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India's electricity generation falls 2.9% in second half of April

Electricity supply to Karnataka - home to India's tech hub Bengaluru - fell over 15%

Coal's share in India's power mix hits highest in more than two years

This year seasonal factors have limited output of renewables, including hydro electricity, which are weather dependent, helping coal's share to rebound

Coal India arm NCL supplies 87% of total coal to power producers in FY21

Coal India arm NCL said it supplied 87 per cent of its total coal to electricity producers in the last fiscal year, thereby fulfilling the power aspiration of the country in these unprecedented times

India's less industrialised states lead electricity demand recovery

Power use in less industrialised states such as Bihar, Chhattisgarh, UP and Punjab, grew at over 10% each compared with the previous year, both for the quarter and the six months ending on March 31

India's power consumption grows marginally by 0.88% in February

The reason was a slight rise in temperature in the month, official data showed

Power demand remains higher in 1st week, crosses record peak of Feb'20

India's peak power demand met or the highest supply in a day has remained higher in the first week of February till Friday and surpassed the record high supply of 176.38 GW for February last year

Power demand at all-time high of 187.3 GW: Power Minister R K Singh

This highlights the growing strength of the economy, Singh said

Power demand touches all-time high of 185.82 GW, says Secretary S N Sahai

All-India power demand on Wednesday morning touched a record high of 185.82 gigawatts (GW)

Govt to provide liberal funding to make J&K power-surplus: Union minister

Union minister R K Singh has said the Centre would spend "liberally" to tap the immense potential of the Union Territory in the sector to make it a power-surplus region

Captive power producers face Covid-19 brunt as prices turn unviable

Executives from Indian Energy Exchange pointed out in July that volumes from CPPs went down drastically post March, in tandem with traded prices

UP govt launches investigation into power outage, notice served to L&T

The power outage, which affected 300,000 consumers in the state, was caused by improper handling of the software in smart meters

Power producers seek more time to install emission controlling equipment

An association of power producers has sought more time to install emission controlling equipment at their plants, saying various issues, including COVID-19 followed by supply disruptions from China, have posed challenges in meeting the December 2022 deadline. In a letter to the Prime Minister's Office (PMO), the Association of Power Producers (APP) has sought another three years to complete the process. As per a government order, all thermal power plants in India have to install the flue gas de-sulphurisation (FGD) technology that reduces sulphur oxides emissions on burning of coal, in a phased manner by December 2022. In the letter, the APP has apprised the top office that under the current circumstances meeting the deadline would be a challenge as the COVID-19 outbreak has led to supply disruptions of equipment from China. Only about 20-30 per cent of the emission reducing components, it said, are manufactured in India and for a major share of 70-80 per cent, the country is ...

Internet speed to traffic data: What weekly indicators say about economy

Freight traffic has gone up; Google location data shows more people are stepping out of their homes.

Reliance Power wins lawsuit challenging validity of arbitration award

The total dues payable by Kokos Jiang and Prestige Capital Holdings stands at 68 million dollars as on the day of judgement

Power engineers oppose FM's move to privatise power discoms in UTs

Dubey claimed the central government was looking at abolishing the subsidy and cross subsidy in the supply of electricity, which would make the commodity more expensive for the general consumer

RInfra's regulatory assets could impact sale of Delhi power business

There has been no tariff hike in the last four years and experts believe that the status quo is likely to prevail in the near future

Adani Green Q4 PBT at Rs 69 cr, firm says Covid-19 impact not significant

Lower expenses drive profit number; firm had incurred a loss in the same period a year ago

Proposed electricity contract enforcement authority mired in confusion

Former regulators question its need, legal experts cite loopholes

Covid-19 to further paralyse cash flow, coal supply chain of power units

Power demand continues to fall while surplus coal lies unused at their sites; non-pithead units impacted most

Post coronavirus lockdown, industrial demand for power plummets by 30%

An overall generation down by 3.6 per cent YoY in March 2020, creating financial problem for producers