Power consumption in the country grew 13.6 per cent year-on-year to 132.98 billion units (BU) in April, showing the impact of the early onset of summers and spurt in economic activities, according to ...

Coal India on Friday said supplies to the power sector have hit a record high of 493 million tonnes (mt) for a fiscal year even with 28 days left to go in March. The previous high was 491.5mt in 2018-...

The ministry of power on Saturday announced new rules to sustain economic viability of the sector, ease financial stress of various stakeholders and ensure timely recovery of costs involved in electri...

Coal India’s net profit has come down 55.12 per cent in the first quarter of 2020-21 as the public sector miner’s sales took a hit during the period marked by the lockdown on account of Co...

India has emerged as the most attractive global market for clean energy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday. Launching a 750 MW solar project in Rewa in Madhya Pradesh through video-conferen...

Lebanon is keen to court Indian companies to invest in its power sector.Sanjiv Goenka, chairman of CESC Ltd, met the Prime Minister of Lebanon, Saad Al Hariri, on Sunday in Beirut where the premier s...

Instead of going for a one-size-fits-all formula, the power ministry should put in place state-specific solutions to help states improve their performance in the sector, Prime Minister Narendra Modi h...

“We found that a lot of interest is coming up for (the scheme to auction) 2,500MW medium-term PPAs. So definitely there would be PPAs coming up (on the block). This was a pilot. We will try to bring...

India’s power demand fell 13.2 per cent in October from a year ago, posting its steepest monthly decline in over 12 years, government data showed, reflecting a deepening growth slowdown in Asia’s ...

As we stand in the beginning of a new year, there are nascent signs that the economy is on a better footing than what it was in the year gone by. With the proactive measures taken by the government an...