Tendering process for OTPCL project to begin by July 2014...

  The state government will begin the tendering process for the 2400 Mw coal-based super thermal power plant proposed by Odisha Thermal Power Corporation Ltd (OTPCL), a 50:50 joint venture between Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC) and Odisha Hydro Power Corporation (OHPC) by July 2014. The power plant is coming up at Kamakhyanagar...

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CERC likely to take a call on Indian Energy Exchange founded by FTIL...

  After strictures passed by Forward Markets Commission (FMC) against Jignesh Shah as well as FTIL, power sector watchdog CERC is likely to soon take a call on the IEX. FMC, the regulator for commodities market, has ruled that Shah and his flagship firm FTIL are not "fit and proper" to run any exchange amid the continuing NSEL payment...

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Government allows Coal India to produce gas from coal bed methane...

  The Union Cabinet on Thursday decided to give state-owned miner Coal India Ltd a licence to produce natural gas from coal seams (CBM) in its existing mines. The cabinet committee on economic affairs (CCEA) headed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, allowed Coal India, the world’s largest coal miner, to explore and produce coal bed...

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PM to Lay Foundation Stone of Haryana Nuclear Plant in January...

  Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will lay the foundation stone of Rs 23,502 crore nuclear power plant, to be set up at Gorakhpur in Haryana's Fatehabad district, in January next year. The Prime Minister would also address a public meeting after laying the foundation stone of the plant, Additional Secretary, Department of Atomic Energy...

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Power ministry to move Cabinet for amending Electricity Act...

  The power ministry is likely to approach the Cabinet within a month on the issue of amending the Electricity Act 2003.      "We have received feedback from all the stakeholders, we will compile all the suggestions, analyse it and then send it to the Cabinet for approval," a Power Ministry official said,...

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Performance data of solar projects under National Solar Mission Phase 1 for the month of November 2013 as issued by MNRE...

    The Ministry of New & Renewable Energy has published the performance data of the solar projects commissioned under National Solar Mission Phase 1 along with the schemes of migration and RPSSGP for the month of November 2013.       List of Generation and PLFs achieved by the projects under NSM Phase...

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