power generation

New Delhi, April 6 Union Home Minister Amit Shah congratulated scientists on Monday for successfully building the Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor at Kalpakkam, as it achieved criticality, a development he described as a "new era" in India's civil nuclear program.India's 500 MWe Prototype Fast...

New Delhi, April 3: Pakistan's LNG supplies are expected to fall to near zero next month, removing a source that contributes more than one-fifth of total power generation, while coal availability is also under pressure, jointly affecting close to 30 per cent of the supply, according to an...

New Delhi, April 2 State-owned CIL has reported its first sales growth in six months for March, reflecting a build-up of coal stocks before peak summer demand amid gas shortages due to the West Asia conflict.Coal India (CIL) accounts for over 80 per cent of domestic coal production.The coal...

New Delhi, April 1 Integrated power firm Tata Power announced on Wednesday that the company has resumed operations at the Mundra plant, with an installed capacity of 4,150 MW, after a gap of almost nine months.The company had suspended operations at all units of the Mundra plant on July 2...

New Delhi, April 1 The country's power consumption grew marginally by 1.8 per cent to 149.56 billion units in March from 146.92 billion units a year ago, due to reduced use of appliances like air conditioners and coolers caused by unseasonal rains.The intermittent rains have kept the...

New Delhi, April 1 DEE Development Engineers Ltd announced on Wednesday that it has secured a revised tariff of ₹5.224 per unit from the Punjab State Electricity Regulatory Commission (PSERC) for its 6 MW biomass-based power plant in Malwa, Punjab.The order extends the plant's operations for...

New Delhi, April 1 Inox Clean Energy announced on Wednesday that it has completed the acquisition of Vibrant Energy from Macquarie Corporate Holdings Pty Limited and other shareholders for an enterprise value of ₹5,000 crore.The acquisition was completed in a record four months, despite...

New Delhi, March 30 India's industrial production grew by 5.2 per cent in February, primarily due to an improvement in manufacturing output, according to official data released on Monday.Factory output, measured in terms of the Index of Industrial Production (IIP), expanded by 2.7 per cent in...

New Delhi, March 30 India's industrial production grew by 5.2 per cent in February, mainly due to improvements in the manufacturing sector, according to official data released on Monday.Factory output, measured by the Index of Industrial Production (IIP), increased by 2.7 per cent in February...

New Delhi, March 30 State-owned BHEL announced on Monday that it has secured an order worth ₹13,500 crore from NTPC for the main plant package of the 2,400 MW Telangana Stage-II thermal power plant.BHEL emerged as the successful bidder for this project in October 2024, according to a...

New Delhi, March 29 Neyveli Uttar Pradesh Power Limited, a joint venture company of NLC India Ltd and UP Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Ltd, has commenced production from a coal block in Jharkhand, according to a regulatory filing.This development boosts domestic coal output for power generation...

Itanagar, March 28 – Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu emphasized the state's vast natural and resource potential on Saturday, reiterating the state government's commitment to converting these assets into sustainable revenue through well-defined policies.Officials from the National...

Tensions remain high in West Asia as Israel intensified strikes on Iran's key steel, power, and nuclear facilities last night, further escalating the ongoing conflict. Tehran has condemned the attacks, saying they undermine diplomatic efforts and contradict the extended deadline for...

New Delhi, March 28 Thermax announced on Saturday that its subsidiary, Thermax Babcock & Wilcox Energy Solutions (TBWES), has secured a boiler package supply order worth approximately ₹1,600 crore for an ultra-supercritical thermal power project.According to a company statement, TBWES has...

Jammu, March 27 The Jammu and Kashmir government on Friday said that the Union Territory possesses an estimated hydropower potential of about 18,000 MW, of which nearly 15,000 MW has been identified, and that it is on a fast track to triple its installed capacity to around 11,000 MW by 2035...

Jammu, March 27 Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said on Friday that a draft J&K hydropower policy 2025 has been framed and placed in the public domain for stakeholder feedback.In response to a question by member Javaid Iqbal in the assembly on harnessing small rivers and...

Bengaluru, March 26 Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, who also holds the Water Resources Ministry, expressed confidence on Thursday that the foundation stone for the controversial Mekedatu balancing reservoir project would be laid within two years and sought cooperation from the...

New Delhi, March 25 In a significant ruling, the Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the Maharashtra government's power to withdraw or modify electricity duty exemptions granted to captive power plants.The top court, however, protected industries, including Reliance Industries Ltd, from "sudden...

New Delhi, March 25 The Fair Trade Regulator, the Competition Commission, approved on Wednesday BlackRock's proposal to acquire a stake in Aditya Birla Renewables Ltd.US-based BlackRock, through its affiliate GIP EM Star Pte Ltd, is acquiring a stake in the company.Mumbai-based Aditya Birla...

New Delhi, March 25 The Ministry of Power is believed to have directed imported coal-based thermal plants to operate at full capacity for three months from April 1, in order to avoid any electricity shortage amid the estimated peak demand of 270GW during this summer.Sources said that in...