Reliance Power announced it has commissioned the fourth 300 MW unit of the Rosa plant in Uttar Pradesh. With this, the project’s total operational capacity to 1,200 MW. “Rosa power project is also the first independent thermal power project in North India to be brought online and represents the largest ever private sector investment in [...]

A whopping amount of Rs 23,103 crore, sanctioned by the public sector banks (PSBs), is yet to be disbursed for 10 projects due to pending regulatory approvals by central authorities. During the third review meeting that was recently conducted by Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, the status of pending approvals was evaluated for the projects [...]

BHEL has reportedly done little to ensure a timely start of critical erection activities of unit-1 of the 1,000 MW coal based plant (CBP) at Tuticorin, in Tamil Nadu, As a result, the project’s commissioning schedule is likely to be revised by an additional 15-18 months. Though BHEL had committed to begin the erection of [...]

The Coastal Energen Private Limited, the power generating flagship company of the Coal and Oil Group, is planning to cater to the severe power shortage in Tamil Nadu. Ahmed A.R. Buhari, founder president and CEO of Coal and Oil Group, said, “Our first priority is to provide power to the state-run Tamil Nadu Generation and [...]

Reliance Power Ltd said it expects to start commissioning its 3,960-megawatt power project in the central state of Madhya Pradesh in January 2013. The company said it is developing two coal blocks–Moher and Moher-Amlori Extension–attached to the project and is targeting to start production of the dry fuel from there in 2012. The project has [...]

GMR Kamalnga Energy Ltd. (GKEL), promoted by the GMR Group, had executed an agreement for supply of 260MW to Bihar State Electricity Board or BSEB under Case-I bidding. Thanks to this, GKEL has emerged the first Power project in the country eligible to receive Mega Power status under the new policy. “With this agreement, GEEKL [...]

The first unit of the 726 MW combined cycle power plant being set up by ONGC in Tripura will start generating electricity soon. According to ONGC director of human resources and in-charge of business development and joint venture K S Jamestin, “The first unit of the project located at Palatan near Agartala, would start producing [...]

KS Energy Ventures has reported progress on its proposed 540 MW coal fired thermal power plant at in Warora Growth Centre in Chadrapur district of Maharashtra. Current Status : The company had earlier announced the commissioning and synchronization of first unit. The company has announced completion of the commissioning process for the synchronization of the [...]

Coastal Andhra Power belonging to Reliance Power has achieved financial closure for its 4000 MW Krishnapatnam Ultra Mega Power Project. The Rs.17,500 crore project is being financed at a 75:25 debt equity ratio with Power Finance Corporation acting as the lead manager. A consortium of banks & financial instituitions including Rural Electrification Corp, LCI, UCO [...]

Basic Details : Project : A 4000 MW Pit Head coal fired thermal power project at Tilaiya Village in Hazaribag district in Jharkhand. The project involves construction, operation and maintenance of 4000 MW power plant based on super critical technology with flexibility in unit size, based on domestic coal for its life cycle. Project Developer [...]