Ratnagiri Gas and Power’s plan to add another 2,100 MW of generating capacity at its Dabhol plant is apparently stuck as Maharashtra government is unwilling to pay more for the supply.
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Protecting coal bearing areas
State governments have been advised not to build mega projects or allow large super structures over coal-bearing areas as the coal ministry feared that such a move would sterilise at least 20 billion tonnes of the dry-fuel reserves and aggravate coal shortage in the country.
Maha's new industrial policy
Maharashtra government will have a new industrial policy by 1 April and for the first time, energy companies will be incentivised under the policy for producing electricity.
Adani bags coal import contract from WBPDCL
Adani group has bagged a contract from West Bengal Power Development Corporation (WBPDCL), for importing one million tonne of Indonesian thermal coal over the next year.
No withholding tax: Power Min
The forthcoming budget is likely to withdraw withholding tax on overseas investment in power.
New power policy allocates 50 per cent to home state
The government has approved a new policy for allocation of power to be generated by upcoming state-run thermal power plants.
Scouting for wind power assets
Gamesa Corporación Tecnológica SA, Spain’s largest wind power equipment maker, has appointed Morgan Stanley India to scout for wind power assets in India.
Waste to energy technology: Burning up your garbage
Raw material for biogas energy is available cheaply and abundantly. As Thomas Elsenbruch explains, the technology and new products are evolving and can be easily harnessed.
Biomass can meet all power requirement of Haryana
According to a study conducted by the Haryana Renewable Energy Development Agency (Hareda), about 1,019 MW of power is enough to make Haryana self-reliant.
2nd Power Today Conference: Reforms and efficiency needed to fuel the decade
The 2nd Power Today conference, held in New Delhi on 21 January, was based on the theme 'Fuel to Power the Next Decade' and discussed where the fuel would come from, even as speaker after speaker expressed the belief that this decade would be a defining one for the power sector.

