The coal bearing state governments have received an amount of Rs 3,653 crore till June 2017, from the allocation of coal blocks/mines under the provisions of coal mines (Special Provisions) Act, 2015. Under the aforesaid Act, provisions of the entire revenue from allocation (auction and allotment) of coal blocks/mines under the accrues to the coal bearing state government concerned.

With India looking at solar playing a major role in the country's energy mix, an emerging sticking point is the imbalance between usage of imported v/s domestic PV panels for local projects.

Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) has lit up the High Commission of India, London with Tri-colour lightings. The High Commission which is situated in the iconic ‘India House’ building, in the heart of London, is now lit up with energy efficient façade lighting.

Globally, 20 per cent of the total generated energy is used for lighting purposes alone. Experts are of the opinion that the said number has to be revoked considering the challenges arising from climate change issues.

India has become a power surplus nation, albeit with certain caveats. In its wake, it has changed the whole paradigm of generation sources, with solar and wind hogging the spotlight and coal being relegated a bit.

Minister of State (I/C) for Power, New & Renewable Energy, Coal and Mines Piyush Goyal launched the Energy Efficient Buildings programme in Mumbai, in the presence of Chandrakant Patil, Minister for PWD, Government of Maharashtra.

“The approval of coal linkage policy by the CCEA is a welcome move for the power sector. Thermal power generation capacity i.e. 221GW represents India’s 67 per cent of the total power generation capacity. Of this, coal based capacity works out to be 88 per cent indicating lions share in overall capacity, so the new coal linkage policy is likely to be positive for the sector,” said Mayuresh Joshi, Fund Manager, Angel Broking.

He added, “We at KBL congratulate the Government and the Power Ministry for the historic step. We are confident that the new indigenously-developed nuclear power plants will go a long way in reducing the perennial energy deficit that the country has been living with. We feel this initiative will bring about a renewed vigor in the country’s power generation sector, as it has the potential to create about 33,000 jobs and generate Rs 70,000 crore of revenue.”

A new report released by the Energy Finance Studies Australasia at Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) details how NTPC is poised to facilitate India’s drive toward ambitious national renewable energy targets and is leading the global energy transition.