India

Coal Mine

Government Auctions over 200 Coal Blocks for Commercial Mining in 5 Years

The government will open up the Indian coal sector with a large offering of over 200 blocks for commercial coal mining in the next five years having a potential…

ABB Power Products appoints Venu Nuguri as its Managing Director

ABB Power Products on Tuesday said it has appointed Venu Nuguri as its Managing Director. ABB Power Products is the new standalone legal entity of ABB's Power G…

Electricity Transmission

Maharashtra: MSEDCL Detects More Than 1900 Power Theft Cases

The highest number of cases, 898, was from the Kalyan zone. That was followed by the 579 cases in Nashik and the 381 in Jalgaon.

Delhi Government Allows E-bikes to Run to The Last Mile

On Monday, the Delhi cabinet approved a policy to allow electric two-wheeler taxis by app-based ride-hailing services such as Uber and Ola. The move is aimed to…

Electric Car

SIAM, SMEV Welcome Delhi Government to Formulate Electric Vehicle Policy

With the introduction of this policy, SMEV is certain that Delhi will lead by example and more states will also emulate such measures to give a boost to the EV …

Coal Mine

BHEL Commissions India's First Lignite-based 500 Mw Power Plant

The project which will be the country's first lignite-fired power plant is also the highest rating pulverised lignite-fired thermal unit commissioned in the cou…

Coal Mine

Economic Coal Reserves Need to be Identified Faster

New areas for additional coal reserves, economical for mining should be identified at a faster pace, said coal secretary Anil Kr Jain.

Coal Trade

CIL Buys Coal from Orissa Government Captive Mine

CIL subsidiary Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd (MCL) has started lifting 6,000 tonnes of coal daily from the Manoharpur mine in Jharsuguda district allotted to Odisha C…

Coal Production

Indonesian Bukit Asam Targets to Produce Around 30 mt of Coal in 2020

Indonesian state-owned coal miner PT Bukit Asam targets to produce around 30 million tonnes of coal in 2020, compared with an estimate of 28.5 million tonnes pr…

Coal Mine

Coal India's Exploration Arm：Economic Coal Reserves Should Be Identified Faster

New areas for additional coal reserves, economical for mining should be identified at a faster pace, said coal secretary Anil Kr Jain.

Power Construction

Mahagenco Shut Down Power Plant to Get Environmental Clearance

Mahagenco is so desperate to get environmental clearance for its two new 660MW units at Koradi that it is resorting to underhand tactics.

Electric Car

The Delhi Cabinet approves Electric Vehicle Policy

The Delhi Cabinet on Monday approved the Electric Vehicle Policy with an aim to check vehicular pollution in the national capital.

Coal Mine

Chhattisgarh CM Demands Nagarnar Plant to Be Handed Over to Other State

The Chhattisgarh government is against this decision and if they (Centre) can not run Nagarnar plant they can give it to the state government which can run it, …

Power Construction

MSEDCL:7,602 Defected Distribution Transformers Fixed

According to an official, there were as many as 7,602 transformers, of which, more than 2,000 were not fixed until the first week of November owing to the monso…

Andhra Pradesh Makes Energy Conservation Code for Commercial Buildings

The state government has made Andhra Pradesh Energy Conservation Building Code (APECBC) mandatory to get building approvals for all commercial buildings with a …