India’s power plants stranded as 50 million homes left in the dark

India is scaling back expectations for power demand growth as it struggles to electrify millions of homes despite a glut in generation capacity. The world’s second-most populous nation is building more power plants than it can utilize as state-level distributors struggle to connect 50 million households, according to Ravindra Kumar Verma, head of the Central […]

Torrent Power seeks 36 LNG cargoes over three-year period

Torrent Power on Friday invited suppliers to fill its demand for 36 liquefied natural gas (LNG) across a three-year period starting in 2018, according to a tender document. The company is seeking three cargoes per quarter from Jan. 1, 2018 to Dec. 31, 2020, the document showed. Offers must be submitted no later than June […]