NTPC may fall around 18 billion units short of its potential production capacity in the current fiscal, as state electricity boards (SEBs) turn away from purchases of expensive electricity produced with imported coal.
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Indonesia to tighten coal export norms
Indonesia has circulated a draft decree seeking comments on imposing a ban on export of coal below 5,100 gross kcal per kg from 2014. Earlier, Jakarta brought in regulations that calÂled for all coal exports
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Coal shortage cuts thermal generation
According to Central Electricity Authority (CEA) the thermal generation in the couÂntry dipped during September and the April-September period. In a report it said, although the coal-based plants achieved a growth rate of 6.46 per cent over the same period last year,
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Coal for Essar Project
Essar Energy Plc said that it has been allotted a share of coal from the Amelia coal block by the Madhya Pradesh government. The coal will provide fuel to the company's Mahan I power project.
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Coal transportation norms
Union Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) is planning to reduce the distance of carrying the coal having more than 34 per cent ash content to the power plant from 1,000 km to 500 km from the pit-head.
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Revised coal block clearance policy gathering pace
The Union finance ministry has given an in-principle approval to a new mechanism in which all regulatory clearances are to be obtained by the government before coal blocks are auctioned to state-run or private companies, thus concluding the debate on 'go' and 'no-go' areas for mining of coal.
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Coal shortage to hit power addition plan
Shortage of coal is expected to impact the country's new capacity addition plans to the tune of 15,000 MW in the current fiscal.
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Jindal to set up largest IWT system
For creating and operating infrastructure for transportation of coal, required for NTPC's power plant at Farakka, West Bengal, through inland waterways, Jindal ITF and NTPC have entered into a strategic agreement.
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Infrastructure players need to attain scalability to be accepted by the capital market investor
As one of India's larger infrastructure funds, the company has believed in investing in the high-growth sectors.
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Mining: Go mega for energy security and better infra
A shortfall in coal supply can badly affect the power production of the country as over 70 per cent of total power produced in India is from coal-based projects.