Asia's first power utility, based an clean coal technology, is all set to be commissioned by the Gujarat Industries Power Company Ltd (GIPCL) near Surat at a cost of over Rs 1,500 crore. The first
Asia's first modern automatic and environment friendly circulating fluidised bed combustion technology (CFBC), the boiler plant was commenced on December 25 at GIPCL's Surat Lignite Power Plant
ONGC Ltd has tied up with the national Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) for developing a 300 mw power plant in Surat . The company is also planning to float a new joint venture with Reliance
Kribhco has been awarded the National Energy Conservation Award (second prize). The Award is to recognise the consistent energy conservation at Kribhco's plant at Hazira (Surat). The award was handed
Canadian exploration firm Niko Resources Ltd has struck more gas in its Surat Block in onshore Gujarat. Niko, which had previously discovered gas reserves in four out of the six wells drilled in the
The Private utilities comprising Tata Power Company (TPC), Reliance Energy, Calcutta Electricity Supply Company (CESC), Surat Electric Company (SEC), Ahmedabad Electric Company (AEC) and Noida Power
The Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC), Gujarat, has decided to use the gas generated from sludge digestion of its sewage treatment plants to generate electricity. A plant costing Rs 2.6 crore with
Gujarat Gas Company Ltd (GGCL), India's largest gas distribution firm, is on an expansion drive. The company has chalked out plans to expand its compressed natural gas (CNG) network in Surat,
The Ahmedabad-based Rs 2000 crore Torrent group is scouting for a foreign partner for is upcoming 1050 MW power plant at Akhakhol near Surat. The foreign ally is expected to pumop in Rs 1000 crore
Essar Steel commissioned its 100 MW power plant in this south Gujarat industrial hub near Surat at the hands of Saurabh Patel, Minister of State for Energy and Petrochemicals. This is the first phase
The upcoming 1,100-MW gas-based Torrent Power Generation Ltd (TPGL) at Surat in Gujarat is close to firming up supply of 1.5 million metric standard cubic metre per day (mmscmd) natural gas from Oil
The state-owned Gujarat Industries Power Corporation Limited (GIPCL) is planning to set up a 1,500 mw lignite based power plant in Surat in collaboration with Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited. The
Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi is on his way to Surat. The Bt - a seed genetically engineered to resist the American bollworm, for long the bane of cotton farmers - has indeed transformed the
The Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) served a notice on Gujarat Gas Company Ltd (GGCL) following the detection of gas leakage from GGCL pipelines in Surat. A six member GPCB team had
Alarmed by recurring floods in Surat every monsoon, the State Government has decided to develop a modern forecasting system at a cost of about Rs 22 crore by 2000. Under the system, for which work
Out of four districts between Tapi and Vapi areas, the Dangs is a full-fledged tribal district. Ninety-four per cent of the district's population is tribal. Valsad (45.53%), Navsari (48%) and Surat
Leptospirosis has claimed eight lives in Gujarat so far with a youth succumbing to the killer disease at new civil hospital on Tuesday. Surat district accounted for five deaths, official sources said
The board of Asian Development Bank(ADB) is expected to consider at its meeting scheduled in July the long-pending loan proposal worth $180 millions (Rs. 774 crores) for part-funding the Surat-Manor
More than 160 residents of Adajan village were taken ill with gastroenteritis after the Surat Municipal Corporation-provided drinking water. The crisis comes even as the state is reeling under a
A state-level action plan on lines of the Surat Epidemic Mitigation Plan, 1998 will be drawn to control the frequent outbreaks of cholera, gastro-enteritis and other diseases in the city, health
