MahaDiscom draws power at Rs 7 to overcome deficit
In a bid to tackle the ever increasing power shortfall, the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company (MahaDiscom) was forced to draw 400 MW of costly power at the per unit tariff of Rs 7.
In a bid to tackle the ever increasing power shortfall, the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company (MahaDiscom) was forced to draw 400 MW of costly power at the per unit tariff of Rs 7.
Kaduri Agriculture Aid Association (KAAA) has provided 526 poor families in the remote areas of Taplejung district with a set each of solar panels that generate electricity. Iman Singh Limbu, an
Indian scientists have successfully developed two unique power projects by using bamboo to generate electricity. The plants with a capacity of 1 MW each would be commissioned in Assam by February
The Karnataka Government has approved the draft power purchase agreement (PPA) to be entered into by the five electricity supply companies (BESCOM, MESCOM, HESCOM, GESCOM and CESCO) and Nagarjuna
Public sector power generation major National Thermal Power Corporation Ltd (NTPC) is close to acquiring Bongaigaon Thermal Power Station (BTPS), in Assam, from the Assam State Electricity Board
The Army under its Border Area Development Programme (BADP) and Sadbhavana has provided electric supplies to 54 remote villages in the Shamshabari hills in the Kupwara district. Each of the village
Indian Institute of technology , Delhi has developed a novel technology for farmers in Vidarbha that will help them to generate electricity by using ox driven machines. Working in association with
Orissa state-owned Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) has bagged a Rs 800-crore order from National Aluminium Company Ltd (Nalco) for setting up two power generating units of 120 MW each to expand
Power generation during calendar 2005 registered a paltry 4% growth, primarily on account of shortage of gas/liquefied natural gas. Had this gas been available, 26 billion units (bu) of electricity
The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) has accorded top priority to issues pertaining to free electricity to the agriculture sector, growing power theft and reluctance on the part of states to implement
President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam has pledged to ask the Centre to release Rs 135 crore for a proposed solar energy project, which will provide electricity to all 500,000 people in the Sunderbans. On his
State-run Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd has commissioned a 110 kWp stand alone solar photovoltaic power plant in Sunderbans area of West Bengal. The plant, at Kayla Para in Sagar Island, is the
In a major ruling that could affect the finances of the Andhra Pradesh Transmission Corporation (APTransco) and power distribution companies, the AP Electricity Regulatory Commission (APERC) directed
Faced with an acute power shortage, the Jammu and Kashmir Government approved immediate execution of 10 mini and micro hydroelectric projects to generate 97 MWs of electricity by the private sector.
Toshiba Corp. of Japan, with a freshly signed deal to buy U.S. nuclear-technology concern Westinghouse Electric Co., is counting on the nuclear-power business to boost its earnings in several years.
Moving a step further in consolidating the unique community strength in Nagaland, the country's first community-constructed mini-hydro-electric power plant has been successfully commissioned at
India would build a 500 MW thermal power project in Sudan to help the African nation meet its power needs. The 500 MW thermal power project would be built in 44 months by Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd
Tanzania's power company said drought was forcing new power cuts after the water level at one of its main hydroelectric dams fell to its lowest level ever. The Tanzania Electric Supply Company
The Haryana Government government has pitched for a 2800 MW nuclear power plant besides seeking a coal-based and a gas-fired plant by central public sector firm NTPC Ltd for mitigating electricity
The Bangalore-based Electronics Division of Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd has said it has commissioned the country's largest solar-diesel hybrid power plant at Lakshadweep's tourist island of