Union Minister of State (Independent Charge), Ministry of Power & New and Renewable Energy has said that with India witnessing the most rapid renewable energy capacity addition globally, the country will remain the fastest-growing market for such investments.

Union Minister of Railways & Commerce & Industry, Piyush Goyal has said that the Indian Railways was making relentless efforts in the area of boosting freight loading and there was no scope of any slippages on any front.

Of the 38 mines offered for auction, the Ministry of Coal received a total of 76 eligible bids for 23. The technical bids comprising online and offline bid documents as part of the auction were opened at 10.00 am on Wednesday. This was done in the presence of bidders who were given the option of joining the meeting in either in-person or virtually.

The country’s largest power producer and a public sector unit under the Ministry of Power, NTPC Ltd has invited bids for the procurement of biomass pellets for its various thermal plants based on a domestic competitive basis (DCB) as part of its endeavour to reduce the burning of crop residue on farmlands that cause air pollution.

In its new report Making Mission Possible: Delivering A Net-Zero Economy, international think-tank focused on economic growth and climate change mitigation, the Energy Transitions Commission (ETC) has said that clean electrification must be the primary route to decarbonisation.

Western Coalfields Ltd. (WCL), a subsidiary of the world’s largest coal mining company Coal India Ltd. (CIL), has drawn an ambitious roadmap to almost double its coal despatch capacity through rail mode to meet additional demand of consumers of the power sector.

Five public sector undertakings (PSUs) under Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas are all set to join the International Solar Alliance (ISA)’s Coalition for Sustainable Climate Action (ISA-CSCA) as corporate partners.

Indian Railways’ freight loading for the month of September 2020 till September 6 exceeded last year’s loading and earnings for the same period.

Asia’s largest rail transporter, the Indian Railways achieved a significant milestone when its freight loading for the month of August 2020 surpassed the volume for the same month last year.