Tag: Thermal Power

The Union power ministry has selected those power plants that charge higher tariffs to reduce the price of power delivered to the consumer, S&P Global Commodity Insights said.

Bhubaneswar:  Buoyed by generation of 567 million extra units of thermal power so far this fiscal, NTPC’s Rs 13,000-crore Darlipali plant in Odisha’s Sundargarh district is set to be commissioned within a year. “The first unit of Darlipali plant with 800 MW capacity is expected to be commissioned by February 2018 and production will commence […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday requested the central government to consider providing 25-33 per cent of free power from thermal power generating stations to the coal bearing states. The Chief Minister put forth the demand during a discussion with Union Power Secretary Ajay Bhalla at the state secretariat here. They also discussed several […]

Bhubaneswar: Thermal power stations in Odisha are estimated to generate as much as 70 million tonnes (MT) of fly ash annually after completion of all projects. This was stated by Odisha Energy minister Pranab Prakash Das in the Assembly today while replying to a written question of BJP member Dilip Ray. “While seven existing thermal […]

New Delhi: After the withdrawal of private players from the bidding process, the government will tomorrow decide whether to accept the sole bid of NTPC for proposed ultra mega power projects in Odisha and Tamil Nadu.