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New Delhi, April 10 India will postpone maintenance shutdowns at thermal power plants and operationalize additional capacity to ensure around 10,000 MW of extra supply during peak summer demand, the Ministry of Power said on Friday, as it moves to strengthen short-term electricity availability...

New Delhi, April 9 Vedanta Power announced on Thursday that it has scaled up its waste-to-energy model in Punjab, and its power plant has co-fired over 3.29 lakh metric tonnes of torrefied biomass in FY26.This development is significant as the country seeks to address seasonal air pollution...

The Commission for Air Quality Management in the National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas (CAQM) has imposed an environmental compensation of approximately ₹61.85 crore on six thermal power plants located within a 300-kilometer radius of Delhi. The Ministry of Environment stated that this...

New Delhi, April 8 Coal inventories at thermal power plants remained comfortable at around 55 million tonnes as of Tuesday, sufficient for 24 days of uninterrupted power generation based on the average consumption over the last seven days, a senior coal ministry official said.The stock levels...

New Delhi, April 8 The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) in the National Capital Region (NCR) and surrounding areas has levied environmental compensation amounting to over ₹61 crore on six thermal power plants operating within a 300 km radius of Delhi for non-compliance of...

New Delhi, April 3 Coal India's subsidiary, NCL, announced on Friday that it supplied a record 137.08 million tonnes (MT) of coal to its customers in the power and other sectors during 2025-26, significantly bolstering India's energy security amid rising domestic demand and shifting global...

New Delhi, April 1 Coal India Ltd announced on Wednesday that its production fell by 1.7 per cent to 768.1 million tonnes in the recently concluded fiscal year 2026.The company, which accounts for over 80 per cent of domestic coal output, produced 781.1 million tonnes (MT) in fiscal year 2025...

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...

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...

Chennai, March 19 Tamil Nadu is preparing to meet a surge in electricity demand as temperatures rise across the state, with power authorities planning to maximize output from coal-based thermal plants in the coming days.This move is aimed at ensuring uninterrupted supply during the peak summer...

New Delhi, March 15 State-owned Coal India Ltd aims to ensure power at a "fair price" to the country amid the escalating West Asia crisis that endangers global shipping lanes and imported coal costs, a senior official of the company said.Coal India Ltd (CIL) contributes to 80 per cent of total...

New Delhi, February 27 State-owned Coal India Limited (CIL) on Friday said it is prepared to meet a potential surge in summer coal demand, dismissing concerns of domestic fuel shortages as power consumption begins to rise.The company said a three-tiered buffer across the supply chain – coal...

New Delhi, February 26 The carbon trading platform is likely to be functional in India by September, which will be a driver for the transition to renewable energy, a senior official said on Thursday.This is significant in light of India's ambitious target of having 500 GW of renewable energy...

New Delhi, February 23 In a significant development, the Supreme Court on Monday sought responses from the Union ministries of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC), Power, and Petroleum on the proposal to shift all coal-based industries out of the Delhi-NCR region to ensure better air...

Today, the Supreme Court requested responses from the union ministries regarding a proposal to relocate all coal-based industries out of the Delhi-NCR region to improve air quality. The bench, comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi, sought these...

New Delhi, February 23 The Supreme Court on Monday sought responses from the Union ministries on a proposal to relocate all coal-based industries out of the Delhi-NCR region to ensure better air quality.In an effort to address the persistent air quality crisis in the National Capital Region...