Hindustan Power is targeting to raise around Rs 6,000 crore over the next two years to add 5 -6 GW of solar power capacity. “I think our goal to build out 5-6 GW of solar over the next five years both in India and outside India and that would be somewhere in the range of […]
Day: May 26, 2017
No dearth of coal at Rajmahal OCP to supply Kahalgaon and Farakka Power Stations of NTPC
Rajmahal Opencast Project of Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL), a subsidiary of Coal India Limited, has set a target of 17 Million Tonne (MT) coal production during 2017-18 at its optimum capacity. Rajmahal OCP produced 14.43 MTs of coal during 2016-17. With the issue of shifting Bhadotola village being solved in stages with the help of […]
NTPC at the forefront of India’s role in global energy transition: IEEFA
NTPC, the country’s largest thermal power producer, is poised to facilitate India’s drive toward ambitious national renewable energy targets and is leading the global energy transition, a report said. “Despite its deep historical connection to coal-fired electricity generation technology, NTPC has recently moved to the forefront of India’s energy transition and stands to be the […]
In 2 years, BJP govt electrified 13,523 villages; only 8% completely
As many as 73 per cent of the 18,452 villages that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government identified for electrification in 2015 now have power supply, but only eight per cent of these had all their households electrified, according to the governments own data. As of May 25, 13,523 villages have been electrified, but 100 […]
Oil edges up after dip on disappointing OPEC meeting outcome
Oil prices edged higher on Friday as some investors were tempted back to a market that tumbled five percent in the previous session on disappointment that an OPEC-led decision to extend current production curbs did not go deeper. At Thursday’s meeting in Vienna, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and some non-OPEC producers agreed […]
PM Modi inaugurates India’s longest bridge in Assam as his govt turns 3
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Dhola-Sadiya Bridge, the nation’s longest bridge that straddles the River Brahmaputra, on Friday. Earlier, in a series of tweets, he described the Dhola-Sadiya Bridge as one of the most important infrastructure projects to be undertaken in India. The bridge has been constructed across the Rivers Brahmaputra and Lohit and […]