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India, Portugal sign agreements in renewable energy, defence, agriculture, sports

By : sustainabilityo..., Jan 9, 2017

India and Portugal have signed a slew of agreements in various fields, including defence cooperation, agriculture, renewable energy and marine research.

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New power tariff structure in works, large domestic consumers to be charged more

By : sustainabilityo..., Dec 26, 2016

The burden of subsidising the power bills of agricultural and low-income families is set to move from industrial consumers to large domestic and commercial consumers of electricity. ...

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PSUs, private sector companies can swap coal: Piyush Goyal

By : sustainabilityo..., Dec 22, 2016

The government today approved swapping of coal supplies between public sector and private sector companies, a move that may help augment availability of fuel and reduce transportation charges...

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India clarifies on guidelines on cross border trade of energy

By : sustainabilityo..., Dec 13, 2016

The government of India has clarified on the provisions of the ‘Guidelines on Cross Border Trade of Electricity’ that was launched last week by the Ministry of Power, India in a bid to...

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Moody's upgrades India's power sector outlook to stable

By : sustainabilityo..., Dec 2, 2016

Moody's has upgraded the outlook for India's power sector to stable from negative in view of surge in domestic coal production and likely improvement in discoms' financial health due to UDAY...

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CERC proposes up to 35% hike in transmission fees

By : sustainabilityo..., Nov 30, 2016

Power regulator Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has proposed raising transmission charges on short-term and mediumterm electricity transactions by up to 35%, a move seen by...

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Clean energy share rises to 7.54% in India's power generation

By : sustainabilityo..., Nov 29, 2016

Power generation from renewable energy sources like solar and wind has increased to 7.54 per of the total electricity generated in the country during April-September this fiscal, Parliament was...

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Overall power deficit at 0.7 per cent in April-October: Piyush Goyal

By : sustainabilityo..., Nov 25, 2016

India recorded overall power deficit of 0.7 per cent in the first 7 months of the current fiscal, with availability of 681.34 billion units, as against demand of 686.09 BU, Parliament was...

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