Page 2 - Power Generation

Recovery tracker: Workplace visits drop, power generation growth slows

Freight growth and traffic congestion show signs of improvement

Gencos to face penalty for having low coal stock, says govt

Power Ministry notifies new coal stocking norms, gencos to follow month-wise threshold

Recovery tracker: Retail and recreation visits at record high as cases drop

Improvement in traffic, power generation and other indicators; daily Covid-19 case load below 25,000

Indian Oil installs more than 1,000 electric vehicle charging stations

IndianOil is gearing up to provide EV charging facilities at 10,000 fuel stations in the next three years, said Director, Marketing V. Satish Kumar

Recovery tracker: Higher mobility, power generation as Covid cases decline

Traffic congestion is rising again in major cities

Reliance Power reports Rs 13.93 crore loss in December quarter

Total income dipped to Rs 1,858.93 crore in the quarter, from Rs 2,006.66 crore in the same period a year ago

Coal shortage crisis in power generation, non-power sector escalates again

The ministry cited the domestic coal supply to the power sector till January 2022, which was 552.65 million tonne

Recovery tracker: More retail and recreation visits, power generation rises

Mobility indicators also suggest people are moving about more

Economic Survey: Renewable energy account for 10% of electricity generation

The share of renewable energy in installed capacity is 22%

NTPC steps up coal imports, seeks to avoid power crunch later this year

The New Delhi-based company is aiming to secure cargoes starting from April, when power consumption in India typically surges on summer cooling demand

Recovery tracker: Fewer flyers as Omicron weighs on weekly indicators

Several metrics show signs of lower activity than the previous week

Recovery tracker: Drop in workplace attendance, traffic congestion

Freight data shows slower growth

Odisha govt invests in power infrastructure to provide 24x7 power supply

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said the state government is investing significantly in improving power infrastructure to provide 24x7 quality power to all.

Kalpataru Power Transmission bags new orders worth Rs 1,560 crore

Kalpataru Power Transmission Ltd on Thursday said that it has bagged new orders worth Rs 1,560 crore. "Kalpataru Power Transmission Limited (KPTL), a leading global EPC player in the power and infrastructure contracting sector, has secured new orders/notifications of award of Rs 1,560 crores," the company said in a statement. According to the statement, the orders include those from India, Africa, CIS and South America in the power transmission business. Besides, KPTL's international subsidiary has secured new power transmission projects in Europe. Manish Mohnot, MD and CEO, KPTL said: We are delighted with the new order wins, especially that all these orders are in our core power T&D business. These orders in the T&D business reaffirms our confidence in the strong growth of this business going forward. With reduced volatility and good visibility across all our businesses, we are confident to reach our targeted margin and build a strong order book.

Workplace visits hit a record high, Omicron concerns notwithstanding

Power generation, other indicators also show positive trend

India's renewables boom set to lift power exchange spot trading

Coal dominates Indian power generation but that is changing, with renewables accounting for more than 80% of new capacity last year, according to BloombergNEF

More people reporting to work than at any time since March 2020 lockdown

Power generation, rail numbers head higher

Renewable energy projects bear the brunt of discoms' financial woes

The dues of RE power generators have increased by close to 40 per cent since January, the highest among all categories of gencos

Recovery tracker: Attendance at workplace rises to pre-Covid levels

Power generation also moves higher than the previous week

Power consumption rises 1.3% to 34.23 bn units in 1st ten days of December

India's power consumption grew by 1.3 per cent in the first ten days of this month from December 1 to 10 to 34.23 billion units (BU) over the same period a year ago, according to power ministry data. In 2020, power consumption was 33.78 BU during December 1 to 10. In the entire month of December 2020, consumption was 105.62 BU, up from 101.08 BU in December 2019. Experts are of the view that power consumption as well as demand would grow at a steady pace in December with improvement in economic activities across the country. During the first 10 days of December this year, the peak power demand met or the highest supply in a day, touched 169.12 Gigawatt (GW) compared to 165.42 GW in the same period in 2020. The peak power demand met in December 2020 was 182.78 GW up from 170.49 GW in December 2019. In November this year, the power consumption grew by 2.6 per cent to 99.37 BU. Last year in November, power consumption stood at 96.88 BU and in the same month in 2019, it was at 93.94 ..