power crisis

A pick-up in wind speed in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu before the onset of early monsoons is helping meet electricity demand across India, said two government officials aware of the development. With…

MUMBAI: The power crisis has come to the aid of independent producers who were finding it difficult to recover electricity dues from state governments. It has also given a fresh lease of life to power projects facing liquidation. In its…

Indian Railways has been cancelling trains to clear routes to supply coal and fulfil the rising power demands in the nation. In the recent update, the railways has cancelled 165 trains on May 7. In addition, they have also short terminated…

MUMBAI: India is planning to reopen more than 100 coal mines previously considered financially unsustainable, a government official said on Friday, as a power crisis forces the world's third-biggest greenhouse gas emitter to double down on…

India is facing increased temperature and proportionately increasing power supply demands across the country. To fulfil this increasing demand for power generation, the country needs an uninterrupted coal supply. To facilitate this supply,…

NEW DELHI : Home minister Amit Shan on Monday held a meeting with power minister RK Singh, coal minister Pralhad Joshi and railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw to take stock of the power crisis and discuss steps to…

India has been facing a shortage of coal as it continues to witness one of the hottest months of April of all time, with the mercury rising higher up with each day. As several states across the country kept on facing hours-long power cuts,…

NEW DELHI : Indian Railways on Friday announced the cancellation of 753 passenger train services on non-priority sectors and less busy routes for the next 7-10 days to augment coal supplies to power plants,…

India’s peak power demand met or the highest supply in a day touched the all-time high of 207.11 GW on Friday amid ongoing heatwave sweeping through vast swathes of the country increasing demand for electricity. “The maximum All India…

Various states continued to grapple with power shortages on Friday amid soaring mercury pushing the demand higher while opposition parties blamed the Centre for coal shortages at thermal plants. As the heatwave continued to intensify, the…