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India does not need more coal-based capacity addition till 2022: Central Electricity Authority

By : sustainabilityo..., Dec 13, 2016

Indicating a significant shift in the Indian power sector, the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) has, in its National Electricity Plan (2017-2022), said the country does not need any more coal...

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India gets powerful boost, electricity PLF recovers from August lows

By : sustainabilityo..., Dec 12, 2016

Even before demonetisation struck it, the economy was barely starting to fire on all cylinders but at least one sector — electricity — was indeed looking up after long lull. After plunging to a...

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India to launch largest solar rooftop tender for 1,000 Megawatt projects

By : sustainabilityo..., Dec 9, 2016

India is all set to launch its largest solar rooftop tender for 1,000 Megawatt capacity projects. The mega tender will be launched by the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI), a state-owned...

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India’s 87 per cent solar cell imports from China in April-September: Piyush Goyal

By : sustainabilityo..., Dec 9, 2016

India imported solar and photovoltaic cells worth about USD 826 million from China in the first six months of the current fiscal, which is over 87 per cent of the country’s total such imports....

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Indian Railways Partners With United Nations For Setting Up 5 Gigawatts Of Solar Power Capacity

By : sustainabilityo..., Dec 8, 2016

In a bid to enhance its renewable energy production, Indian Railways has just announced its partnership with United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). 

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Cabinet clears easier labour laws, tech upgradation for textiles sector

By : sustainabilityo..., Dec 8, 2016

The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a set of reforms, including simplified labour laws and technology upgradation for the made-ups sector. “The interventions are expected to boost employment...

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Energy sector stocks all fired up with low downside risks

By : sustainabilityo..., Dec 7, 2016

Whenever a structural shift in macro parameters is in progress, the conventional wisdom of a portfolio manager suggests a switch to stocks that have lower risk of an earnings downgrade in the...

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India tender ROUNDUP: NLC 500MW in Tamil Nadu, Off-grid in Arunachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu avoidance

By : sustainabilityo..., Dec 6, 2016

Indian state-owned mining and power company Neyveli Lignite Corporation (NLC) is tendering for 500MW(ac) of grid-connected solar PV plants in India.

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Wind power projects may miss deadline for incentives

By : sustainabilityo..., Dec 6, 2016

With demonetisation slowing down project completion, several under-construction wind power projects of 2,000 MW capacity may miss the deadline for a generation-based incentive promised by the...

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Overall power deficit at 0.7 per cent in April-October: Piyush Goyal

By : sustainabilityo..., Nov 25, 2016

India recorded overall power deficit of 0.7 per cent in the first 7 months of the current fiscal, with availability of 681.34 billion units, as against demand of 686.09 BU, Parliament was...

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