Coal India Limited has removed part of the levies on the supply of higher grades of coal – G2-G5 grades – with a gross calorific value between 6,100 kCal per kg and 6,700 kCal per […]
Uttarakhand and Kerala have undertaken the procurement of 150 MW of power each, on a short-term basis, through the Discovery of Efficient Electricity Price (DEEP) e-bidding and e-reverse auction portal launched by the Ministry of […]
The cabinet has allowed flexibility in the utilisation of domestic coal. Long-term coal linkages of individual state generating stations and individual central generating stations will be clubbed and assigned to states or the state-nominated agency […]
NTPC Limited, through its subsidiary NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam Limited, has supplied unrequisitioned surplus power from the 840 MW Dadri Stage I thermal power plant (TPP) in Uttar Pradesh to Gujarat Urja Vitaran Nigam Limited […]
The Mormugao Port Trust issued a letter of award (LoA) to Sterlite Ports Limited, a subsidiary of the Vedanta Group, on April 15, 2016, for the redevelopment of Berth Nos. 8 and 9, barge berths […]
L&T Geostructure has secured a contract worth Rs 1.15 billion for the construction of a roll-on roll-off (ro-ro)-cum-general cargo berth at Kamarajar port. The berth will span a length of 330 metres on the northwestern […]
The National Sagarmala Apex Committee approved the National Perspective Plan for the Sagarmala programme on April 9, 2016. A total of 150 projects involving port modernisation, connectivity, port-led industrialisation and coastal community development have been […]
According to the MoS, during financial year 2015-16, 94 mt of capacity was added at major ports through 34 capital investment projects. Of this, around 50 mt was added through improvements in port efficiency. Further, […]
Major ports in the country handled 606.4 mt of cargo traffic during fiscal year 2015-16, as against 581.3 mt during 2014-15, recording a growth of 4.3 per cent. However, the combined traffic at major ports […]
NHPC Limited has commissioned the second 40 MW unit of the 160 MW Teesta Low Dam hydroelectric plant (HEP) Stage IV at Darjeeling in West Bengal. The first unit of the HEP was commissioned in […]
Hindustan Powerprojects Private Limited (HPPPL) has commissioned the second 600 MW unit at its 2,520 MW coal-based Anuppur power plant in Madhya Pradesh. With this, the 1,200 MW Phase I of the plant stands fully […]
A revision in the liquefied natural gas (LNG) agreement with Qatar has helped bring down the cost of importing natural gas to less than $5 per million British thermal units (mmBtu) from $12 per mmBtu. […]
Adani Gas Limited has submitted an expression of interest to the MoPNG for authorisation to lay the Dhamra-Asansol-Duttapulia liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) pipeline. The project comprises a 650 km pipeline network that will connect the […]
Essar Oil Limited (EOL) is planning to increase coal-bed methane (CBM) production from the RG (East)-CBM-2001/1 project to at least 1.8 million standard cubic metres per day (mscmd) by March 2017 from the existing 0.85 […]
The Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) is planning to explore 17 shale gas and oil wells in Gujarat, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh at an investment of about Rs 7 billion. The exploration comprises […]
In a bid to encourage energy partnerships in the post-sanctions period, India has signed an agreement with Iran for crude oil imports and the development of petrochemical complexes and gas fields. India has stated its […]
The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MoPNG) is soon likely to commence the auction of 69 marginal oil and gas fields under the new revenue-sharing model, though the timeline for the auction is yet […]
Maharashtra State Power Generation Company Limited (MSPGCL) has commissioned the fifth 500 MW unit at the 3,340 MW Chandrapur superthermal power plant (STPP) in Maharashtra. With this, the TPP stands fully commissioned. The commissioned unit […]
Air India has entered into a code-share agreement with European regional airline Flybe to enhance connectivity between India and Europe. While the code-share arrangement will enable Flybe travellers to book flights from Birmingham, Belfast, Edinburgh […]
The 3,050 metre long runway under Phase I of the Kannur international airport project has been completed. Further, about 68 per cent work has been completed on the integrated terminal, with roofing works in progress. […]
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