SCCL to supply 1 million tonnes of coal to NTECL

April 2017

The Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) will supply one million tonnes of coal a year to the NTPC Tamil Nadu Energy Company Limited (NTECL), ...

Tags: SCCL, NTECL, TANGEDCO

Payment delays increase risk and project costs for solar and wind projects in many states

April 2017

Payment delays by distribution companies (DISCOMS) continue to pose a challenge for the growing renewable energy sector in India as it tries to achie...

Tags: DISCOMS, Renewable energy sector, SECI, REWA, Investment, MSEDCL, Power generation, Jharkhand Urja Vitran Nigam, Damodar Valley Corporation, Coal India, TANGEDCO, PPA, MAHAGENCO, Raj Prabhu, Mercom Capital Group

Tamil Nadu to get first 800 MW thermal plant

March 2017

Tangedco will set up its first ever super thermal power plant with 800 MW capacity in north Chennai with financial assistance from the Rural Electrif...

Tags: Tangedco, Rural Electrification Corporation, Power plant, Thermal units

Tamil Nadu to get first 800 MW thermal plant

March 2017

Tangedco will set up its first ever super thermal power plant with 800 MW capacity in north Chennai with financial assistance from the Rural Electrif...

Tags: Tangedco, Rural Electrification Corporation, Power plant, Thermal units

Kudankulam Power Plant Unit 2 touches 870MW generation

January 2017

Unit 2 of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant reached a new power generation high on January 13. The unit began to generate 870 MW of its full capacit...

Tags: Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant, AERB, Power generation, RS Sundar, TANGEDCO, Generation

Over 32,000 electricity poles replaced after Cyclone Vardah

January 2017

The power supply network in Chennai and the neighbouring districts of Kancheepuram and Tiruvallur suffered a massive blow due to Cyclone Vardah. Thou...

Tags: Power supply, Power lines, Distribution transformers, TANGEDCO

State to save Rs.400 cr by not using imported coal

December 2016

Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (TANGEDCO) is set to stop importing coal for all its thermal units in Tamil Nadu. With the stoppag...

Tags: TANGEDCO, Coal, Discom, Jharkhand coal mines, Railways

Tangedco to join central scheme for power distributors

October 2016

The Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (Tangedco) has decided to join the Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana (Uday) scheme of the Central ...

Tags: Tangedco, Uday, Central Government, GSDP, Discom