Power
GDF Suez to buy British utility International Power for $10 billion
16 Apr 2012
French energy giant GDF Suez today raised its bid to $10 billion for the remaining 30 per cent of International Power Plc it does not already own
TCI set to sue CIL over coal pricing; Jaiswal rebuts charges
16 Apr 2012
UK-based hedge fund, The Children’s Investment Fund, believes that large industrial companies had pushed the government to impose new fuel supply agreements on CIL at the cost of the company
India’s power generation capacity crosses 2 lakh MW
14 Apr 2012
The improved performance in capacity addition during the 11th Plan period has been recorded across, state and private sectors.
Iran, West start nuclear talks in Istanbul
14 Apr 2012
Diplomats from the United States and five other major world powers today started talks with Iran in a bid to defuse rising tensions between the Islamic republic and the West over Tehran’s nuclear programme
Iceland's volcanoes may power UK
13 Apr 2012
Low-carbon electricity could soon be flowing into the UK from Iceland's abundant volcanic geothermal energy
Tata Power option soon for Mumbai city consumers
09 Apr 2012
Tata Power eyes stake in South Africa’s Sekoko's Waterberg Coal
07 Apr 2012
Tata Power, India's largest private power producer, is in talks with South African energy company Sekoko Resources to acquire a 30-per cent stake in the Waterberg Coal Project in South Africa
Imports from China ‘no longer a worry’ for BHEL
07 Apr 2012
The concern over power producers importing generation equipment from China seems to be fading as an increasing number of previous and potential importers from China are now turning to BHEL
CIL may have to import coal, says incoming CMD
07 Apr 2012
Centre may give entire Kudankulam power to TN
07 Apr 2012
NTPC to import 5 million tonnes coal
05 Apr 2012
Kindle case lets users “top up” on solar power
04 Apr 2012
Coal India ordered to sign FSAs with power companies
03 Apr 2012
Coal minister Sriprakash Jaiswal, however, said Coal India's board is free to decide on the penalty clause
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