<p>Karnataka suffers from chronic electricity shortages and daily load-shedding, which are expected to persist despite planned additions of conventional power. Using four illustrative scenarios based on
A high power committee of the Union Government arrived in Uttarkashi in order to ascertain the possibilities for the Loharinag Pala and Pala Maneri hydro electricity projects in the Bhagirathi valley.
The proposed 960 MW Jhangi-Thopan-Powari hydro project in Kinnaur district will once again be taken up for discussion before the Himachal Pradesh cabinet as the company to whom the project was initially
Hydel power gene rating industries in India cannot be asked to pay pollution tax without the Parliament including them within the purview of Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Cess Act of
The Centre and State governments have sanctioned an estimated Rs 23.25 crore for power generation from various small hydro-electric projects in Uttar
Question raised in Lok Sabha on setting up of UMPP, 23/07/2015. Four UMPPs, viz, Sasan in Madhya Pradesh, Mundra in Gujarat, Krishnapatnam in Andhra Pradesh and Tilaiya in Jharkhand have been awarded to
This information paper accompanies the IEA publication Deploying Renewables 2011: Best and Future Policy Practice. It provides more detailed data and analysis, and explores the markets, policies and prospects
The Mizoram Cabinet has decided to privatise the 3-MW Teirei Hydro Electric Plant in Mamit district. The power plant would be given to the Chandigarh-based Punjab Power Generation and Machine Ltd
The prolonged dry spell hitting the entire State is also casting its shadow on power generation, as the production capacity of the hydro-electric stations of Assam is going down with every passing day. A tight situation is predicted in the coming days if the hydro power stations are not supported by heavy rainfall.
Global investment in new renewable energy capacity over this decade — 2010 to 2019 inclusive — is on course to hit USD 2.6 trillion, with more gigawatts of solar power capacity installed than any other
LUCKNOW: After throwing open thermal power generation to private players, the UP Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL) is mulling to repeat the act with hydro power as well. On Monday, a decision to this effect was taken at a review meeting presided over by UPPCL chairman-cum-managing director Navneet Sehgal.
Big hydropower projects are poised to re-enter the good books of the World Bank (wb) and the Asian Development Bank (adb). In the early 1990s, the wb had stopped funding the Sardar Sarovar Project
In the wake of flash floods threat in the Sutlej river due to the formation of lake at Parchu in Tibet, the National Thermal Power Corporation, which is executing the 800 mw Kol Dam hydro project has
SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir State Power Development Corporation (JKSPDC) has been given the "Powerline Award 2012" as the "Best Performing Generation Company of the Country-hydro" category. The award has
Officials of the Himal Power Limited (HPL), the developer of the 60MW Khimti I hydro electricity project, ruled out any possibility of review in the Power Purchase Agreement (PPA), saying that such a
No. In the last 100 years, global population tripled, but freshwater use increased sixfold
The Ministry of Power is concerned with perspective planning, policy formulation, processing of projects for investment decision, monitoring of the implementation of power projects, training and manpower development and the administration and enactment of legislation in regard to thermal, hydro power generation, transmission and distribution.
Sushanta Talukdar Guwahati: The National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) has signed an agreement with the Mizoram government for execution of 460 mega watt Kolodyne Stage II Hydro Electric Project on the Kolodyne river in Sahia and Lawngtlai districts of Mizoram.
The first private sector thermal power plant was commissioned recently in Colombo with the help of the government which added an additional 22.5 MW of power to Sri Lanka's national grid. Such efforts
The project cost will be executed with a 75:25 debt to equity ratio Shimla-based public sector undertaking Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam (SJVN) on Thursday signed a project development agreement with the
