Power
Reliance told to allocate 5.67 mmscmd of KG D6 gas to Ratnagiri power company
16 Nov 2009
The empowered group of ministers has allocated the bulk of additional gas produced from Reliance-operated KG D6 offshore block in the east cost to power companies, including NTPC.
Service tax on power transmission likely to go
16 Nov 2009
Indo-US civil nuclear deal: Tripping on the NPT agenda again
By Rajiv Singh | 16 Nov 2009
The shine on Indian prime minister, Manmohan Singh’s first visit to Washington may begin to rub off even before the trip begins, as the Indo-US civil nuclear agreement once again trips on an overzealous US NPT agenda.
Dhumal demands more power for Himachal
16 Nov 2009
India-Canada– a new chapter
By Rajiv Singh | 16 Nov 2009
Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper trip to India is significant because he will seek to re-engage India in a manner previous Canadian governments have not attempted since the 1970s.
ONGC finds uranium in Assam; ropes in Uranium Corp
14 Nov 2009
The Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) announced today it has stumbled upon a reserve of uranium while carrying out exploration work in an oilfield in Assam
India to generate 20,000 MW through solar energy
13 Nov 2009
India expects to generate up to 20,000 megawatts of solar power by 2022, minister for New and Renewable Energy, Farooq Abdullah has said.
Government to sell 5 per cent equity in NTPC
13 Nov 2009
The government expects to mop up around Rs8,100 crore through sale of a five per cent stake in the country's largest power producer.
BHEL mulls power plant at Nano's Singur site
13 Nov 2009
UK wind energy industry gets £1.4 billion loan
11 Nov 2009
E.ON sells German power grid to TenneT for $1.65 billion
11 Nov 2009
In its bid to create an integrated power transmission network in Europe, Dutch state-owned grid operator TenneT BV plans to buy E.ON AG's extra high-voltage power transmission network
NTPC to set up 2,640 MW plant in Madhya Pradesh
10 Nov 2009
Moser Baer to invest $5 billion in manufacturing facilities over ten years
10 Nov 2009
The quantum of investments over the next 10 years, would depend on the technology the company uses and the global and local market requirements.
Punj Lloyd Group launches solar utility projects
09 Nov 2009
Punj Lloyd Delta Renewables will develop, engineer and execute renewable energy-based projects throughout the world.
Suncor plans to sell assets worth $3.7 billion
09 Nov 2009
Canada's largest integrated energy company, Suncor Energy, will divest some natural gas assets in Western Canada and the US Rockies, Trinidad and Tobago, and non-core North Sea properties.
CIC to take 15-per cent stake for $1.58 billion in US power producer AES
07 Nov 2009
Virginia-based AES signed a stock purchase agreement with a wholly owned investment subsidiary of Chinese sovereign-wealth fund China Investment Corporation to raise $1.58 billion of new equity
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