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Supplies in day ahead market are far exceeding demand
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Thermal power remains crucial to India's energy security despite the shift to renewables. Public and private sectors play key roles in expanding and modernising capacity, ensuring reliable power amidst growing demand
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Changing weather patterns are increasingly posing risks to renewable power generation
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The plants in Gujarat, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh will be the first solo nuclear power projects taken up by NTPC’s newly incorporated subsidiary NTPC Parmanu Urja Nigam Ltd
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Improved collections are also translating into a drop in receivables, thereby improving financial outlook for power assets
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The government has called bids for setting up Bharat Small Reactors to decarbonise high-emission industries such as steel and aluminium. It expects at least Rs 35,000 crore in investments from the private sector
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Operating thermal power plants at low capacity to allow higher injection of renewable energy into the grid during the day is expensive and leads to higher per unit cost of coal-fired electricity
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The company’s MD said that the union government's proposed mandate to localise within six months of the finalisation of guidelines for OEMs could jack up the price of wind turbines in India.
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The overhaul of India's nuclear laws to bring in private participation also raises questions over accountability for the imported reactors that would be supplied by a foreign technology or design partner.
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Justifying its reversal of the mandate, the environment ministry said current exposure levels provide no credible evidence to suggest that sulphur dioxide (SO₂), under prevailing ambient conditions, is a major public health concern.
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Attackers can enter the network through wind installations and move on to other high-value assets. India thwarted nearly two lakh cyberattacks targeting its power sector during Operation Sindoor.
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India's peak power demand touched 243 GW this year, much lower than the previosuly projected 270 GW. Senior power ministry officials now expect to see the current year's peak power demand in September, courtesy an early onset of monsoon and pre-monsoon rains during summers.
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The government will commission 3000 MW of pumped storage projects this year, according to Chairperson, Central Electricity Authority (CEA) Ghanshyam Prasad.
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Going ahead, all bids for solar and wind power projects will include a clause for the installation of automatic weather station on the site, the Central Electricity Authority stated in its guidelines.
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The expert appraisal committee (EAC) of the environment ministry, however, rejected projects of NTPC Ltd, Jindal Power and JSW Energy.
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The plan is being opposed by the neighbouring Telangana, which says the project will deprive it of its rightful share of Godavari waters. Andhra government says Telangana interests will not be affected
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'The waiver of ISTS charges will gradually be phased out until June 2028 for solar and wind projects. It is now time to boost other aspects such as battery energy storage and pumped hydro for which we are now offering 100% waiver in ISTS charges for 25 years,' a senior MNRE official told Moneycontrol.
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Power plants are well equipped with coal for the monsoon months, according to ministry officials.
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In the initial months after the launch of electricity futures, the exchange will not charge a per transaction fee.
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India has at least 13,348 abandoned oil wells with a potential of about 10,600 MW of geothermal power. But it has not exploited even 1 MW so far.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on June 16 reiterated India’s commitment to finalising the long-awaited FTA with the EU by the end of 2025
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The import will be allowed for industrial and manufacturing sectors, including electronics, electrical and specialised chemical industry, against an import authorization, thereby addressing the need of the domestic industry without disruption for actual use, the government said in a statement.
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The milestone will put India in the league of countries like China, Iceland, Norway, Brazil, New Zealand and Denmark, where clean energy capacity is 50 percent or more.
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The imports will be of natural uranium (uranium ore concentrate) and not enriched uranium as India's indigenous Pressurized Heavy Water Reactors can operate with even about 0.7 percent U-235, government officials told Moneycontrol.
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The government is also planning to set up one nuclear power plant in every state that does not fall under the Seismic Zone 5 and may consider the 'fleet mode' in order to ramp up capacity addition.
