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NPCIL completes largest-ever reactor foundation pour at Kaiga

The Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) has completed the largest continuous reactor foundation concrete pour for an Indian Pressurised Heavy Water Reactor (PHWR) at the Kaiga Units 5 and 6 nuclear power project. Around 7,250 cubic...

Lower Sileru hydro project completes Unit-5 stator lowering

The Lower Sileru Hydro Electric Project in Andhra Pradesh has achieved another construction milestone with the successful lowering of the Unit-5 stator. The activity was carried out by PES Engineers Pvt. Ltd. and Shirdi Sai Electricals Ltd., with the...

Konstec Engineers, HCC form JV for nuclear infrastructure projects in India

Konstec Engineers Limited has entered into a Joint Venture (JV) agreement with Hindustan Construction Company Limited (HCC) to jointly bid for and execute nuclear infrastructure projects in India. The JV has been formed to undertake Engineering...

NTPC achieves head race tunnel breakthrough at Tapovan Vishnugad project

NTPC Limited has achieved the Head Race Tunnel (HRT) breakthrough at its 520 MW Tapovan Vishnugad Hydro Power Project (TVHPP) in Uttarakhand. The milestone was completed on July 8, 2026, through the successful alignment and joining of excavation...

L&T begins structural dispatch for 2,400 MW Pirpainti thermal project

L&T Energy–CarbonLite Solutions has flagged off the dispatch of the primary structure for Unit 1 of the 3×800 MW Pirpainti Ultra-Supercritical Thermal Power Project in Bhagalpur, Bihar, from a vendor’s manufacturing facility in West Bengal...

NALCO, NLC India form JV for 1,080 MW captive thermal power plant

National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) and NLC India Limited (NLCIL) have signed a Joint Venture Agreement (JVA) to develop a 4×270 MW (1,080 MW) coal-based captive thermal power plant at Angul, Odisha. The agreement was signed in the presence of...

Two firms in race for NHPC’s Salal hydro project

NHPC Limited has opened the financial bids for the civil and hydro-mechanical works package to restore the functionality of the undersluices of the Salal Power Station dam in Jammu & Kashmir. Following the technical evaluation, two firms...

Why India’s thermal power projects continue to face delays

India’s thermal power capacity expansion continues to face execution challenges despite a steady pipeline of under-construction projects. The Central Electricity Authority’s (CEA) latest Broad Status Report of Thermal Power Projects shows...

India lacks equipment for continuous radioactivity monitoring, Adani tells EAC

India does not currently have commercially available instruments for continuous monitoring of radioactivity and heavy metals in coal and ash, according to submissions made by Adani Power Limited to the Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) for Thermal...

STEAG Energy wins Rs 1,437 crore O&M contract from Vedanta

STEAG Energy Services (India) Private Limited, a wholly-owned step-down subsidiary of Bluspring Enterprises Limited, has secured a contract from Vedanta Aluminium Metal Limited for the comprehensive operations and maintenance (O&M) of a 1,215 MW...

Coal India’s June power sector supplies rise 5.9% to 51.44 MT

Coal India Limited (CIL) supplied 51.44 million tonnes (MTs) of coal to the power sector in June FY 2026-27, up 5.9% from 48.57 MTs in the corresponding month last year. The increase was driven by higher electricity demand during the peak summer...

NEEPCO, GRIDCO sign PPA for Heo, Tato-I and Tato-II hydro projects

North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Limited (NEEPCO) and Grid Corporation of Odisha Limited (GRIDCO) have signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) for the procurement of power from the 240 MW Heo, 186 MW Tato-I and 700 MW Tato-II hydroelectric...

NHPC, GUVNL sign PPAs for Sawalkot and Kamala hydro projects

NHPC Limited and Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited (GUVNL) have signed two Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) for the supply of electricity from the 1,856 MW Sawalkot Hydro Electric Project in the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir and the 1,720 MW...

ANDRITZ bags electro-mechanical contract for Bhutan’s 600 MW Khorlochhu project

Khorlochhu Hydro Power Limited (KHPL) has signed the main electro-mechanical contract for Bhutan’s 600 MW Khorlochhu hydropower project with ANDRITZ Hydro Private Limited, India. The agreement, signed on June 27, 2026, at Paro, covers the design...

NHPC signs PPA with NDMC for 800 MW Parbati-II project

NHPC Limited has signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) for the supply of electricity from its 800 MW Parbati Hydro Electric Project Stage-II in Himachal Pradesh. The agreement was signed in New Delhi on...

SJVN signs PPAs with GUVNL for 658 MW hydropower projects

SJVN Limited has signed Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) with Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited (GUVNL) for the supply of power from three hydroelectric projects in Himachal Pradesh with a combined capacity of 658 MW. The agreements cover the 66 MW...

EAC grants ToR for GMR Warora’s 660 MW thermal power expansion

The Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) for Thermal Projects under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) has recommended the grant of Terms of Reference (ToR) for the expansion of GMR Warora Energy Limited’s (GWEL)...

Bluspring unit secures Rs 1,626 crore Vedanta O&M contract extensions

Bluspring Enterprises Limited has announced that its wholly-owned step-down subsidiary, STEAG Energy Services (India) Private Limited, has received extensions for two operations and maintenance (O&M) contracts from Vedanta Group companies with a...

L&T completes sale of Nabha Power to Torrent Power

Larsen & Toubro Limited (L&T) has completed the divestment of its subsidiary, Nabha Power Limited (NPL), to Torrent Power Limited following receipt of the required regulatory approvals, including clearance from the Competition Commission of...

Adani Power gets EAC nod for 3,200 MW coal plant near Brahmaputra in Assam

The Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) for Thermal Projects under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) has recommended the grant of Environmental Clearance (EC) for Adani Power Limited’s (APL) proposed 3,200 MW...

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