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New Delhi, Nov 16: India should be able to end coal imports by 2017, thereby saving precious foreign exchange, Power and Coal Minister Piyush Goyal said on Monday. "By 2017, India need not import coal, except for a few power plants on…

Accra (Ghana), May 17 (IANS): The pollution control board of Odisha has promised to share its experiences with West African countries that are planning to turn to coal-fired plants to increase electricity generation, Nihar Ranjan Sahoo, a…

Bhubaneswar, May 6 (IANS): The Odisha government has urged the Centre to allot two more coal blocks to Odisha Power Thermal Power Corporation Limited (OTPCL) for its upcoming 2,400-MW power plant in Dhenkanal district, said a senior…

Lucknow, April 28: Uttar Pradesh has signed two memorandum of understanding (MoUs) for establishing a solar and an ultra-mega solar power project in the state, officials said on Tuesday. While the first MoU was signed between Uttar Pradesh…

The 31 gas-based power units in the country with a capacity of 14,000 MW that are lying idle for lack of feed stock, will be allowed imports way of e-auctions, it was decided Wednesday. A meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Economic…

The five-day nationwide strike called by Coal India unions entered its second day. Around five lakh coal workers across the country were on strike opposing 'disinvestment and restructuring of state-run Coal India'. Negotiations between…

Odisha government has been planning to float a coal mining company to participate in the auction of 12 coal blocks located in the state. These blocks have total coal reserve of 6,800 million tonne, and Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC),…