A Ray of Hope, Amid the Gloom

October 2018

Amidst the chaos seen in the power sector, with 22,000 MW thermal power projects lying idle for the need of coal or gas and lenders taking power gene...

Tags: NCLT, Transmission, Coal, Gas, Power, Thermal power projects, ISTS, Green energy corridors, REMC, Standing Committee, Energy, Transmission, Raj Prabhu, Mercom Capital Group, Saubhagya Scheme

Thirty-four power projects in distress

January 2018

As per data from the Power Ministry, almost one third of the distressed power plants are unable to repay loans totalling crores of rupees are in Chha...

Tags: Power Ministry, Distressed power plants, Power sector, GNPA, PPA, Thermal power projects, RK Powergen, IDFC Bank, MoU, Chhattisgarh Government, SHAKTI, Coal Ministry

Act on Environment

May 2017

The courts have generally followed a policy of non-interference in litigations against large infrastructure projects. Not ordering cancellation of ma...

Tags: JAGRITI AHUJA, ICELA, Environmental, EMP, EIS, MoEF, DoE, Thermal power projects

GE´s supercritical technology to power highly efficient thermal projects

February 2017

GE Power India (GEPIL) has been awarded contracts worth $40 mn by BHEL to supply components and services for the supercritical thermal power projects...

Tags: GE Power India, Supercritical thermal power projects, BHEL

Winners - NCC

October 2016

Established in 1978 as a partnership firm and converted into a limited company in 1990, NCC - formerly Nagarjuna Construction Company - has progresse...

Tags: Nagarjuna Construction Company, Infrastructure sector, Construction of industrial Commercial buildings, Roads, Bridges, Flyovers, Water supply, Environment projects, Housing, Power transmission lines, Irrigation, Hydro thermal power projects

HRF seeks transparency in environmental clearance to thermal projects

October 2016

Human Rights Forum (HRF), a voluntary forum of rights activists, has made certain demands on the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) with rega...

Tags: Human Rights Forum, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Thermal power projects, Environmental Impact Assessment, TSGENCO, MoEF

HRF seeks transparency in environmental clearance to thermal projects

October 2016

Human Rights Forum (HRF), a voluntary forum of rights activists, has made certain demands on the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) with rega...

Tags: Human Rights Forum, MoEF, Thermal power projects, Environmental clearances, TSGENCO, EAC, EIA

24,500 MW of thermal capacity to be added A total of 24,500 MW

March 2016

A total of thermal power projects is expected to come up during the remaining months of the Twelfth Five-Year Plan period, which ends in 2017, as rep...

Tags: Thermal Power Projects, thermal power plants, Central Electricity Authority