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NTPC Q3 net profit falls 4.4%, revenue rises
NTPC recorded a fall of 4.4 per cent in its net profit to Rs 2,360 crore in the third quarter ended December 31. Total revenue rose to Rs 21,000 crore during Q3 compared to Rs 19,646 crore in the year-ago period.
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Em-powering one and all
It has been an exciting journey of 9 years for Power Today, your beloved magazine, in chronicling and presenting an incisive analysis of events in power sector.
Generation, Transmission, Narendra Modi, Saubhagya, Plant Load Factor, Greenko, Highest Growth Generation Company, Coal, Gas, Gayatri Power, Teesta Urja Limited, Sembcorp
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On the Cusp of Transformation
Recent initiatives have improved public awareness and attracted investors to the Waste to Energy (WtE) segment. And, having experienced a learning cycle of last two decades, India is at the cusp of major transformation in MSW processing.
Nimish Vora, Pwc, Waste To Energy, Urban Local Bodies, SWM, Municipal Solid Waste, TPD, MNRE, Swachh Bharat Mission, CAGR, DBFOT, SLF, Electricity Tariff Cheaper, Plant Load Factor, OEM
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Powering through the Debt Quagmire
In principle, borrowing money to run and grow one´s business, makes sound business sense. Both banks and borrowers are happy in this age-old arrangement, well, most of the times. There are the odd occasions when Murphy´s Law comes into force, and whatever could go wrong, goes wrong.
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Uncertain gas output hits entire energy sector
The uncertain future of Indian domestic gas production has cascading effects on the overall role of gas in the country´s energy sector. The impacts have already been felt in the power sector where the PLF of gas-fired plants during the year averaged only 18.64% in May last year and more recently at 23.73% (May 2016) due to unavailability of gas.
Gaurav Sharma, IPPAI, RGPPL, R-LNG, Dabhol, GMR, Lanco, Plant Load Factor, Renewables, Hydro Power, IPP, CDM
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Coal will continue to be mainstay for power generation
At the 21st Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), COP 21 in Paris, a resolution on limiting the use of coal across countries was one of the proposals put up for consideration.
Raghvendra Upadhya, IPPAI, UNFCCC, National Solar Mission, Solar, RE Generation, Coal India, FSA, PSU, Coal-Based Power Generation, Coal-Based Power Generation, Power, Supercritical Technology, Plant Load Factor, FGD
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Credit quality pressures likely to ease
The credit quality cycle is expected to turn for the better, very gradually. In 2013-14, we expect a further reduction in repo rate, a part of which banks are likely to pass on to corporate India, says the global rating agency CRISIL.
Power Today, CRISIL, Repo Rate, Credit Quality, Credit Ratio, Pawan Agrawal, Ramraj Pai, Infrastructure Project, Infrastructure Investment, Plant Load Factor, Cabinet Committee Of Economic Affairs, Coal India Ltd, Fuel Supply Agreements
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Credit quality pressures likely to ease
The credit quality cycle is expected to turn for the better, very gradually. In 2013-14, we expect a further reduction in repo rate, a part of which banks are likely to pass on to corporate India, says the global rating agency CRISIL.
Power Today, CRISIL, Repo Rate, Credit Quality, Credit Ratio, Pawan Agrawal, Ramraj Pai, Infrastructure Project, Infrastructure Investment, Plant Load Factor, Cabinet Committee Of Economic Affairs, Coal India Ltd, Fuel Supply Agreements
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GVK Power's expansion hit by fuel shortage
Coal and natural gas shortage has forced private power producer GVK Power and Infrastructure Ltd to put on hold its expansion plans in Andhra Pradesh, where its existing gas-based projects are also badly hit, an official said. The existing plants in the state are operating at a plant load factor (PLF) of below 25 per cent due to severe shortage of gas as the production in Krishna-Godavari Basin has come down by 70 per cent.
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