The plant was set up under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM). Situated …
India has indicated to its neighbour, Bangladesh that its participation in power projects here, particularly in the northeastern states, will be welcome. It has said that joint ventures in the power sector will also facilitate the evacuation of power from N-E India to Bangladesh and through Bangladesh into other parts …
State-run power producer National Thermal Power Corposration (NTPC) plans to foray into power distribution across the country in a big way. The company has already started internal discussions on the plan, expected to be finalised in medium future. “We are exploring the business model for entering power distribution, whether to …
With thermal power projects facing environmental hurdles and coal-linkage issues, banks are increasingly warming up to project proposals from the non-conventional (solar and wind) energy sector. What is prompting banks to take a good look at non-conventional ‘green' energy projects, especially solar-based power projects, is that States such as Gujarat …
New Delhi, Jan. 3: Coal minister Sriprakash Jaiswal has kept his promise to friend and Jharkhand chief minister Arjun Munda with his ministry taking an “in-principle” decision to re-allocate four out of five coal blocks taken away in May. The blocks — three of which were with National Thermal Power …
NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam (NVVN) expects to sign power purchase agreements with 22 companies by January-end to develop 350 MW of grid-connected solar photovoltaic energy. The companies include GAIL (India), Welspun Solar, Mahindra Solar One, Enfield Infrastructure, Essel Infraprojects, Azure Power India and French firm Fonroche Energie S.A.S. The trading …
New Delhi The threat of a blackout looming over the Capital due to the payment dispute between NTPC and BSES discoms has been averted, with the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) restraining the Central generator from cutting power supply to the discoms till the dispute is resolved. NTPC had threatened …
Solar power is a clean energy source. But in the arid part of northwest India it can also be a dusty one. Every five days or so, in a marriage of low and high tech, field hands with long-handled dust mops wipe down each of the 36,000 solar panels at …
The government has asked all central public sector companies to set up renewable energy projects or voluntarily procure energy credits, as part of efforts to boost sustainable development. "The scope of the Energy Management Programme has been expanded by including Renewable Energy as a specific activity to be pursued by …
Builds portfolio of non-conventional energy projects. NTPC Ltd has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with MP Tradeco in Bhopal for supply of power from 50 MW solar PV (photovoltaic) power plant to be set up at Rajgarh in Madhya Pradesh. Expected to be commissioned by the year 2013, the …
Delays in commissioning of new mines and a historic dip in production from operational mines have thrown coal availability position and the associated power capacity into emergency mode. Fresh data from the Central Electricity Authority, the apex power sector planning body, reveals the current fuel stock at India’s 89 thermal …
The money from the fresh equity that it has received from the Delhi Government and the parent company, and the loan that it is expecting from IDBI Bank are not enough to pay off the dues that it owes generation and transmission companies, power distribution company BSES said on Tuesday, …
Utilities Can Borrow From Banks, May Seek 35% Tariff Hike Next Year. New Delhi: The Delhi government on Tuesday gave its consent to Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) to invest fresh equity worth Rs 500 crore in the cash-strapped power distribution companies of BSES Rajdhani and BSES Yamuna. This paves …
