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Akhilesh blames UPA for power blues
31 May 2012 7:07 AM ISTWith a promise to improve the power scenario in the state, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday blamed the Centre for failing to make any...
BHEL commissions Parichha power project
30 May 2012 8:56 AM ISTBharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has successfully commissioned a 250 MW unit at Parichha Thermal Power Station (TPS), in Uttar Pradesh. With...
NHPC to finalise Chamkharchhu JV soon
28 May 2012 1:28 PM ISTState-run NHPC along with the Bhutan government expects to finalise soon details of a joint venture company to be set up for developing 770 MW...
Installed capacity of NTPC touches 38k MW
26 May 2012 6:41 AM ISTState-owned utility NTPC on Friday said its installed generation capacity has crossed 38,000 MW, after the commissioning of the fifth 500 MW unit of...
Power generation to be 90k MW for 12th Plan
26 May 2012 6:22 AM ISTPlanning Commission and power ministry are believed to have reached a consensus over fixing the capacity addition target at 90,000 MW for the next...
'No power plant closed due to coal shortage'
25 May 2012 12:09 PM ISTAmid severe fuel shortage in power plants across the country, coal minister Sriprakash Jaiswal has said no power plant would be closed in the coming...
NTPC will get coal without FSA for 2012-13
21 May 2012 10:50 AM ISTNTPC's reservation in signing the Fuel Supply Agreement (FSA) with Coal India will not impact the country's largest power producer as CIL will not...
Sheila visits Bawana power plant
17 May 2012 5:05 PM ISTChief Minister Sheila Dikshit, on Wednesday, visited the Bawana power plant, even as power production remained severely affected. Reportedly, Reliance...
Ministry asks CIL to consider NTPC's FSA request
17 May 2012 8:58 AM ISTThe government on Wednesday said it has asked Coal India Ltd (CIL) to consider NTPC's request for signing the fuel supply pact, with the revised...
'Pool domestic, imported gas to lower cost'
16 May 2012 11:56 AM ISTIn order to tackle the problem of scarcity of fuel at gas-based power stations and bringing down its average cost, private power producers have...
Power ministry wants PMO to resolve FSA impasse
14 May 2012 5:14 AM ISTWith uncertainty continuing over coal supplies, the power ministry has sought the intervention of the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) to resolve the...
Assam harried by power woes
12 May 2012 11:07 AM ISTAs Assam has been facing electricity outages of over 16 hours a day, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi Friday came to the rescue of the state power...