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Azad Engineering signs turbine components supply deal with MHI

Azad Engineering Limited has signed an eight-year long-term contract and price agreement with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Limited, Japan, to act as a single source supplier of highly engineered hot-section nozzle vane segments for gas turbine...

JSW Energy completes Rs 700 crore acquisition of rail logistics arm

JSW Energy Limited has completed the acquisition of Raigarh Champa Rail Infrastructure Private Limited, making it a wholly-owned subsidiary. The transaction follows the implementation of a resolution plan approved by the National Company Law Tribunal...

Maharashtra approves Rs 39 crore equity for Koradi expansion

The Maharashtra government has approved the release of Rs 39.20 crore as its latest equity contribution toward the 2×660 MW supercritical thermal expansion at Koradi Thermal Power Station in Nagpur. The project is being executed by Maharashtra State...

Tata Power executes supplementary PPA for Mundra plant

Tata Power has formally executed a Supplementary Power Purchase Agreement (SPPA) with Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited (GUVNL) for its 4 GW Mundra thermal power plant, filing a disclosure with BSE and NSE this morning under Regulation 30 of the SEBI...

India’s fly ash utilisation reaches 96.34% in 2024-25

India’s coal-fired power stations utilised 307 million tonnes of fly ash in 2024-25, taking the national utilisation rate to 96.34%, up from under 10% in 1996-97. The data comes from the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) report covering 189...

Tata Power to restart 4 GW Mundra plant after Gujarat PPA approval

Tata Power’s long-idled Mundra thermal power plant is set to resume operations after the Gujarat cabinet approved a Supplementary Power Purchase Agreement for the facility. The company confirmed to stock exchanges on March 20 that the...

Patel Engineering wins Rs 230.7 crore Bhutan hydro project package

Patel Engineering Limited (PEL) has received a letter of award worth Rs 230.70 crore from Dorjilung Hydro Power Limited for a pre-construction package of the 1,125 MW Dorjilung Hydroelectric Power Project in Bhutan’s Mongar Dzongkhag district. The...

Patel Engineering wins Rs 910 crore Renukaji Dam package

Patel Engineering Limited (PEL) has received a Letter of Award from Himachal Pradesh Power Corporation Limited (HPPCL) for Package 1 of the Renukaji Dam Project, valued at Rs 910.08 crore including GST, converting its lowest bidder position secured...

BHEL to merge units in Haridwar and Hyderabad from April 1

Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has approved the consolidation of two pairs of manufacturing units in Haridwar and Hyderabad, with effect from April 1, 2026, as part of a restructuring of its heavy electrical and power equipment operations...

PVUNL synchronises Unit-2 of 800 MW Patratu plant

Patratu Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Limited (PVUNL) has synchronised Unit-2, an 800 MW unit of the Patratu Super Thermal Power Plant (STPP), with the grid on March 17, 2026. The milestone advances the project towards full commissioning of Phase I. Project...

ANDRITZ wins Tata Power order for 1,000 MW Bhivpuri PSP

ANDRITZ has secured a contract from Tata Power to supply generating units for the 1,000 MW Bhivpuri pumped storage project (PSP) in Maharashtra. The order, valued in the low three-digit million euro range, will be booked in ANDRITZ’s first quarter...

NHPC commissions 250 MW unit at Subansiri Lower project

NHPC Limited has declared commercial operation date (CoD) of Unit 1 (250 MW) of the Subansiri Lower Hydroelectric Project, effective 00:00 hours on March 20, 2026. With this, three units of 250 MW each, totalling 750 MW, are now operational. The...

Power Mech wins Rs 709.56 crore O&M contract for Tiroda plant

Power Mech Projects Limited (Power Mech) has secured an operations and maintenance contract valued at Rs 709.56 crore from Adani Infrastructure Management Services Limited (AIMSL) for the 5×660 MW thermal power plant at Tiroda in Maharashtra...

Adani Power wins 1,600 MW long-term supply contract from MSEDCL

Adani Power Limited has received a Letter of Award from Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) for the long-term supply of 1,600 MW of thermal power. The company disclosed the development to stock exchanges on Saturday...

EAC clears Adani’s 1,200 MW pumped storage project in Uttar Pradesh

The Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) for River Valley and Hydroelectric Projects has recommended granting Terms of Reference (ToR) for the proposed 1,200 MW Cherue Pumped Storage Project in Sonbhadra district, Uttar Pradesh. Adani Hydro Energy Six...

EAC clears only one of nine coal plants seeking FGD exemption

In two consecutive sittings of the Expert Appraisal Committee for thermal power projects, held on February 24 and 25 under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC), nine coal-based power plants came up for review under the...

NHPC’s 2,400 MW Savitri pumped storage project gets ToR clearance

NHPC Limited has secured Terms of Reference (ToR) for its proposed 2,400 MW Savitri Open Loop Pumped Storage Project in Maharashtra from the Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) for River Valley and Hydroelectric Projects. The approval resolves a delay...

Tata Power acquires 40% stake in Bhutan’s Dorjilung hydro project

Tata Power has completed the first tranche of its strategic investment in Dorjilung Hydro Power Limited (DHPL), acquiring a 40% equity stake in the company formed to develop the 1,125 MW Dorjilung Hydro Power Project in Bhutan. The investment of Rs...

Nathpa Jhakri hydropower station crosses 150 billion units generation

The Nathpa Jhakri Hydro Power Station (NJHPS), operated by SJVN Limited, has achieved cumulative power generation of 150 billion units (BU). The 1,500 MW underground hydropower station reached the milestone on March 9, 2026. In a press release, SJVN...

Maharashtra signs MoU for 2,100 MW pumped storage project

The Maharashtra government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Chambery Power Private Limited, a group company of EDF Power Solutions India, to develop the 2,100 MW Pimpalpada–Savale Pumped Storage Project across Pune and Raigad...

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