One year after launch, UDAY yet to make a big impact

April 2017

Dismal DISCOM (distribution company) credit profiles due to high debt, heavy losses and poor operational efficiencies affects every aspect of the Ind...

Tags: Dismal DISCOM, Indian power sector, Generators, UDAY, Technical, Commercial, Average Cost of Supply, DHBVNL, Manipur DISCOM, MSPDCL, MoU, MNRE, Distribution, SBPDCL, UPPCL

Coal Ministry wants fuel linkage auctions

February 2017

The Coal Ministry will soon seek Cabinet approval for the auction of coal linkages for the power sector. ...

Tags: Coal Ministry, Cabinet, Power sector, Coal, Power, Piyush Goyal

Coal Ministry wants fuel linkage auctions

February 2017

The Coal Ministry will soon seek Cabinet approval for the auction of coal linkages for the power sector. ...

Tags: Coal Ministry, Cabinet, Power sector, Coal, Power, Piyush Goyal

Coal imports down 25percent at 14 MT in December

January 2017

Coal imports have fallen by 25 per cent to 14.31 million tonnes (MT) in December, due to higher availability of domestic fuel. The country had import...

Tags: Coal, SAIL, Tata Steel, Mjunction, Non-power sector

Adani to invest Rs 49,000 cr to extend capacity of Gujarat ports

January 2017

Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani has announced that his company would invest another Rs 49,000 crore in Gujarat for expanding port capacity, and wil...

Tags: Adani Group, Gautam Adani, Cement plants, Port, Wind, Solar power sectors, Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit, Adani Cementation, Adani Ports, Gujarat ports, Mundra, Dahej, Hazira, Renewable energy

Solar industry at 23 GW, including under-construction projects

November 2016

Eighth Intersolar India, India’s exhibition and conference for the solar industry was recently held in Mumbai. The positive development of the Indian...

Tags: Eighth Intersolar India, Exhibition, Conference, Narendra Modi, Solar industry, Priyadarshini Sanjay of Mercom Communications, Bridge to India, HUSUM Wind, Under construction, Wind power sector

Revival Of Power Distribution Companies Still Some Time Away

November 2016

Notwithstanding a slew of measures taken by the government, the pace of recovery will be slow for India´s power sector, according to credit rating ag...

Tags: Notwithstanding, Power sector, Discom Losses To Halve By FY19 On Reforms, CRISIL, UDAY, Distribution

Coal dispatch by CIL to power sector dips 13percent

October 2016

In view of weak power demand, the dispatch of coal by Coal India (CIL) to the power sector declined by 12.7 per cent to 26.4 million tonnes (MT) in A...

Tags: Weak power demand, Coal India, Power sector, Coal production, SCCL