Thermal Power

India's 'deadly' coal-power plants continue to defy air pollution norms; push nationwide PM2.5 levels 34% in last 5 years

Over the last five years, thermal power plants pushed nationwide levels of SO2, a toxic gas, by 32 percent and fine particles called PM 2.5 by 34 percent.

India's coal-run thermal power plants may be economically unviable in future, claims analyst

India's ultra thermal plants, designed to run on foreign coal, may no longer afford to do so economically in the future, says a top financial analyst with a leading US-based institute.

DC solar products are lighting up rural India: What's driving the increased demand?

The Indian market is ripe for products like lighting solutions and solar pumps. Rural India is looking beyond kerosene, wood and organic waste, and slowly realising that renewable alternatives like solar power are much safer and more cost effective

Fitch says sufficient and timely tariff hike must for discom health

According to the statement, India's power generators continue to face low and declining capacity utilisation, mainly because financially-stressed distribution companies (discoms) are unable to purchase power.

UK's OPG Power to invest £1.5 billion in Gujarat

British energy giant OPG Power Ventures will further invest £1.5 billion in Gujarat, a visiting UK Minister said here today.

BHEL wins Rs 131 cr thermal power project order in Turkey

Exit Reliance Power, enter JSW Energy: Sajjan Jindal acquires 3 of Jaypee's power projects

JSW Energy will acquire three power plants- the Bina, Bapsa and Karcham projects-- from the Jaypee group

Govt working very hard to reduce coal imports: Mayaram

Without giving specific numbers, Mayaram said government believes that coal imports should actually decrease even as he admitted overseas dry fuel is required to generate electricity.

NTPC plans over Rs 20,000 cr capex in FY 2014

The firm added 4,170 MW of capacity including 1,000 MW through its joint venture projects in the last fiscal.

Sharing of power from nuke plants in place: Venugopal

There is a clear format as per which 50 percent of power allocated from these plants would go to the home state, 15 percent to the Centre and the remaining as decided.