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More concentration on renewable will affect on thermal projects
- August 26, 2017
- Posted by: BiconAdmin
- Categories: Non-Performing Assets (NPAs), Power Sector, Renewable Energy
No CommentsOveremphasis on renewable energy would result in reducing viability of coal-fired thermal power plants in India, adding to the massive non-performing assets (NPAs) of state-run lenders. Rapid changes in technology are promising to help realize the promise of renewable, which is an eminently desirable development. At the same time, these changes need to be seen
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Government plans major change in power purchase norms to help stressed projects
- August 26, 2017
- Posted by: BiconAdmin
- Category: Ministry of Power - Policy
The government is planning a major change in the power purchase norms to help stressed plants get coal supplies and start generation as the revised sales pact will make it more attractive for distribution companies to buy electricity from them. Norms are likely to be tweaked to remove contractual requirement for the buyer to pay
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Thermal power plants’ capacity utilisation to drop to 48% by 2022
- December 20, 2016
- Posted by: BiconAdmin
- Categories: Miscellaneous, Power Sector
All coal-based thermal power plants need to brace for a drastic fall in capacity utilisation to as low as 48% by 2022, as additional non-thermal electricity generation capacities come on stream, the Central Electricity Authority has warned. At that level of utilisation, they may lose the ability to run at a technically viable level and
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Revised pollution norms and its impact on Power Pricing
- December 9, 2016
- Posted by: BiconAdmin
- Categories: Ministry of Environment and Forests - Policy, Miscellaneous, Power Sector
The MoEF has notified revised emission norms (under the power conferred by section 6 and section 25 of Environment (Protection) Act, 1986) for TPPs with the objective of minimizing pollution, especially from coal-based power generation plants. The revised standards seek to reduce the emission of Particulate Matter, Sulphur Dioxide, Oxides of Nitrogen, Mercury and water
