Following Narendra Modi’s Independence day speech Power ministry has decided to electrify remaining 7,876 un-electrified villages before 1st May 2018. The project, which was taken on mission mode last year, will now see squeezing the implementation schedule to 12 months and also dividing village electrification process into 12 stages, with defined time lines for monitoring. Modi on […]
Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd announced that it secured an order for setting up 30 MW (3×10 MW) of Solar Photovoltaic Power Plants on engineering, procurement and construction basis from West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Corporation. The order is valued at Rs 169 crores. The SPV plants of 10 MW each are to be set up […]
The Ministry of Shipping said it is installing solar and wind based power systems at all the Major Ports across the country. It aims to set up 90.64 MW of Solar Energy Capacity at twelve Major Ports and 70 MW of Wind Energy Capacity at four Major Ports by 2017. These major ports have started […]
The cost of production of electricity fell to Rs 3.04 per kWh during the period from April to June 2016 from Rs 3.19 during the same period last year, the government said. This is mainly on account of rationalization of freight charges for domestic coal and reduction of imports, the government said in a statement. The […]
Thermax Ltd. said it will invest Rs 6 crores in First energy Pvt. Ltd. during this financial year. Thermax had acquired one-third stake in First Energy in July last year. The company did not disclose its present share in the unit. First Energy pvt. ltd. is an alternative energy solutions company. Thermax had paid about […]
Tata Power said it had saved enough energy through an awareness program in New Delhi to light up thousands of homes in the city. The company said it saved around 9.5 lakh units of power. It did this by creating energy conservation clubs in 25 schools across the city. Tata Power said its Club Enerji […]
After autorickshaws, cars and buses, the government is now targeting the two-wheelers for CNG conversion. A pilot CNG-program under GAIL and Indraprastha Gas will test the suitability of CNG as a fuel for two-wheelers. Typically, natural gas is not considered an ideal fuel for smaller vehicles. However, given its low pollution footprint, the fuel was […]
Indraprastha Gas Limited said it opened 72 outlets of compressed natural gas in the national capital region in the last four months and another 18 will be opened this month. These have been opened at the fuel outlets of Indian Oil, BPCL and HPCL. “While 51 out of these 72 CNG fuelling facilities are located […]
GAIL has started drilling the first exploratory well as operator in its NELP-IX Block CB-ONN in Cambay Basin. The process, technically called “spudding”, started on March 27, 2016 in the well situated in Dugari village in Tarapur Tehsil of Anand District of Gujarat. GAIL (India) Limited is the lead operator of the block with 25 […]
India is set to nearly double its solar power generation capacity in the ongoing financial year and comfortably exceed its target of adding 1.8 GW of extra capacity during the year. According to numbers obtained from various government sources, the country is all set to end the current financial year with a total solar power generation capacity of about […]
Giving in to a long-standing demand, the Indian government has allowed new gas producers to enter into negotiated pricing deals with their customers subject to certain ceiling tariff. At present, gas prices are fixed by the government through a formula. The policy guidelines would be applicable to future discoveries as well as existing discoveries which […]
L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering, a unit of Larsen & Toubro, said it has signed a long-term agreement with McDermott International to explore joint execution of subsea projects in deepwater segment emerging on the east coast of India. Under the agreement, LTHE and McDermott will develop a cost-effective approach which will utilize LTHE’s state-of-the-art, strategically located Kattupalli […]
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited said it won an order worth around Rs 3,500 for the supply of two 800 MW boilers with supercritical parameters for Telangana Super Thermal Power Project (TnSTPP). The project is located within NTPC’s existing Ramagundam Power Station in Karimnagar district of Telangana. “The power generated from this plant will contribute substantially […]
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), proposes an upward revision of the benchmark cost of Concentrating Solar Thermal (CST) Technologies Programme. The proposed revision in the benchmark will also accommodate increase in the cost of various components of CST systems, the government said. UPDATE: There is some confusion about whether benchmark costs have […]
National Aluminium Company or NALCO has awarded to Suzlon a contract to double its wind energy production capacity to 100.80 MW, the wind energy company said. The project will be capable of providing power to around 27,000 households and reducing “0.10 million tonnes of CO2 emissions per annum. NALCO which is a public sector enterprise […]
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) commissioned a 520 MW coal-based thermal generating unit at the 2×520 MW Vizag Thermal Power Project of Hinduja National Power Company Limited (HNPCL), Visakhapatnam. BHEL has already commissioned 5,010 MW of power plants in the utility sector during the financial year 2015-16 and is on track to achieve the target […]
Suzlon Group, one of the world’s leading wind turbine manufacturers, has won an order for building a 197.40 MW wind project in Andhra Pradesh. The financial details of the project were not revealed, but the company said this is not the first contract it has won from the customer. “Suzlon has recently commissioned first wind […]
Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has approved change in law that will increase its realization as part of an operations petition filed by Sasan Power Limited, Reliance Power said. There will be an effective tariff increase of 9 paise per unit, or 7%, the company said. A one-time compensation of Rs 271 Crore was also […]
The price paid by India for a barrel of crude oil has fallen below the $30 mark for the first time in several years. On Jan 7, the average price paid by India for importing crude oil was $29.24, substantially lower than the $33 level seen in international oil exchanges such as NYMEX. India has […]
In one of the boldest steps to be taken in the direction of clean energy in India, the central government has decided to provide a 30% subsidy for rooftop solar installations in the country. The move to provide blanket subsidies is unprecedented for India, and indeed for any low-income country, and has usually been found […]
