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• • 11-Jul-2017 | Jyoti Mukul & Shreya Jai

    Insolvency Heat: Lanco Encashes Suppliers' Bank Guarantees

    Firm Received Rs 470 Cr From Sub-Suppliers In Respect Of Various EPC Projects

  • 10-Jul-2017 | Shreya Jai

    EESL Plans Change To Clean Energy Firm

    An Investment Plan Is Being Readied Of Close To Rs 30,000 Crore Over The Next Three To Four Years

  • 07-Jul-2017 | Shreya Jai

    Manikaran Power System In Race To Buy NSE Stake In PXIL

    MPL Leading Consortium Of Six Interested Parties

  • 06-Jul-2017 | Shreya Jai

    Power Ministry Launches App, Portal For States

    For Tracking And Managing Merit Order Despatch Of Power

  • 03-Jul-2017 | Shreya Jai

    Nine Private Power Projects Shortlisted For Bank Takeover

    It Is In Line With Decision Of The Central Govt To Convert Stressed Assets Into 'National Assets

  • 28-Jun-2017 | Shreya Jai & Vinay Umarji

    No Bailout For Tata, Adani Power Projects In Gujarat

    Centre Distanced Itself From Controversy, Claiming It Is An Issue For States, Banks To Handle

  • 28-Jun-2017 | Shreya Jai

    Corporatise 7 Coal India Subsidiaries As Independent Firms: NITI Aayog

    NITI Aayog Has Batted For Comprehensive Reforms In Allocating Coal Blocks On Commercial Lines

  • 23-Jun-2017 | Shreya Jai & Hamsini Karthik

    Tata Power Proposes To Sell 51% Equity In Loss-Making Mundra UMPP At Re 1

    Power Ministry Sets Committee Under SBI To Look Into Assets Of Tata And Adani

  • 23-Jun-2017 | Shreya Jai

    Govt Benchmarks Tariff For Bhadla Solar Park At Rs3.43 Per Unit

    The Project Capacity Is 750 Mw, Of Which 500 Mw Is Being Built By IL&FS And 250 Mw By Adani

  • 16-Jun-2017 | Shreya Jai

    Solar, Not Coal, Is India's Future By 2030: Report

    BNEF Report Says China And India Present A $4-Trillion Opportunity In The Energy Market

  • 15-Jun-2017 | Shreya Jai

    Power Grid To Spend Rs 91,000 Cr In Three Years

    The Company Is Also Expecting Demand From States Due To Various Reforms, Including UDAY

  • 13-Jun-2017 | Megha Manchanda & Shreya Jai

    Tata Power To Boost Power Supply, Last-Mile Distribution In Jammu & Kashmir

    TPDDL, An Arm Of Tata Power, Would Lend Its Technical Assistance To Its Parent Company

  • 09-Jun-2017 | Shreya Jai

    Govt Showers Rs 16,000-Crore Bailout To Hydropower Sector

    Package Includes 4% Interest Subvention, Low Tariff And Power-Purchase Obligation For States

  • 08-Jun-2017 | Shreya Jai

    Power Finance Corporation To Revamp Its Lending Portfolio

    Plans To Shift Gears From NPA-Hit Thermal To T&D And Renewable Energy

  • 08-Jun-2017 | Shreya Jai

    Stressed Assets To Be Made National Assets

    Banks Need Assistance To Complete Projects That They Have Taken Over

  • 07-Jun-2017 | Shreya Jai

    Indian Solar Panel Makers Demand Anti-Dumping Duty Against China

    This Is The Third Attempt By The Indian Panel Makers To Approach DGAD For Anti-Dumping Duty

  • 06-Jun-2017 | Shreya Jai

    Adani Power Exploring Options To Sustain Mundra Power Plant

    Company Mulling Slump Sale To A Subsidiary; Option Of Realigning Power Purchase Agreement Kept Open

  • 06-Jun-2017 | Arindam Majumder & Shreya Jai

    Public Transport Should Be Self-Sustainable, Not Beg For Subsidy: DMRC MD

    In A Q&A With Business Standard, Mangu Singh Justifies The 50% Hike On Some Delhi Metro Routes

  • 05-Jun-2017 | Shreya Jai

    25,000-Mw Thermal Power Projects On Sale, But Buyers Missing

    Another Mega NPA List May Be In The Making For Lenders

  • 02-Jun-2017 | Shreya Jai

    Sumant Sinha, In The Right Direction

    Sinha Explains Why Constantly Falling Tariffs In The Renewable Sector Are Not Much Of A Bother

  • 02-Jun-2017 | Shreya Jai & Vinay Umarji

    MoEF Delists N-Power Project In Gujarat

    The Ministry's Counsel Informed The NGT That Environmental Clearance Was Not Being Given

  • 01-Jun-2017 | Shreya Jai

    UP Govt Cancels 7,040 Mw Of Stalled Power Projects

    Govt To Encash The Bank Guarantee For These Projects Worth Up To Rs 350 Cr

  • 31-May-2017 | Shreya Jai

    PFC In The Red As NPAs Rise 300%

    Financier Reported A Quarterly Loss Of Rs 3,409 Cr; FY17 Profits Fell By 65% To Rs 2,126 Cr

  • 30-May-2017 | Shreya Jai

    Dabhol Impairment Pulls NTPC's Profit Down 25%

    The Total Revenue For FY17 Was Rs 79,342.3 Crore, Up From Rs 72,009.2 Crore In FY16

  • 29-May-2017 | Dilasha Seth & Shreya Jai

    GST Blow For Solar Power To Soften

    Revenue Secretary Adhia Says Solar Panels To Attract 5% Rate, Not 18%

• 23-May-2017 | Shreya Jai

  GST: Shadow Over Solar Power

  Sector Could See Issue Around Debt Financing, Refinancing, Financial Closure Due To Changes

• 23-May-2017 | Shine Jacob & Shreya Jai

  3 Years Of Modi Govt: NDA's Energy Plan Powered UP Win, But Not Winner Yet

  Centre Claims To Have Saved Money By Targeted Coverage But Critics Say System Isn't Yet Foolproof

• 22-May-2017 | Shreya Jai

  As Chinese Might Grows, Security Concerns Hound Growing Indian Smart Grid

  IEEMA Wants Complete Ban On Chinese Equipment In Indian Power Sector

• 20-May-2017 | Shreya Jai

  Coal Scam Case: Delhi Court Convicts Ex-Coal Secy H C Gupta, Three Others

  KSSPL MD Pawan Kumar Ahluwalia Among Convicted; Sentences To Pronounced On Monday

• 19-May-2017 | Amritha Pillay & Shreya Jai

  GST: Cheer For Power Sector; Capital Goods Awaits Final Rates

  Coal Has Been Placed Under 5% Slab, Capital Goods Will Be Under The 18% Slab

• 18-May-2017 | Shreya Jai

  Cabinet Clears Coal Linkage Policy 'Shakti' To End India Inc's Fuel Woes

  Long-Awaited Coal-Linkage Policy To Revive 30,000 Mw Plant, Cut Imports

• 17-May-2017 | Shreya Jai

  India Ranks Second In EY Renewables List

  However, Low Tariffs Raise Questions Over The Risks Being Taken By Project Developers

• 15-May-2017 | Shreya Jai

  New Hydro Power Policy Soon

  Hydro Power Projects Below 25 Mw Are Considered To Come Under Renewable Energy

• 13-May-2017 | Shreya Jai

  Solar Power Tariff Falls 80% In 6 Years To Rs 2.44 A Unit

  Such A Massive Fall Is Unprecedented In The History Of Solar Power Across The World

• 11-May-2017 | Shreya Jai

  UP Cancels 'Costly' Power Agreements Inked By SP Govt

  While Average Power Price In Country Has Gone Below Rs 3 A Unit, UP Sources Power At Higher Rates

• 11-May-2017 | Shreya Jai

  Viability Cloud Over Solar Power As Price Hits New Low

  Firms Offer As Little As Rs 2.62/Unit, Lower Than Average Price Of Coal-Based Power

• 10-May-2017 | Jyoti Mukul & Shreya Jai

  States Will Have To Offer Cheap Power To Attract Investment: Piyush Goyal

  Says States Must Find New Ways Of Attracting Investment As Excise Duty Concessions To Be Ruled Out

• 09-May-2017 | Shreya Jai

  Supreme Court Stays Trading Of Renewable Energy Certificates

  New REC Prices Also On Hold, Trading To Resume Post Clarity On Unsold RECs

• 08-May-2017 | Vimukt Dave & Shreya Jai

  Gujarat Drops 4,000-Mw Coal Power Project

  Power-Surplus State To Look At More From Existing Units And Renewable Energy

• 05-May-2017 | Shreya Jai

  Gujarat Tops In Discom Rankings Again

  UP Languishes At Bottom In Central Govt Review

• 04-May-2017 | Shreya Jai

  Plan To Link Power Bills To Aadhaar

  It Could End The Payment Backlog And Improve The Revenue Flow Of Discoms, Says Piyush Goyal

• 03-May-2017 | Archis Mohan & Shreya Jai

  Electricity To Be Available Like Mobile Connection: UP Power Minister

  Interview With Shrikant Sharma, Power Minister, Uttar Pradesh

• 01-May-2017 | Shreya Jai

  'Costly' Power Pacts Saddle UP Discoms With Losses

  This Could Be A Major Problem For Debt-Ridden Discoms As The New Govt Has Promised 24-Hour Supply

• 01-May-2017 | Shreya Jai

  Power Ministers' Meet Adds Cyber Security, Digital Payment To Agenda

  Move Is In Line With The BJP-Led Centre Government Pushing For Digitisation In Several Departments

• 28-Apr-2017 | Shreya Jai

  Niti Aayog Bats For Cost-Benefit Structure For Energy Efficiency Programmes

  Outreach For Energy Efficiency Needs To Be Expanded

• 28-Apr-2017 | Shreya Jai & Archis Mohan

  UP In New Avatar Seeks Investments

  Plans To Hold An Investment Summit, Open Doors To Infra Majors, Revamp Industrial Policy Etc

• 27-Apr-2017 | Jyoti Mukul & Shreya Jai

  India To Become Major Wind Energy Hub: Suzlon Chairman Tulsi Tanti

  Says It Will Happen On The Strength Of India's Domestic Demand

• 27-Apr-2017 | Shreya Jai

  NTPC's Rs 2,000-Cr Masala Bonds Oversubscribed

  It Is The Only State-Owned Company To Tap Masala Bonds Market Twice

• 24-Apr-2017 | Shreya Jai

  State Discoms Hike Industry Power Rates

  Try To Keep Steady Inflow Of Revenues Under UDAY

• 18-Apr-2017 | Amritha Pillay & Shreya Jai

  SC's Compensatory Tariff Order Strengthens CERC Powers

  Sector Expects Many Other Entities To Benefit From Upholding Of CERC Authority

• 14-Apr-2017 | Shreya Jai

  NTPC Reduces Coal Use, Fuel Cost

  Plant Efficiency, Coal Usage & Assorted Financing Key Pivots For This Reorientation

• 13-Apr-2017 | Shreya Jai

  Solar Tariff Creates History Again, Touches Rs 3.15/Unit In AP Solar Park

  Winning Bid Lower Than Rewa; Rs 3.15 Per Unit To Be Levellised Tariff For 25 Years

• 12-Apr-2017 | Shreya Jai & Hamsini Karthik

  Supreme Court Pulls The Plug On Tata, Adani Power Tariff Relief

  Earnings Downgrade Likely, Order Paves Way For Stricter Power Agreements

• 10-Apr-2017 | Shreya Jai

  New Power Tariff Regime On Table

  Energy Efficiency, Peak Power Rates, Time Of The Day Tariff, Renewable Energy To Be Pillar Agendas

• 07-Apr-2017 | Shreya Jai

  More Wind In The Sails For Green Energy

  Wind Power Sector Saw Its First Bidding; Solar Power Projects Awarded Crossed 10-Gigawatt Mark

• 05-Apr-2017 | Shreya Jai

  ReNew Power Doubles Installed Capacity To Over 2 GW With $1-Bn Investment

  In February, It Raised Rs 3,100 Crore Through Issuance Of Rupee-Denominated Bonds

• 05-Apr-2017 | Shreya Jai

  Get Ready To Bear The Heat This Summer As 24,000 Mw Power Plants Go Offline

  Subsidised Gas Scheme Not To Be Extended; Rs 60,000 Crore Investment Under Threat

• 03-Apr-2017 | Shreya Jai

  Thermal Power Firms Seek Clarity In 'Change In Law

  Ask PowerMin To Reclarify On Policy Allowing Additional Cost Pass-Through

• 01-Apr-2017 | Shreya Jai

  NTPC Hits 50 GW Generation Mark

  NTPC Contributes Nearly 24% Of India's Power Generation

• 01-Apr-2017 | Shreya Jai

  CCEA Extends Timeline For Mega Power Policy, To Boost 32,300 MW Capacity

  GMR Energy, Lanco Power, IL&FS, Essar Power, Torrent Energy Etc Stand To Benefit

• 30-Mar-2017 | Shreya Jai

  UDAY Helps Reduce Subsidy Dependence Of Power Discoms

  Rajasthan, Haryana, Andhra, Chhattisgarh, MP And Bihar Have Reduced Their Subsidy

• 28-Mar-2017 | Shreya Jai

  Nitish's Bihar Acts Bold While Adityanath's UP Inches Towards Populism

  Bihar Announces Steep Hike In Power Rates; UP Offers Free Power

• 28-Mar-2017 | Shreya Jai & Jyoti Mukul

  Power Woes: Tight Tariff Structure Leaves Little Room For Efficiency Gains

  NTPC Has Given In-Principle Clearance To Replace Around 11,000 MW Old Thermal Power Plants

• 25-Mar-2017 | Shreya Jai

  Jindal's Investment In Lost Mines Faces Uncertain Future

  Delhi HC Has Given 4 Weeks To JPL To Take A Decision On The Infrastructure Attached To These Mines

• 25-Mar-2017 | Shreya Jai

  NTPC Has Held Its Own With Robust Returns To Shine Amid Gloomy Power Play

  NTPC, With Efficient Operations And Consistent Performance, Is BS Star PSU Of The Year 2016

• 25-Mar-2017 | Shreya Jai

  CCI Reduces Penalty On Coal India By Half On 'Unfair' Coal Supply

  Upholds Allegations Of Unfair Practise And Abusing Monopoly Against Coal Behemoth

• 23-Mar-2017 | Shreya Jai

  Uncharted Waters For Hydropower's Renewable Energy Status

  Govt Proposal Aimed At Meeting Climate Change Targets; Industry Apprehensive On Implications

• 22-Mar-2017 | Shreya Jai

  Moody's Affirms Negative Outlook For Adani's Australian Coal Mine Project

  Rating Could Degrade Further If Debt Widens Or If It Defaults Environment Norms

• 20-Mar-2017 | Shreya Jai

  Export Credit Funds To Finance Adani's Australian Coal Mine Project

  Company Denies Any Plan To Shelve Project, Apprehensive Investors Back On Table

• 18-Mar-2017 | Shreya Jai

  Short-Term Power Sale Prices Plunge To Record Low, Volume At Decade High

  The Volume Of Short-Term Power Trade Has Increased To 20,975 Million Units

• 17-Mar-2017 | Shreya Jai

  Low Bids Hurt IRR Of Solar Power Developers, Aggressive Bids To Continue

  Solar Power Industry Is Expecting Solar Modules Prices To Fall Further Owing To Global Oversupply

• 16-Mar-2017 | Shreya Jai

  Solar Park Tenders, Power Purchase On Hold As Rewa Bids Disrupt Market

  To Push Low Solar Power Costs, MNRE Asked States To Study Rewa Model, Redesign Their Solar Tenders

• 10-Mar-2017 | Shreya Jai & Sayan Ghosal

  HC Quashes Jindals' 2 Coal Block Bids

  The Order Has Come As A Legal Endorsement Of The NDA Government's Auctioning Of Coal Mining Rights

• 10-Mar-2017 | Shreya Jai

  Electrification Drive Boosts Inverter-Battery Industry

  Sector Expects 10% CAGR As More Households Get Electricity Connection

• 08-Mar-2017 | Shreya Jai

  Inox Renewables Exits Wind Power Business

  Lowest Bidder In Wind Auction To Focus On Manufacturing

• 04-Mar-2017 | Shreya Jai

  Prices Of Renewable Certificates Slashed

  Solar Power Prices Fell To Rs 3.33/Unit In Project Auction And Wind Power Prices To 3.46/Unit

• 03-Mar-2017 | Shreya Jai

  Power Discom Reform: Trickle Begins In UDAY Benefits

  States Begin Looking At Interest Cost Savings; Slow Pace In Operational Efficiency Improvement

• 02-Mar-2017 | Shreya Jai & Arindam Majumder

  Centre Gets Into Power War With UP In Poll Season

  Irregularities And Religious Discrimination, Says Centre; Old Case And Action Taken, Says UP Govt

• 27-Feb-2017 | Shreya Jai

  Wind Power Sector Hopes To See Demand Surge On Low Tariff

  After Recent Auction, Centre Looking To Award Projects For Additional 4,000 Mw

• 25-Feb-2017 | Shreya Jai

  After Solar, Wind Tariff At Record Low Of Rs 3.5/Unit

  Bids Received Is Extremely Lower Than Current Average Feed-In-Tariff Of Rs 5 Per Unit In Wind Sector

• 24-Feb-2017 | Shreya Jai

  Lack Of Pricing Freedom Leaves Industry Jittery On Commercial Coal Mining

  Availability Of Surplus Coal And CIL's Monopoly Cited As Other Reasons

• 24-Feb-2017 | Shreya Jai

  Wind Association Asks Players Not To Bid Too Low

  The Auction Started On Thursday With Bids Spiralling Down To Rs 3.66 Per Unit

• 23-Feb-2017 | Shreya Jai

  Sembcorp Readies Second Power Plant In AP

  The First Unit Was Completed In The Fourth Quarter Of 2016

• 23-Feb-2017 | Shreya Jai

  Centre's Electrification Drive Sees Surge

  Distribution Schemes Push Growth Of Electrical Equipment Industry, Healthy Pipeline Expected

• 22-Feb-2017 | Shreya Jai

  India To Double Solar Park Capacity To 40 GW By 2020

  CCEA Approves Investment Proposal For 900 MW Arun-3 Hydro Project In Nepal

• 18-Feb-2017 | Shreya Jai

  Industry Can Now Trade Energy Savings Certificate On Power Exchanges

  Energy-Efficient Units Can Sell These Certificates To Those That Couldn't Meet Energy Saving Targets

• 17-Feb-2017 | Shreya Jai

  Sun Setting On States' Solar Projects

  No Mega Tenders In Pipeline By Major States, Demand For Solar To Be Hit

• 17-Feb-2017 | Shreya Jai

  UP To Issue Rs 10,000 Cr Of Bonds Against Discoms' Debt

  This Is The Second Issuance By The State Under The Provisions Of UDAY

• 16-Feb-2017 | Shreya Jai

  NTPC Makes A Debut In Coal Mining

  Pakri Barwadih Has Block Area Of 46.26 Sq Km With A Mine Capcity 15 Million Tonne Per Annum

• 15-Feb-2017 | Shreya Jai

  JERA Picks Up 10% In ReNew Power For $200 Mn

  Marking Entry Of Japanese Strategic Investors, Deal Takes ReNew's Value To $2 Bn

• 14-Feb-2017 | Shreya Jai

  Power Bills Less Likely To 'Shock' Consumers

  Centre, With States And Experts, To Change Methodology Of Calculating Domestic Power Rates

• 10-Feb-2017 | Shreya Jai

  NSE Pulls Plug On Power Exchange Ahead Of IPO

  Sources Say There Was Strong Dissent From Stakeholders In The Power Sector

• 08-Feb-2017 | Shreya Jai

  Indian Power Sector Goes In Reverse Gear With More Fuel But Less Demand

  There Is Enough Coal, And Power Generation Capacity But No Surplus Demand For Power

• 08-Feb-2017 | Shreya Jai

  BHEL Net Up On Non-Power Projects

  The PSU Had Delivered A Rs 1,085 Cr Loss In The Same Quarter A Year Ago

• 06-Feb-2017 | Shreya Jai

  Andhra Picks Meenakshi Power, Simhapuri For Imported Coal-Based Power Proj

  As The Project Is To Be Based Entirely On Imported Coal, There Is A Risk If Latter's Prices Change

• 04-Feb-2017 | Shreya Jai

  Renewable Energy: Funding To Depend On Coal Cess Kitty

  The Amount Of Budgetary Grant To The MNRE Was Rs 1,977 Crore In 2014-15

• 03-Feb-2017 | Shreya Jai

  Green Players Cheer, Coal Power Units Unperturbed By Tax Incentives

  Renewable Energy Projects Might Escape The Cost Escalation

• 03-Feb-2017 | Shreya Jai

  Government To Auction 23 Coal Mines In FY18, 4 For Commercial Mining

  This Would Be The First Step To Open Mining Beyond The Near-Monopoly Of State-Owned CIL For 41 Years

• 01-Feb-2017 | Arnab Dutta & Shreya Jai

  Excise Duty Changes For Solar Modules Inputs, PCB, Tobacco And Its Impact

  Additional Duty On PCB Could Put Pressure On The Already Squeezed Margins Of Mobile Manufacturers

• 01-Feb-2017 | Shreya Jai

  Rich In Central Aid, Poor In Development: Economic Survey

  The Survey Blamed Migration On The Discouraging Policies Of The Domicile States

(Source : www.business-standard.com)