US based Westinghouse to build six nuclear power plants

July 2016

The Nuclear Power Corporation of India and US firm Westinghouse have agreed to begin engineering and site design work immediately for six nuclear pow...

Tags: Nuclear Power Corporation of India, US firm Westinghouse, Site design, Civil nuclear agreement, Clean energy

Essar Power to start gas-based plant

July 2016

Essar Power is planning to start operations at its 500 MW natural gas-based power plant at Hazira in Gujarat in the next quarter. ...

Tags: Essar Power, Power plant, Hazira, Natural gas, Captive power plant

Tata Power arm to acquire Welspun Renewables

July 2016

Tata Power Renewable Energy, a 100 per cent subsidiary of Tata Power, has signed an SPA with Welspun Energy to acquire its subsidiary Welspun Renewab...

Tags: Tata Power Renewable Energy, SPA, Welspun Renewables Energy, Stakeholders, Revenue

ABB connects power to the Indian grid

July 2016

ABB has commissioned five substations to integrate a 648 MW solar project at Kamuthi in Tamil Nadu to the national transmission grid....

Tags: ABB, Solar project, Kamuthi, National transmission grid, Adani Group, Solar photovoltaic project

Sembcorp's AP unit ready for operations

July 2016

Sembcorp Gayatri Power has synchronised the first 660 MW unit of its 1,320 MW power plant in Andhra Pradesh to the grid....

Tags: Sembcorp Gayatri Power, Krishnapatnam, Nellore district, SPV Thermal Powertech Corporation India, Power plant

BHEL commissions second thermal unit

July 2016

BHEL has commissioned the second 520 MW coal-based thermal power generating unit near Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh. ...

Tags: BHEL, Thermal power generating unit, Vizag Thermal Power Project, Hinduja National Power, NTPC Simhadri Thermal Power Station, EPC

Rs.30,000 cr opportunity for power sector

July 2016

More than three months after the tariff policy amendments were unveiled by the government, the power sector is waking up to an obscure provision that...

Tags: Tariff policy amendments, Government, Power sector, STP, Thermal generating stations, Sewage water, Power plant

Major allotment for J&K

July 2016

The Centre has allotted an amount of about Rs 11400 crore under the Prime Minister's Relief and Reconstruction Programme (PMRR) for the power sector ...

Tags: PMRR, Power sector, DPRs, Hydel projects, Hydro electric projects, Capital cities, Khonmoh, Lassipora, Samba, Kathua, Tourist destinations