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Specials » Power » Features

Specials: Power

Wooing investment

16 Apr 2013

The troubles with clean energy in India

Cracks appear in discom restructuring

15 Mar 2013

Even on those few occasions when the government finds courage to introduce reforms, individual states and political populism prevents its ...

FM assures growth momentum in power sector

28 Feb 2013

Finance minister P Chidambaram has not only acknowledged the problems faced by the power industry largely due to fuel constraints and the ...

Energy pricing a drag; power looks up

28 Feb 2013

Doing away with subsidies, correcting policy imperfections

Uncertainties mount for Tata Power

12 Feb 2013

Tata Power's 4,000-Mw Mundra project (set up under Coastal Gujarat Power Ltd or CGPL), which accounts for almost half of its total power ...

Suzlon's debt recast: Tilting at the turbines?

31 Jan 2013

Suzlon Energy takes its name from the Gujarati word "sooj-booj", which means clever thinking, and loans from banks , or 'lon'. Both these ...

JSW Energy powers ahead in Q3

24 Jan 2013

Weak commodity prices are proving a big boon for earnings. JSW Energy, which produces power using imported coal, reported a strong set of ...

Buoyant market means little for over-leveraged firms

29 Sep 2012

Markets are rallying and investors have renewed their love for cyclical stocks, but it is still a long road ahead for companies that want to use ...

State to feel the pinch of discom debt recast: India Ratings

27 Sep 2012

The government's proposal to restructure the debts of state power distribution companies could create short-term liabilities for some states, ...

Power-packed performance

27 Sep 2012

A few weeks ago, the whole of northern India was engulfed in darkness for two consecutive days, as some power-deficit states overdrew power, ...

Limited impact on power stocks after govt bailout: Barclays

25 Sep 2012

Barclays says restructuring measures for state electricity boards "fall short of expectations", and will serve as a bailout ...

Power stocks surge on loan restructuring nod

25 Sep 2012

Shares of power companies such as Adani Power, JSW Energy, Lanco Infra, BHEL, Torrent Power, Reliance Power, Tata Power, NHPC and NTPC are ...

Discoms must improve efficiency: Bankers

25 Sep 2012

Having secured the debt recast package is just half a battle won. Banks want ailing state power distribution companies to regularly revise rates ...

State electricity boards' debt revamp positive for banks

25 Sep 2012

The power sector is likely to be the latest beneficiary of the government’s reforms push. The market is expecting the government to accept ...

Power play: Govt plans to revamp SEB, discom debt

11 Sep 2012

The government plans to restructure the debt of state electricity boards (SEBs) and power distribution companies. However, the details of the ...

N-safety: Russian green group backs NGOs

28 Feb 2012

Indian NGOs opposing the proposed nuclear power plant in Kudankulam have got covering fire from Moscow.

Fewer power projects may get more coal in 12th Plan

09 Feb 2012

The government seems to be preparing the power sector for low fuel availability. In the next Five-Year Plan, it is looking to reduce power ...

Future tense for power companies

25 Oct 2011

Coal shortage and lower merchant tariffs will hurt performance and return ratios.

N-power project caught in a cleft

24 Oct 2011

Amma, as she is popularly called in the locality, knows only three English words – fusion, fission and radiation. And, she uses these ...

Report paints dark picture of power scenario in villages

21 Oct 2011

Six decades after Independence, India’s villages are groping in the dark — literally. The second Human Development Report 2011, to ...

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