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.

The state of Uttar Pradesh is all set to launch India and South Asia’s first blockchain-enabled peer-to-peer (P2P) trading of rooftop solar power on December 17.

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.

Siemens Energy and Bentley Systems, Inc., have announced a joint solution that delivers intelligent analytics derived from domain experience to reduce operating expenditures associated with oil & gas assets.

In the first funding for NTPC Ltd under Japan Bank for International Co-operation (JBIC)’s Global action for Reconciling Economic growth and ENvironmental preservation (GREEN) operation, India’s largest power producer on Wednesday entered into a foreign currency loan agreement with the Japanese Government’s financial institution for JPY 50 billion (nearly $482 million or Rs 35.82 billion).

The Central Government is charting a plan to set up three large manufacturing zones for power equipment in different places in the country.

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.

To achieve its objective of becoming 100 per cent self-sustainable for all its power needs and also to contribute to national solar power goals, the Indian Railways has solarised more than 960 stations to date. Orders have been placed for 198 MW solar rooftop capacity for 550 stations that are currently under execution.