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WEC India Energy Portal One Stop Energy Resource Center WEC India Scenarios Power Coal Oil & Gas Renewables Nuclear Global Energy Mix comparison 2030 Global Energy Mix comparison of IEA, EIA, WEC Scenarios for 2030 has been added to Total Primary Energy Consumption (TPEC )  Section of Global Scenarios. Energy News Menu Aggregated Energy News Power Sector News Coal Sector News Oil & Gas Sector News Renewable Energy News Nuclear Sector News Environment News International Energy News Energy News Archive Tata Power & Reliance Power bet big on renewable energy, to spend Rs 1,500 cr each India’s largest power producers Tata Power & Reliance Power are betting big on renewable energy & will spend about Rs 1,500 cr each on clean energy projects this fiscal. Coal India offers to revoke termination of 126 employees CIL offered to revoke termination orders of 126 employees, who were sacked in May for indiscipline, provided they vacate land in lieu of which they were offered the jobs. SC tells CBI not to close coal scam cases Orders appointment of special prosecutor and judge for coal scam trial like 2G scam case Sreenivasan Jain: The ghosts of India’s power ‘crisis’ return The new regime seems determined to recycle the mythologies over the shortage of coal and power National Thermal Power Corporation to set up 300-MW solar park in Guntur NTPC Chairman and Managing Director Arup Roy Choudhury informed this to Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu during a meeting here today. Purchased power to meet state demand: MP energy minister In contrast to the tall claims made by state government that it produces sufficient power, the state energy minister Rajendra Shukla today admitted that state owned power management company purchased power to meet the demand in the state NTPC likely to start work on 4000 mw power plant in Telangana NTPC chief Arup Roy Choudhury called on Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao and the duo discussed details of the plant. Power-starved UP eyeing private investment in solar energy Power-starved Uttar Pradesh is eyeing greater private investment in solar energy sector to tide over persistent electricity crisis in the state. Budget 2014: Introduce CER taxations to mitigate power crisis and address global warming, says KPMG The recent power crisis in India has been a subject matter of great concern in India as well as garnered global news reporting. Power plants running out of coal, imports to surge Coal India, the world’s largest coal miner, has failed to raise its output fast enough to meet demand, and millions of Indians still go without power. Power subsidy provision: It’s up to Centre now The Delhi budget will require the approval of both houses and it is up to the government to introduce measures like a power subsidy. Nearly half of India’s coal power plants have one week of stocks Power minister says 26 out of 100 coal-based plants have enough to meet requirements for less than four days Government asks power producers to increase import of coal “During the period April-May, 2014 power utilities have imported 7.6 MT against pro-rata target of 9.0 MT,” the minister added. Power producers meet AP CM The members of the delegation included Anil Ambani of Reliance Group, GV Krishna Reddy of the GVK group, L Madhusudhan Rao of Lanco group and GBS Raju of GMR group United Kingdom to share best practices on nuclear power safety with India Dispelling concerns over safety of nuclear power plants, a British minister today said that her country was ready to exchange best practices on the subject Narendra Modi’s power pledge set to lift coal imports to record high Overseas purchases are estimated to increase to about 145 million MT this year from 135 million tonnes in 2013 Standard Chartered PE to invest Rs500 crore in Sterlite Power Grid The proceeds will be used for equity contribution in existing as well as new power transmission projects, says company June coal imports highest in 2014 as prices fall: mjunction India’s import of coal and coke rose 12% to 18.5 million tonnes in June from a year earlier, says mjunction data Urban grime foils Narendra Modi’s solar power ambitions Plans of harnessing the sun by installing solar panels on telecom towers is being hampered by dust and urban sprawl

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