Page 12 - Energy

NTPC awards $ 219 mn contract to Alstom Bharat Forge

The GE-Bharat Forge JV will supply two units of 800 Mw ultra-supercritical steam turbine generator islands on EPC basis for the Telangana Super Thermal Power Project

Reliance to sell stake in Gulf Africa Petroleum to Total

GAPCO is primarily engaged in petroleum product import, and trading, storage, distribution, marketing, supply and transportation of oil products in East Africa

MNRE launches programme to promote small wind solar hybrid system

The objective of the programme is to provide electricity in unelectrified areas or areas with intermittent electric supply

Adani shuts down 4 units of power plant in Maharashtra due to water shortage

Tiroda Power Plant gets water from Dhapewada Project of Vidarbha Irrigation Development Corporation. The water dam has dried up and, hence, is unable to supply water to the plant

Tata Power wins 100 MW solar project in Karnataka

The company has won two solar grid connected photovoltaic projects of 50 MW capacity each under National Solar Mission

NTPC-SAIL Power selects BHEL to set up thermal power project in Odisha

As per the order, valued at Rs 1,600 crores, BHEL will set up the coal-based thermal unit at Rourkela Power Project on engineering, procurement & construction (EPC) basis

BHEL commissions 660 MW supercritical thermal plant in Nagpur

The order for setting up two coal-based thermal units of 660 MW was placed with BHEL by NTPC Ltd

India biggest renewable energy lab in the world: US envoy

India has emerged as the biggest renewable energy lab in the world and is at the threshold of dynamic growth

Govt to draw framework for hydropower development in India

Arunachal Pradesh to provide single-window clearance for hydropower generation

BHEL commissions 500 MW thermal power plant in Jharkhand

The company has executed the contract of setting up the 500 MW coal-based unit on engineering, procurement & construction (EPC) basis

Why cornering oil assets is important to India

Picking up stakes in Middle-East oil companies will have positive effects on the currency as well as on India's energy security

Sunil Sharan: Carrying the can for solar and wind

Until a utility-scale energy storage solution becomes a reality, grid parity for solar and wind does not appear achievable

Vandana Gombar: The energy miracle is here

Solar and wind costs are a fraction of what they were a few years ago and many tens of thousands of megawatts are being installed worldwide every year

Sunita Narain: Learning from the poor on energy

Research over the years has made it clear that the poor, through their intensive use of natural resources, are not responsible for environmental degradation

President Barack Obama acknowledges India's energy needs for growth

In his speech, Obama stressed the need of passing on the clean coal technologies to countries like India