Despite a projected 4% increase in coal-fired power generation in 2017-18, India's thermal power generation is expected to plummet in the coming years. According to The Economic Times, India's Central Electricity Authority (CEA) estimates, coal-based thermal power plants should expect a sharp decline in capacity utilization. By 2022, many thermal power plants may have to be kept idle for lack »

When the coal-fired Mahandi Thermal Power Station in Chhattisgarh, India, is completed, it will provide 1,800 megawatts (MW) to the region. Located in Village Nariyara village, construction began in 2010. Completion is set for December 2017. KSK Energy Ventures Limited, with Shandong Power Construction Corporation (SEPCO), is continuing with mechanical completion. The $1.6 billion project includes the construction »

Industrial Info is tracking more than 1.5 terawatts of capital power projects in construction or in development in Asia, with coal-fed projects leading the way. Britt Burt, Industrial Info's vice president of global research for the Electric Power Industry, recently hosted a webinar regarding the Asia power market. Industrial Info is tracking more than 566 gigawatts (GW) of power »