Page 4 - Power Plants
New amendments to the group captive power scheme irk several states
These states fear loss of revenue earned through cross subsidy charges
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HPC on stressed power plants to meet stakeholders from procuring states
The committee has been tasked to look at reviving stressed power plants of APL, EPGL and CGPL
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Get ready to bear the heat this summer as 24,000 Mw power plants go offline
Subsidised gas scheme not to be extended; Rs 60,000 crore investment under threat
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Power ministry to retire 6,000-Mw thermal capacity
Costlier electricity, labour issues could pose a challenge
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Govt approves Rs 1,554 crore to develop technology for power plants
Government today approved Rs 1,554 crore R&D project to develop advanced ultra super critical (AUSC) technology for thermal power plants, a move that would ensure energy security. The CCEA "approved a proposal of R&D project for development of Advanced Ultra Super Critical (AUSC) technology for thermal power plant with an estimated cost of Rs 1,554 crore and providing one time budgetary support of Rs 900 crore spread over a period of three years, commencing from 2017-18, to be provided as plan Gross Budgetary Support to BHEL for implementation of the R&D project," Ministry of Heavy Industry and Public Enterprises said in a statement. A consortium of three government entities -- Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL), Indira Gandhi Centre of Atomic Research (IGCAR) and NTPC -- have proposed a R&D project for development of AUSC technology for thermal power plants of future, envisaging reduced coal consumption as well as Carbon Di-Oxide (CO2) emission, it said. The ...
