Power generators improved their payment recovery marginally in February 2021, closing the month with total dues standing Rs 521 crore leaner at Rs 1,02,684 crore, according to figures released by the central government’s PRAAPTI portal. This follows a slide in January when the dues of the electricity distribution companies had risen by Rs 529 crore […]
State-owned power giant NTPC Ltd has added 660 MW Unit-2 of Tanda Super Thermal Power Station in Uttar Pradesh to its installed capacity.“Unit-2 of 660 MW capacity of Tanda Super Thermal Power Station, Stage-II (2 x 660 MW) has successfully completed the trial operation and consequently included in the installed capacity of NTPC Group from March 31, […]
Growing participation by NTPC Limited (NTPC, BBB-/Negative) and Coal India Limited (CIL) will intensify the price competition in bidding for renewable energy projects, and could in turn slow the pace of growth for private players in the near term, Fitch Ratings said in a note. NTPC has emerged as one of the winners for the […]
The output of state-run power major NTPC’s Bongaigaon plant in Assam has crossed its installed capacity of 750 MW for the first time since the commissioning of all its units two years ago, an official statement said. The plant achieved more than 100 per cent Plant Load Factor (PLF) for the first time since all the […]
After the announcement to introduce a “National Hydrogen Energy Mission” in her budget speech, the government has started preparations for holding auctions for green hydrogen, which is hydrogen produced from renewable energy sources. Union power minister RK Singh said that the government is planning to call for green hydrogen bids in about 4 to 5 […]
State-owned power giant NTPC announced that unit-2 of its Gadarwara Super Thermal Power Station with 800 megawatt (MW) capacity, in Madhya Pradesh has been included in its installed electricity generation capacity. With this, the 1,600 MW Gadarwara Super Thermal Power Station (2 x 800 MW) has become fully operational. Located at Gadarwara in Narsinghpur district of Madhya […]
State-owned NTPC posted a nearly 16 per cent rise in consolidated net profit at Rs 3,876.36 crore for the December quarter, mainly due to higher revenues. Its consolidated net profit was at Rs 3,351.28 crore in the quarter ended on December 31, 2019, according to a BSE filing. Total income rose to Rs 28,387.27 crore […]
Adani Green Energy through its subsidiary, Adani Solar Energy Four Private (ASE4PL) commissioned a 100 MW (2×50 MW) solar power plants at Jalalabad in Shahjahanpur district and Sahaswan in Budaun district of Uttar Pradesh. The plants were commissioned almost one month ahead of their scheduled commissioning date, a company statement said. Both the plants have […]
Tata Power Solar announced that it has bagged an order worth Rs 1,200 crore from state-run power giant NTPC for setting up of 320 MW ground mounted solar project. Tata Power Solar, India’s largest integrated solar company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tata Power, has received a “Letter of Award (LoA)” to build 320 MW of ground […]
State-owned power giant NTPC on Monday said its Dulanga coal mine is commercially operational from October 1, 2020. “…based on achievement of approved norms and due approval; Dulanga Coal Mine (in Odisha) of NTPC Limited, having an ultimate peak rated annual capacity of 7 million tonnes Per Annum, is declared commercial operation from October 1, 2020,” a […]
