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  • Turning snow into power: How Japan is turning snowfall into electricity

    Japan is testing a bold idea that turns heavy snowfall into clean electricity, using temperature differences and abandoned infrastructure, raising questions about whether snow could power future winters.

  • India considering $12 billion plan to bail out state power distributors

    To receive the bailout funds, the states will be required to privatise their electric utilities and transfer managerial control or keep control but list them on a stock exchange

  • Cummins India shares surge after parent projects double-digit revenue growth in India

    "In India, we project total revenue, including joint venture to increase 10% in 2024, primarily driven by stronger power generation demand," said Cummins Inc chairman and CEO, Jennifer Rumsey.

  • Chart of the Day: India’s electricity generation mix improves in August

    The share of non-fossil fuels in total electricity generation rose on strong growth in nuclear power and moderation in demand

  • NTPC power generation rises 4.15% in Q4 to 93 BUs amid high demand, scorching heat

    Compared to the previous quarter, gross electricity generation of NTPC rose 4.38 percent in Q4 from 89.467 BUs recorded in Q3FY24.

  • Double whammy for power, water consumers in Uttarakhand

    The rise in tariffs has upset both, consumers and industry associations in the hill state. The latter has said they may move to other states like UP. That’s not all. Opposition parties have piled ridicule on the government for having lowered the price of liquor in the new excise policy.

  • NTPC’s defensive characteristics are holding up, for now

    The company’s thermal power plant utilisation levels increased to 77.8 percent in the first half of FY22, levels last seen in the first half of FY18

  • Sardar Sarovar dam's hydropower output nearly doubles this year, August proves most productive

    Madhya Pradesh is the biggest beneficiary of the green electricity generated by the SSHEP complex, which has a total installed capacity of 1,450 MW.

  • NTPC tackles coal crunch better, private power plants hit hard

    The coal crunch is worsening but all thermal power plants are not equally affected

  • Why the world cannot wean away from coal quickly

    China has the largest renewable energy base globally and is still hostage to coal. Green energy is estimated to meet only half of incremental global electricity demand in 2021 and 2022

  • To keep the lights on, India’s power sector needs climate-resilient grids

    Given India’s ambitious plans to rapidly transition to a cleaner energy economy, it becomes imperative to develop and invest in climate resilient power grids to improve people’s living standards 

  • Tata Power generates 51,000 MUs of power for first time in FY17

    It also reported significant increase of 15.2 per cent in output, with its total power generation capacity at 10,577 MW from various fuel sources such as thermal, hydroelectric power, renewable energy (wind and solar PV) and waste heat recovery.

  • Infra sector growth slips to 5-month low at 2.8% in May

    Infrastructure sectors grew at five-month low rate of 2.8 percent in May, slipping from a four-year high of 8.5 percent in previous month, as oil and natural gas output contracted

  • Govt to offer coal use flexibility to pvt cos in 3-4 months

    Government is planning to offer private companies the flexibility to use domestic coal to bring down cost of electricity generation in the next 3-4 months, Power Minister Piyush Goyal said on June 28

  • Stalled projects rise in Q2 on steel sector distress: HSBC

    The impact of the steel sector has been such that the stock of stalled projects increased after falling for five quarters.

  • India's August infrastructure output grows 2.6%: Govt

    Steel production, however, shrank an annual 5.9 percent last month, compared with a 5.6 percent growth in July.

  • Gujarat farmers to be roped in to tap solar energy

    According to officials in Gujarat Energy Research and Management Institute (GERMI), farmers and power generation companies will be in a win-win situation with generation of solar energy in agricultural fields.

  • NHPC Q1 net profit jumps 24% to Rs 767 crore

    Total income during the quarter under review rose marginally to Rs 2,218.80 crore from Rs 2,217.62 crore in the corresponding quarter of the previous fiscal, it added.

  • NTPC up 2.5% on major expansion plan in green energy

    Shares of NTPC rallied 2.5 percent intraday Wednesday. The country's largest power producer announced big expansion plan for executing green energy projects in the next five years as part of government's plans to provide thrust to clean electricity generation.

  • CCEA okays higher gas price for RIL but with riders

    The bank guarantee, which will be equivalent to the incremental revenue that RIL will get from the new gas price, will be encashed if it is proved that the company hoarded gas or deliberately suppressed production at the main Dhirubhai-1 and 3 (D1&D3) fields in the eastern offshore KG-D6 block since 2010-11, sources said.

  • 12th plan powergen capacity addition likely to be at 90k MW

    Planning Commission and Power Ministry are believed to have reached a consensus over fixing the capacity addition target at 90,000 MW for the next five years.

  • SEBs reforms unlikely without political will: Suresh Prabhu

    Suresh Prabhu, former power minister during the NDA regime, said, "We definitely need political will to bring reforms in state electricity boards (SEBs) and that is how we have started the process of reforming State Electricity Boards in 2003."

  • JSW Energy Q4 net falls 25% on high coal prices

    JSW Energy Thursday reported a net profit of Rs 205.79 crore for the January-March or fourth quarter, down 25% year-on-year due to high cost of imported coal.

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