New Delhi: State-run Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) is planning to set up a Rs 650-crore wind power project in Rajasthan and solar power projects in Gujarat and Rajasthan, minister of state for petroleum and natural gas Jitin Prasada told Lok Sabha on Thursday.<br />
<br />  <br />BHUBANESWAR: The State continues to have a shortage of power due to breakdown in several generating units of NTPC at Farakka, Kahalgaon, Kaniha and Ib thermal power station at Banharipali in Jharsuguda district.<br /><br />There was a shortage of more than 150 MW during the evening peak despite the hydro power stations providing 1,250 MW.<br />
<br /><br />Instead Of Hunting For Assets, Co Invites Offers From Foreign Miners Keen On Offloading Stake<br />Subhash Narayan NEW DELHI<br /><br />INSTEAD of going out and hunting for coal assets, the country
Rajiv Shah | TNN Gandhinagar: Gujarat government is in talks with Asian Development Bank (ADB) and International Finance Corporation (IFC) to fund one of its most ambitious projects to promote solar energy
KARTIKAY MEHROTRA NTPC believes that it will be in a position to tender all its 12th plan projects by March 2012, thus putting the company in place to reach its 75,000 mega watt (MW) capacity target by 2017.
Ahmedabad: State-owned Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation (GSPC)-led consortium has made a huge natural gas discovery in the Cambay basin. Industry estimates suggest the total resource base in the basin may be in the region of 20-30 trillion cubic feet (tcf), almost equivalent to that of Reliance Industries
Sujay Mehdudia NEW DELHI: United Progress Alliance chairperson and Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday dedicated a 980 MW (2x490 MW) Dadri power project stage-II of NTPC Limited to the nation. The project will provide power for next month's Commonwealth Games here. Speaking on the occasion, Ms.
AGARTALA: Eyeing on achieving self-reliant on power sector, Tripura State Power Corporation Ltd (TSECL) has decided to set up a 21-MW gas based power project in the state. Tripura, in spite of tremendous potential in gas based power generation, currently produces only 85 MW against its total requirement 181 MW in pick hours, according to official sources. To augment the heavy power deficit,
New Delhi: Delhi government on Monday gave the go-ahead for setting up a gas-based 750MW power project
Agartala, Sept 21: Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar on Tuesday commissioned a 21 MW gas-based power project in Tripura, which is expected to ease the electricity shortage in three northeastern states of Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura.The Tripura State Electricity Corporation Limited (TSECL) has executed the project at a cost of Rs 80 crore with the financial assistance from the North Eastern Coun
NTPC Ltd. said Thursday it aims to more than double its power generating capacity to 75 gigawatts by March 2017, as the state-run company seeks to meet surging demand for electricity in the world's second-fastest-growing major economy. NTPC aims to further increase its installed capacity to 128 GW by 2032, Chairman Arup Roy Choudhury said in a speech at an annual meeting of shareholders.
New Delhi: NTPC is aiming to add capacity at 13% compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) in order to generate 75,000 mw by March 2017 and reduce its carbon footprint by increasing the share of renewable and nuclear power in its energy mix and improving energy efficiency of coal-fired plants.
<p>After mulling over whether China and India should divide hydrocarbon reserves among themselves, the Government of India has told its energy majors to sign up more contracts no matter what. But Delhi is in a bind. To compete with China’s oil giants, India’s energy firms will have to bulk up.
The Zwentendorf nuclear power plant in Austria has been taken on lease by PM Dimensions, a Mumbai-based workforce-development and engineering-services company, for imparting training in nuclear plant operations. The plant, located by the Danube river, has a Light Water Reactor of 723-MW capacity, and is owned by EVN, an Austrian utility company.
Chandigarh: The Haryana Power Generation Corporation (HPGCL) is venturing into solar power generation by setting up solar energy-based power plants at Panipat, Yamunanagar and Khedar in Hisar. HPGCL plans to tap the vast solar energy potential and earn carbon credits by generating power through this clean source.
State-run NTPC will invest about Rs 20,000 crore to set up a 3,960-megawatt (Mw) coal-based power project in Madhya Pradesh.
The Planning Commission Deputy Chairman, Mr Montek Singh Ahluwalia, has said that the uncertainty over deregulation of diesel price could impact the issue price of the oil companies. He was responding to a specific query from Business Line on whether the deregulation issue could impact the forthcoming follow-on offers of Indian Oil Corporation and ONGC. Speaking at sidelines of the Petrotech
New Delhi: In a move that could frustrate Scottish explorer Cairn Energy
State-owned National Aluminium Company (Nalco) has chalked out plans to enter the power business through the special purpose vehicle (SPV) route. The company plans to produce over 2,000 Mw by 2016. Once equity investment in its power business starts, Nalco will hive off the business into an SPV named Nalco Power or Nalco Energy.
NEW DELHI: The 10,000 MW nuclear power plant that the NPCIL proposes to set up at Jaitapur, Maharashtra, with reactors from French company Areva, was on the agenda of the Union Environment Ministry's Expert Appraisal Committee meeting on Monday. According to some members, the committee plans to recommend a conditional environmental clearance for the plant.
