“One of our members has reported 75 positive cases in their Chattisgarh plant recently,” the letter from APP, reviewed by FE, pointed. The Maharashtra government has already categorised all electricity distribution staff
Sources said plans were also afoot to make it mandatory for user industries like fertilisers and petroleum refineries to purchase 10% of their hydrogen requirements from domestic green hydrogen sources.
Pushing renewables and alternative fuel options are thus key to our agenda. Our R&D establishment has been exploring solutions for clean, renewable energy. In this context, hydrogen has great potential to emerge as the most s
Our capital expenditure was impacted in the first few months of Covid-19, when the lockdown was in force. With the easing of curbs by the government, our capital works picked up momentum.
The major beneficiaries which have been sanctioned loans under the scheme include Tamil Nadu (Rs 30,230 crore), Uttar Pradesh (Rs 27,432 crore), Maharashtra (Rs 14,310 crore), Telangana (Rs 12,652 crore), Karnataka (Rs 7,247
Hyderabad-based Premier Energies has invested Rs 430 crore to increase its module manufacturing capacity to 1,500 mega-watt (MW) per year from its current base of 500 MW.
However, since the scheme is designed to disburse loans in two tranches, private power producers want the state to avail the second tranche of the loan at the earliest so that the balance dues can be cleared as soon as possib
Gas-based power, which can be ramped up and down quickly, unlike coal-based electricity, offers a good option for offsetting the vagaries of renewable energy
As per Budget FY22, the revised estimate on revenue from 'Union Excise Duties is set at Rs 3.61 lakh crore, as against Rs 2.67 lakh crore collected in FY20. The Budget estimate for FY22 is Rs 3.35 lakh crore. Given the estima
Among the UTs discoms, the largest is located in Jammu and Kashmir, which owes Rs 4,525 crore to power generators as on December-end. Its AT&C losses are an awful 69%.
The biggest customers are the steel and alloy plant of SAIL. We also supply to other industrial units of Phillips Carbon Black and Graphite India, Matix fertilizer plant and others. We had to make them realise the cost benefi
The amendment proposes that incumbent discoms will have to share their existing power purchase arrangement with all discoms entering their supply areas.
Tata Power had moved the HC seeking a stay on the auctions, claiming that the bid documents state that payment-related disputes for the plants will be taken up by the state government mechanisms instead of the electricity reg
Union Budget 2021: Though not affecting end-consumers, the income of states from excise duty on the auto fuels will be significantly impacted, as the adjustment to accommodate the new cess will be done by slashing the basic e
Indian Union Budget 2021-22: Sitharaman also said “a framework will be put in place to give consumers alternatives to choose from among more than one discoms”.
More investments are needed to ensure reliable quality power supply across the country, but that needs to be phased over time because these capital expenditures also come back to tariffs, says Srinivasan.
According to sources, Seci has initiated preliminary talks to sell power from the bundled capacity with Jammu and Kashmir, Odisha and Maharashtra as well.
The state government had earlier started building a 1,000 MW solar park in Kadapa, through a joint venture with the Centre, but has not allotted lands or awarded contracts for work on the ground.
SECI being the national aggregator of renewable energy, signs power purchase agreements (PPAs) with the winning developers in competitive auctions, and subsequently inks PSAs with states to supply electricity from these plant
On the other hand, most of the units at Lanco Kondapalli (1,476 MW), GMR Rajahmundry (768 MW), GVK Gautami (465 MW) — all in Andhra Pradesh — continue to lie idle.