Power
M&M plans Rs4,500-cr renewable energy investment in next 3-4 years
27 Jan 2015
The Mahindra Group plans to raise its total solar power generating capacity to 500 MW by March 2016, against the current 180 MW
Suzlon in €1-bn pact with Centerbridge to sell subsidiary Senvion SE
22 Jan 2015
Suzlon Group has entered into an agreement with Centerbridge Partners to sell its whole-owned turbine manufacturing arm Senvion SE, formerly REpower Systems, for about €1 billion
Canada’s Suncor Energy to slash C$1 billion in investments, freeze hiring as crude plunges
14 Jan 2015
Committed to affordable and clean power 24x7: Goyal
12 Jan 2015
Union minister of state for power, coal and new and renewable energy, Piyush Goyal today said that the government is committed to delivering 24x7 power for all
India cancels two power projects as all private bidders pull out
09 Jan 2015
The power ministry under Piyush Goyal is seeking to renew the bidding terms for the projects that would entail a combined investment of Rs50,000 crore
Relief for power units as coal workers end strike
08 Jan 2015
The strike by millions of workers of Coal India Ltd and its subsidiaries ended late on Wednesday, a couple of days before schedule
Leave fossil fuels unused to limit global warming: study
08 Jan 2015
A third of oil reserves, half of gas reserves and over 80 per cent of current coal reserves globally should be left in the ground and not used before 2050 if global warming targets are to be achieved, says a new study
Threat looms over power supply as coal strike enters third day
07 Jan 2015
The almost unprecedented strike by workers of state-run monopoly Coal India Ltd and its several subsidiaries had shut down about half of CIL’s production and dispatches
Coal India unions spurn talks, go ahead with massive strike
06 Jan 2015
With last-ditch reconciliation efforts failing, the trades unions of state-run monopoly Coal India Ltd and its various subsidiaries today launched a five-day strike, which they termed the biggest industrial action for any sector since 1977
Unions unite to threaten massive 5-day coal strike
05 Jan 2015
Power output is likely to be hit even as Coal India said it is rushing supplies to producers ahead of the near-unprecedented stir
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