Power Generation

India's grid gets ready to deal with 'too much' green energy risk

As unprecedented amount of RE flows in, grid managers devise ways to prevent supply disruptions

India cuts gas power capacity as idle plants turn permanently unusable

The nation's gas fleet totaled 20.1 gigawatts in April, compared with 25.2 a month earlier, data from the power ministry's Central Electricity Authority show

Public listing of power utilities likely to pick up pace across states

Tata Power is the leading private player in the power distribution segment, operating in parts of Delhi, Mumbai, and whole of Odisha as an electricity supplier

Solex Energy FY25 revenue rises 80% to Rs 665 cr in FY25, aims expansion

Solex Energy on Thursday reported a revenue of Rs 665 crore for FY25, marking an increase of over 80 per cent over the preceding fiscal. The company had garnered a revenue of Rs 368 crore in the 2023-24 financial year, it said in a statement. Approximately 22 per cent of the company's revenue comes from the EPC business, while the remaining portion is generated from the module business, the company said. It has reported a revenue of 665 crore, which is 80 per cent higher year-on-year (y-o-y), the company said. The company's Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) Chetan Shah said, "As we approach our 30th year in the industry, we remain dedicated to accelerating India's clean energy transition and expanding our global footprint." The company is bullish on the growing renewable energy market in India and has already announced a multi-crore investment plan under its vision 2030 strategy, he said. Gujarat-based Solex Energy has plans to increase its module manufacturing capacity from 1.5

NTPC Group power generation grows, adds 3,972 MW capacity in FY25

NTPC Group on Tuesday reported around 4 per cent rise in its power generation to 238.6 billion units (BUs) in the financial year ended March 31. During the FY25, the group added 3,972 MW of capacity, bringing its cumulative installed capacity to around 80 GW. Apart from operational capacity of 80 GW, additional 32 GW capacity, including 15 GW Renewable capacity, is under construction, NTPC Group said in a statement. The company aims to achieve 60 GW of renewable energy capacity by 2032. NTPC, under the Ministry of Power, is India's largest integrated power utility, contributing 1/4th of the power requirement of the country. The company has also ventured into various new business areas, including e-mobility, battery storage, pumped hydro storage, waste-to-energy, nuclear, and green hydrogen solutions.

Datta Power Infra, SJVN sign agreement for 70 MW wind project in India

Datta Power Infra on Thursday announced signing a power purchase agreement with state-owned SJVN to set up a 70 MW wind energy project. SJVN's WIND-1 initiative aims to develop 600 MW of ISTS-connected (Inter-State Transmission System) wind power projects across India, the company said in a statement. Varchasvi Gagal, Managing Director & CEO of Datta Power Infra, said: "We collaborate with SJVN Limited on this landmark 70-MW wind power project, which is a significant step toward strengthening India's renewable energy ecosystem". Datta Power Infra is focused on the end-to-end development of renewable energy projects, including building transmission lines and substations and undertaking engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) for renewable energy projects. The company has a presence across states like Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, and Rajasthan.

Over 2K delegates, members from 30 nations join Gridcon 2025 power summit

More than 2,000 delegates and 30 country-representatives are participating in the three-day power sector event GRIDCON 2025 which started on Sunday. Union Minister of Power and Housing & Urban Affairs Manohar Lal inaugurated GRIDCON 2025 The International Conference cum Exhibition on Sunday, a power ministry statement said. R.K. Tyagi, CMD, POWEGRID along with the directors and senior officials from Ministry and other power sector PSUs were present during the function. GRIDCON 2025 is a premier event in the power sector, for industry, utilities, professionals, researchers, and academicians across the global to shape the future of renewable integration, grid resilience, asset management, and digital transformation. With the theme Innovations in Grid Resilience the conference will focus on new technologies, infrastructure, and smart solutions that can revolutionize the way we generate, transmit, distribute, and consume energy, it stated. The event organized by Power Grid ...

SJVN Q3FY25 results: Net profit rises at 7% to Rs 149 cr on higher revenue

State-owned SJVN Ltd on Thursday posted a 7 per cent rise in consolidated net profit to Rs 148.75 crore in the December quarter on the back of higher revenues. The company posted a net profit of Rs 138.97 crore a year ago, as per a BSE filing. Total income rose to Rs 760.76 crore during the quarter from Rs 607.72 crore, it said. The board of directors has also approved interim dividend of Rs 1.15 per equity share for 2024-25. The record date for the interim dividend is February 21, 2025. The payment of dividend shall start from March 6, 2025 onwards.

DVC signs 25-year PPA with Haryana to supply 800 MW power from 2028

The Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) has inked a 25-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with the Haryana Power Purchase Centre (HPPC) to export 800MW from 2028-29, a senior official said on Wednesday. The agreement marks a significant milestone in the partnership between DVC and HPPC, building on their existing PPA, under which the corporation already supplies 300 MW to Haryana from its operational units. The agreement, signed with the approval of the power ministry, will enable DVC to supply 800 MW from its three upcoming thermal units to Haryana. "Under the agreement, DVC will supply 300 MW from its Raghunathpur Thermal Power Station Phase-II (2x660 MW), 300 MW from Koderma Thermal Power Station Phase-II (2x800 MW), and 200 MW from Durgapur Thermal Power Station (1x800 MW). Supplies from all three power stations will begin in the fiscal 2028-29," DVC member (finance) Arup Sarkar said. The PPA was signed at HPPC's corporate office in the presence of senior officials from both ...

Doosan Skoda Power aims to raise up to $115 million in Prague IPO

Doosan Skoda Power is also offering up to 2.9 million new shares, which would increase its total number of shares to 31.9 million, valuing the firm at 8.3 billion crowns at the upper end of the IPO

China's rising power demand hinders climate goals as coal usage increases

But that hasn't happened so far, in large part because the nation's energy demand is growing unprecedentedly fast, requiring ever more coal to be burned. Electricity use grew 6.8 per cent last year

NTPC Renewable Energy starts 110 MW commercial supply from 2 solar projects

State-owned power giant NTPC on Friday said its step-down arm NTPC Renewable Energy has started commercial supply of 110 MW electricity from two different solar projects. With this, the total installed and commercial capacity of the NTPC group has now become 76,708.18 MW, a BSE filing stated. According to the filing based on the certificate issued on January 9, 2025, by Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI), the second part capacity of 60 MW out of 320 MW Bhainsara Solar PV Project in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan of NTPC Renewable Energy Ltd (NTPC REL), a step-down subsidiary of NTPC Ltd through its subsidiary NTPC Green Energy Ltd, is declared on Commercial Operation with effect from January 7, 2025. The first part's capacity of 160 MW has already been declared for commercial operation from August 28, 2024. It further stated that the second part capacity of 50 MW out of 220 MW Shajapur Solar Project (Unit-II) at Shajapur, Madhya Pradesh of NTPC REL, is declared on commercial operation

India's 2024 power output growth slowest since Covid-19, shows data

Power output rose 5.8 per cent annually to 1,824.13 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh), an analysis of daily load despatch data from federal grid regulator Grid-India showed

India to boost power generation, transmission infra to attain power for all

India will set up more coal-fired and hydro-power plants and ramp up transmission infrastructure to achieve round-the-clock Power for All' in 2025, besides meeting rising demand fueled by economic expansion. To meet the growing energy demand, the government has devised a major plan for power generation capacity addition and the expansion of transmission infrastructure. According to Minister of State for Power Shripad Yesso Naik, India can definitely achieve 24x7' power for all with all the efforts in the ministry under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. We can do it. In 2025, we will be almost there to have 24X7 power for all in the country," Naik told PTI. He also said that the government is ready to support the expansion plan of the power sector in view of rising demand. According to government estimates, peak power demand is expected to touch 270 GW in the summer season in 2025, up from the record high of 250 GW in May 2024 and 243 GW in September 2023. The peak po

Coal-based power generation up 3.87% in Apr-Oct, coal imports drop 3%: Govt

The government on Thursday said coal-based power generation rose 3.87 per cent in the April-October period of the current fiscal year. "...there was a significant growth of 3.87 per cent in coal-based power generation from April 2024 to October 2024 compared to the same period last year," the coal ministry said in a statement. The ministry further said the imports for blending purposes by thermal power plants dropped 19.5 per cent during the same period. This decline emphasises the country's commitment to achieve self-sufficiency in coal production and reducing reliance on imports. "Increase in coal import for power sector is attributed to the import of coal by imported coal-based power plants (designed to utilise imported coal only) i.e. 30.04 MT during this period, up from 21.71 MT, reaching a growth of 38.4 per cent in the corresponding timeframe last year," it said. Coal imports during April-October period of the current fiscal year dropped 3.1 per cent to 149.39 million tonne

About Rs 15 trn required for adding power generation capacity in 2022-27

About Rs 15 lakh crore fund is required to add electricity generation capacity during 2022-27, which includes expenditure for projects to be commissioned in 2027-32, a power ministry statement said. The projected electrical energy requirement and peak electricity demand on all-India basis is estimated as 1908 BU (billion units) and 277 GW, respectively for 2026-27. The projections were made during a Meeting of the Parliamentary Consultative Committee of Members of Parliament for Ministry of Power here last evening. Union Power Minister Manohar Lal chaired the meeting. As per 20th Electric Power Survey (EPS) report published by the Central Electricity Authority (CEA), the peak demand and energy requirement is pegged at around 366 GW and 2474 BU by 2031-32, it stated. Energy Storage capacity is an important aspect in achieving the targets of NEP. Energy storage capacity of 16.13 GW/82.37 GWh with PSP(pumped storage) based storage of 7.45 GW capacity and 47.65 GWh storage and BESS ba

India to have 777 GW power generation capacity to meet peak demand by 2030

India is likely to have 777 GW power generation capacity, including 500 GW clean sources and about 277 GW fossil fuel-based, to meet the projected peak demand of about 335 GW by 2030, Parliament was informed on Wednesday. "Accordingly, the percentage of clean sources of energy in the total installed capacity is likely to be 64.4 per cent by 2029-30," Minister of State for New & Renewable Energy Shripad Yesso Naik said in a written reply to Lok Sabha on Wednesday. The minister said that to meet the projected peak demand of 334.8 GW and energy requirement of 2,279.7 billion units of the country, as per the National Electricity Plan. He added that the installed capacity for the year 2029-30 is likely to be 7,77,144 MW comprising of fossil-based capacity of 2,76,507 MW and non-fossil-based capacity of 5,00,637 MW along with a battery energy storage capacity of 41,650 MW/208,250 MWh. The coal-based capacity will be 2,51,683 MW and the gas-based capacity will be 24,824 MW, the minister .

India expects 708 GW demand by 2047; 2,100 GW power generation capacity

India needs to increase its power generation capacity four-fold to 2,100 GW by 2047 against an anticipated demand of 708 GW, Union Power Minister Manohar Lal said on Monday. As per official data, India's total power generation capacity stood at around 453 GW as of September 30, while the government's projection for peak power demand this year was 260 GW. However, it could not be reached due to lower temperatures due to rains, and peak power demand remained around 250 GW. "By 2047, we anticipate our power demand to reach 708 gigawatts. To meet this, we need to increase our capacity by four times, i.e. 2,100 gigawatts," Lal said, addressing 'Brainstorming Conclave on Indian Power Sector Scenario by 2047', organised by Central Electricity Authority (CEA) in partnership with industry body Ficci. Ficci former president Subhrakant Panda said India's power sector presents vast opportunities in the transition to clean energy by 2070. The expanding renewable energy sector offers promising .

Power generation increases 86% to 360 bn units in 10 yrs: Minister Joshi

The country has registered an 86 per cent increase in power generation through renewable sources to 360 BU in the past 10 years, Union Minister Pralhad Joshi said noting India is the only G20 country to have met its climate targets ahead of schedule. The minister for new and renewable energy made the remarks while addressing the ongoing 'Hamburg Sustainability Conference' in Germany, an official statement said. India has witnessed a transformative increase in its renewable energy capacity since 2014, with a 175 per cent rise from 75 GW to over 208 GW today. Total RE increased from 193.5 billion units to 360 BU, marking an 86 per cent rise during this period, Joshi said. "India is the only G20 country to have met its climate targets ahead of schedule, despite having the lowest per capita emissions among G20 nations," he noted. The minister further said that India is also upgrading its port infrastructure to support green shipping fuels and vessels using hybrid models, with the goal

Peak power demand declines in Sept; renewable energy generation increases

While coal and gas-based power generation experienced reductions of 5% and 15%, respectively, hydro, nuclear, and renewable energy sources saw a rise