NTPC Ltd’s very first unit at Singrauli in Uttar Pradesh has achieved the highest plant load factor (PLF) of 100.24 per cent among all thermal units in the country between April 2020 to December 2020, data published by Central Electricity Authority (CEA) showed.

L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering (LTHE), a wholly-owned subsidiary of engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) projects to defence multinational, Larsen & Toubro, has secured a contract from Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) for their new living quarter (LQ) & Revamp at NQ Complex (NLRNC- RT2) project at Mumbai High.

Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways & Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME), Nitin Gadkari on Monday said that the Central Government was aiming at creating core global competencies in India by facilitating the seamless integration of the local automotive industry with the world. In this direction, it was attempting to create an ecosystem to accelerate the uptake of electric vehicles in the country.

Siemens Energy has announced that it will discontinue the support for the development of new coal- fired power plants but will continue to offer bridging technologies like gas-fired plants and components for efficient combined heat and power (CHP), waste heat and biomass co-firing projects as also continue its CO2-reducing service and solutions business.

Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Power, New and Renewable Energy & Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Raj Kumar Singh has commended power utility NTPC for the role played by it in ensuring uninterrupted power at the height of the nationwide lockdown amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.

NTPC Ltd has started collaborating with cement manufacturers around the country to supply fly ash. The move is part of India’s largest power producer’s endeavour to achieve 100 per cent utilisation of the by-product produced during power generation.

India’s leading hydropower utility and a Scheduled-A ‘Mini Ratna’ enterprise of the Government of India, NHPC Ltd signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Tuesday with the Ministry of Power for the year 2020-21.

Director-General of Hydrocarbons (DGH), SCL Das has urged the exploration & production (E&P) sector to mainstream the agenda of digitisation as part of their core corporate agenda.

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has notified the standards for safety evaluation of vehicles being propelled by hydrogen fuel cells through an amendment to Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989, made vide General Statutory Rules (GSR) (E) dated September 23, 2020.