Page 4 - Thermal Power

India's largest floating solar power project now operational in Telangana

Energy conglomerate National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) has set up the 100 megawatt (MW) plant through Bharat Heavy Electricals (BHEL) under Engineering, Procurement and Construction contract

Govt to invite bids for power from 8,000 MW thermal capacities without PPAs

The government will invite bids from states to sell electricity generated from 8,000 MW thermal capacities without PPAs, Power Minister RK Singh said

Banks to take Rs 37,200-cr hit by liquidating 10 power projects: BofA

Combined capacity is 10.5 Gw; projects fail to find any takers under insolvency process

E2S Power, India Power tie up for thermal storage facility in India

E2S Power and India Power have inked a pact to work on transforming fossil fuel power station into thermal storage systems for renewable energy in the country

Air pollution: Far and wide impact of Chandrapur thermal power station

Findings from a study showed that effects of ambient air pollution resulted in respiratory and other illnesses

Gencos to face penalty for having low coal stock, says govt

Power Ministry notifies new coal stocking norms, gencos to follow month-wise threshold

MPCB asks thermal power station in Nagpur to stop dumping ash slurry

This comes amid complaints by local residents that it is causing pollution

RattanIndia Power registers record Rs 104 cr profit on back of dues payment

Bottom line surges over 3x year-on-year; company claims 'complete resurrection of business' two years after debt recast

Aaditya Thackeray reviews air, water pollution around thermal plants

Maharashtra Environment Minister Aaditya Thackeray has called for interventions from government agencies for pollution abatement.

NTPC's 49.92 MW solar capacity begins commercial operations on Thursday

The power producer said its solar energy capacity at Jaisalmer has begun operations on Thursday

Power producers can now replace thermal with renewables under existing PPAs

The Ministries of Power, and New and Renewable Energy have revised the relevant norms as part of the larger efforts to have 500 GW of clean energy generation capacity by 2030

Adani Power gets NCLT nod to acquire Essar's 1,200 MW Mahan project in MP

Adani Power said that it has got NCLT's approval to acquire Essar Power's 1,200 MW thermal power project in Mahan, Madhya Pradesh.

10% thermal power capacity vulnerable to outage as coal shortage lingers

Crisil Rating warned that a tenth of the thermal capacity is still vulnerable to the outage as it sees coal-stock remaining in single-digit days through the rest of the year

Thermal plants in TN emit more toxic gases than permissible limits: Study

The study found many thermal plants do not have the flue gas desulfuriser (FGD) device, to monitor and control the quantity of toxic gases released from the plants.

Delhi sold power in October despite low generating limits, shows data

On October 20, Delhi sold 635 Mw on the day-ahead market

Power Ministry asks thermal units to import coal for minimum 10% blending

The power ministry said the revival of the economy had led to an increase in demand and consumption of electricity

11 thermal plants around Delhi directed to co-fire biomass pellets

The Centre's air quality commission said this can utilise millions of tonnes of biomass, address the issue of stubble burning and reduce air pollution

Hidden costs of renewable power in compulsory purchases of RE for discoms

The challenge at this stage of renewable power induction is to see whether the low tariffs are truly reflective of the cost that state discoms additionally pay for thermal power they are not using

NTPC to hive renewable arm and list it soon, plans to add 60 Gw capacity

Firm has not added thermal capacity in the last five years, is evaluating if renewable energy will be enough for demand.

Few takers for India's coal mines with production apparently having peaked

Coal consumption to become even more import driven as domestic production plateaus