THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Keeping its word on reducing the waste heaps at Vilappilsala treatment plant, the Corporation has decided to set up biogas plants in major markets in the city. The step is as part of the decentralisation of waste treatment, which is one of the main focus areas of the final-year programmes envisaged by the present Council.
The state-run thermal power major NTPC Ltd has been ranked the No.1 Independent Power Producer (IPP) in Asia and No. 10 in overall performance among the energy companies in Asia, by Platts, a division of the reputed McGrawHill companies. Globally, the PSU major has been adjudged number two Independent Power Producer and No 73 in overall performance. The award was received by Mr A.N.
India's largest power company NTPC plans to invest a massive Rs 2,25,000 crore in the next seven years in capacity expansion to become a 75,000-MW entity, company's chairman, Mr R. S. Sharma, said. NTPC, which has a production capacity of a little over 30,000 MW annually, constitutes 19 per cent of the country's total installed capacity of 1,55,000 MW.
MUKESH Ambani-promoted Reliance Industries (RIL) may foray into nuclear energy after being freed from a non-compete agreement with the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG) that barred it from investing in some businesses, including power.
AMIDST increasing resistance from Trinamool Congress activists, West Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee has urged the Centre to take a stronger stand if the mega Haripur nuke power venture in the state is to see the light of day.
The first 500 MW unit of Indira Gandhi Super Thermal Power Project at Jhajjar, Haryana, has been commissioned after achieving full load on October 31, 2010. The unit has achieved full load in 39 months and 25 days from the date of investment approval, a new record for Greenfield projects. The 1,500 MW [3x500 MW] project is being set up by Aravali Power Company Private Limited, a joint ventur
Price hike to improve financial health of state-run oil marketing firms, but heat up inflation Rajeev Jayaswal NEW DELHI OIL companies plan to raise petrol and diesel prices by 2 a litre after a week as crude touched a two-year high of $90 a barrel on Tuesday, a move that will boost the finances of state-run firms but stoke inflation.
NTPC is ready to buy natural gas at any price fixed by the government for its Kawas and Gandhar expansion projects, but this will not dilute its position in its court battle with Reliance Industries for gas supply at a lower price for these plants, NTPC Chairman Arup Roy Chudhury said on Friday. NTPC took RIL to the Bombay High Court in 2005, complaining that RIL was not honouring a contrac
Bhel, NTPC & IGCAR Join Hands For Project A 800-MW coal-fired power project based on more efficient advanced ultra supercritical thermal power technology is being set up jointly by BHEL, NTPC and Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR). The .
POWER generation major NTPC will soon see 7% of its generation vanish off the grid, thanks to wagon breakers who managed to topple a rake carrying coal to its Kahalgaon Thermal Power station in Bihar, rendering the track unusable for at least 4-5 days. This track, owned by NTPC, is its main link to source coal.
The electricity generated from the proposed 9,900 MW Jaitapur Nuclear Power Project (JNPP) will be double, even triple the cost of electricity from coal- or gas-fired plants, according to a report. Depending on the cost of capital, the unit cost of electricity from Jaitapur would come to Rs5 to Rs8 per kilowatt per hour. The same unit from a thermal or gas operated plant costs Rs2 to 2.5 onl
A proposed joint venture between the Indian Railways and NTPC for setting up a 1,320 MW thermal power plant in West Bengal has been caught in a tussle between the railway ministry and Bihar government over issues relating to a similar joint venture. The power plant, proposed to be set up at Adra in Purulia district of West Bengal, has been made a part of Bhartiya Rail Bijlee Co, a 26:74 joint v
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