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NTPC completes coal business transfer to NTPC Mining arm

NTPC Limited has completed the transfer of its entire coal mining business to NTPC Mining Limited (NML), its wholly owned subsidiary, with the final tranche involving the Pakri Barwadih Coal Mine in Hazaribagh district, Jharkhand, and the Coal Mining...

Centre grants BHEL five-year GFR exemption for 21 items

The Department of Expenditure (DoE), Ministry of Finance, has granted Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) a five-year relaxation under Rule 144(xi) of the General Financial Rules (GFR). The exemption allows procurement of 21 specified items from...

BHEL secures Rs 13,500 crore NTPC Telangana Stage-II contract

Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has received a Notification of Award (NOA) from NTPC Limited for the main plant package of the 3×800 MW Telangana Stage-II supercritical thermal power project in Peddapalli district, Telangana. The...

AERB clears excavation for Mahi Banswara nuclear project Units 1 and 2

The Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) has granted approval to begin excavation activities for Units 1 and 2 of the Mahi Banswara Rajasthan Atomic Power Project (MBRAPP) in Rajasthan. The units are based on the standard 700 MWe Pressurised Heavy...

Thermax subsidiary wins Rs 1,600 crore boiler order

Thermax Babcock & Wilcox Energy Solutions Limited (TBWES), a wholly owned subsidiary of Thermax Limited, has secured a boiler package supply order worth about Rs 1,600 crore. The order is from a thermal power projects company in Central India for...

Coal India, DVC form JV to enter power generation

Coal India Limited (CIL), the state-owned Maharatna mining company, has incorporated a joint venture with Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) to foray into the power generation business. The new entity, DVC CIL Power Private Limited, was incorporated on...

NHPC achieves HRT breakthrough at Teesta-VI project

NHPC Limited completed the breakthrough of Head Race Tunnel (HRT) Phase-5A and 6A of the Teesta-VI Hydroelectric Project on March 27, 2026. The development marks a construction milestone for the project. CMD (Chairman and Managing Director) Bhupender...

SJVN’s Rampur HPS sets new generation record

SJVN Limited’s 412 MW Rampur Hydro Power Station in Himachal Pradesh surpassed its highest-ever generation figure of 2,098.03 million units on March 26, 2026, eclipsing the previous record set in FY 2019-20. Bhupender Gupta, Chairman and...

NHPC signs agreement for Uri-II, Dulhasti-II hydro projects

NHPC Limited has signed an implementation agreement with Jammu & Kashmir State Power Development Corporation Limited (JKSPDCL) for the development of the 240 MW Uri-I Stage-II and 260 MW Dulhasti Stage-II hydroelectric projects in the Union...

Torrent Power acquires TU47 to expand thermal portfolio

Torrent Power Limited (TPL) has acquired 100 % equity shares of Torrent Urja 47 Private Limited (TU47) for a cash consideration of Rs 5,00,000. The transaction was completed on March 27, 2026. TPL stated that the acquisition supports its plan to...

MoP directs CGPL to run imported coal plant at full capacity through June

The Ministry of Power (MoP) has issued directions to Coastal Gujarat Power Ltd. (CGPL) under Section 11 of the Electricity Act, 2003, requiring the company to operate its imported coal-based (ICB) power plant at full capacity. The order, dated March...

EAC grants Saundatti PSP ToR, defers Veeraballi EC

The Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC), at its 50th meeting held on March 11, 2026, granted Terms of Reference (ToR) to the Saundatti pumped storage project expansion in Karnataka...

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...

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