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  • LIVE: Power Minister RK Singh on growing demands & tariff | Will your electricity bill rise this summer? April 17, 2023 04:16 PM IST

    LIVE: Power Minister RK Singh on growing demands & tariff | Will your electricity bill rise this summer?

    In an exclusive interaction with Moneycontrol, RK Singh, Union minister for power and renewable energy, said the government is well prepared to meet India's growing electricity demand. He also talked extensively about power tariffs in the country and how the power generation capacity is going to be increased over the years. The minister spoke candidly about challenges to India's green hydrogen mission and the ongoing smart metering initiative.

  • NTPC logs highest ever power generation of 400 bn unit in FY23 March 31, 2023 06:40 PM IST

    NTPC logs highest ever power generation of 400 bn unit in FY23

    NTPC continues to demonstrate an upward trend in coal production from its captive mines, with coal production of 23.2 Million Metric Tonnes (MMT) with a robust growth of over 65 per cent vis-a-vis the previous corresponding year, it stated.

  • Chart of the Day | Electricity demand exceeds FY22 levels in 11 months  March 21, 2023 10:26 AM IST

    Chart of the Day | Electricity demand exceeds FY22 levels in 11 months 

    Electricity usage projected to scale new highs in April 2023 

  • 3,700 dams in India will lose 26% storage capacity due to sedimentation by 2050: UN study January 09, 2023 04:15 PM IST

    3,700 dams in India will lose 26% storage capacity due to sedimentation by 2050: UN study

    The Central Water Commission, had in 2015, reported that among 141 large reservoirs which are over 50-years-old, one quarter had lost at least 30 per cent of their initial storage capacity.

  • NTPC power generation rises nearly 12% to 295 billion units in April-December 2022 January 02, 2023 07:23 PM IST

    NTPC power generation rises nearly 12% to 295 billion units in April-December 2022

    State-owned energy giant NTPC's power generation grew 11.6 percent year-on-year to 295.4 billion units (BU) in April-December this fiscal

  • India to step up gas imports to address summer power demand December 07, 2022 02:56 PM IST

    India to step up gas imports to address summer power demand

    Global gas markets are expected to remain tight next year as Russian pipeline gas supplies dwindle.

  • Discoms' aggregate technical & commercial losses down to 17% in FY22 December 05, 2022 02:56 PM IST

    Discoms' aggregate technical & commercial losses down to 17% in FY22

    The Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS) lays down that funding under the scheme will be available only if the discom commits to an agreed loss reduction trajectory.

  • NTPC shares trade in green after MoU signing with Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries October 17, 2022 04:01 PM IST

    NTPC shares trade in green after MoU signing with Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

    The MoU was signed to demonstrate the feasibility of hydrogen co-firing blended with natural gas in order to achieve India's net zero emission targets and to de-carbonise the process of power generation,

  • India to have over 65% power generation capacity from non-fossil fuels by 2030: RK Singh October 17, 2022 12:13 PM IST

    India to have over 65% power generation capacity from non-fossil fuels by 2030: RK Singh

    Addressing a CII conference on green energy, he explained that India is aiming for 65 per cent of power generation capacity from non-fossil fuels but the country will have more than that.

  • NPCIL's Rajasthan plant to procure 60% of goods via GeM in FY23 September 24, 2022 01:21 PM IST

    NPCIL's Rajasthan plant to procure 60% of goods via GeM in FY23

    Narendra Kumar Pushpakar, director of NPCIL's Rawatbhata plant in Chittorgarh district said that power generation by uranium fuel is increasing constantly and there are several projects on the chart to further increase power generation by uranium fuel.

  • Torrent Power buys Wind Two Renergy for Rs 33 crore July 30, 2022 05:16 PM IST

    Torrent Power buys Wind Two Renergy for Rs 33 crore

    WTRPL has 50MW power generation capacity and had a turnover of Rs 35.01 crore in 2021-22.

  • Coal-based power generation rises 27% in June July 07, 2022 03:38 PM IST

    Coal-based power generation rises 27% in June

    New Delhi, Jul 7 Coal-based power generation increased by 26.58 per cent to 95,880 million units in June, as per official data. This comes in t..

  • NTPC clocks 21.7% growth in power generation in June quarter July 04, 2022 11:25 AM IST

    NTPC clocks 21.7% growth in power generation in June quarter

    NTPC group of companies recorded a generation of 104.4 BU in the April to June quarter of 2022, registering an increase of 21.7 percent from 85.8 BU generated in the corresponding quarter last year

  • Maharashtra signs MoU with Adani Energy for 11000 MW power generation June 29, 2022 07:22 AM IST

    Maharashtra signs MoU with Adani Energy for 11000 MW power generation

    According to the agreement, AGEL will set up Pumped Storage Projects (PSP) in the next four to five years, through which about 11,000 MW power will be generated, said a statement issued by the state energy department.

  • Vedanta to modify design of waste heat recovery plant in Goa to increase power generation June 12, 2022 11:35 AM IST

    Vedanta to modify design of waste heat recovery plant in Goa to increase power generation

    New Delhi, Jun 12 Vedanta plans to modify the design of one of its waste heat recovery power plants in Goa and reoptimise its turbines through the u..

  • Power generation set to clock robust growth despite fuel challenges May 31, 2022 09:17 AM IST

    Power generation set to clock robust growth despite fuel challenges

    Total electricity generation increased by about 14 percent from April 1 till May 29 this year

  • Power ministry urges coal ministry to nudge CIL, SCCL to scale up output by 10-12% May 24, 2022 09:56 PM IST

    Power ministry urges coal ministry to nudge CIL, SCCL to scale up output by 10-12%

    The Power Ministry has recommended the Ministry of Coal to take steps to increase output from Coal India Ltd and its subsidiary Singareni Collieries Company Ltd (SCCL) by 10 to 12 percent this fiscal year, citing the impact of energy outages on economic recovery.

  • Power generation doubles in May on imported coal blending May 21, 2022 08:53 PM IST

    Power generation doubles in May on imported coal blending

    Power generation per day from coal blending in DCB plants more than doubled from 66 MU to 143 MU while generation from imported coal-based plants rose from 145 MU to 160 MU.

  • NTPC to add 5 GW capacity in FY23, 6 GW in FY24 May 20, 2022 07:01 PM IST

    NTPC to add 5 GW capacity in FY23, 6 GW in FY24

    A majority of the new addition would be coal-based; while global lenders are shying away from financing coal-based projects on climate change concerns, NTPC is confident of tying up finances from domestic lenders and bond issuance.

  • Coal-based power generation rises 9% in April May 10, 2022 03:23 PM IST

    Coal-based power generation rises 9% in April

    The thermal power generation was 93,838 MU in April 2021, according to official data.

  • How much can PCBL tap into favourable supply-demand balance? April 29, 2022 12:46 AM IST

    How much can PCBL tap into favourable supply-demand balance?

    PCBL’s sequential sales growth of 5 percent was led by pricing growth, offsetting a 4 percent decline in volumes. This was chiefly due to supply-chain hurdles as export volumes were down 11 percent QoQ

  • India's coal shortage could become another stagflationary shock, says Nomura April 20, 2022 12:24 PM IST

    India's coal shortage could become another stagflationary shock, says Nomura

    Coal inventories held by power plants have nine days' worth of stock as of mid-April and are much lower than the average stock of 17 days held in April over the last five years, the brokerage added

  • Commodity crunch reinforces NTPC’s unique position in India's power sector March 17, 2022 09:48 AM IST

    Commodity crunch reinforces NTPC’s unique position in India's power sector

    NTPC is scaling up its renewable energy portfolio and is better placed to deal with rising coal prices

  • NTPC to procure 20 tonnes waste plastic daily from GNIDA, generate 400 kW power December 23, 2021 08:39 PM IST

    NTPC to procure 20 tonnes waste plastic daily from GNIDA, generate 400 kW power

    At present, the GNIDA has one waste remediation plant in the Lakhnawali area of Greater Noida where garbage is segregated. Of the total garbage collected daily, 50 per cent is domestic waste, which is used for making compost.

  • Power generation in eastern region logs 8% growth, others register decline October 17, 2021 06:07 PM IST

    Power generation in eastern region logs 8% growth, others register decline

    All India thermal power generation was down 3.64 per cent while total generation was lower by 2.92 per cent in the same period.