Small Hydro Power

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding poor handling of the fly ash by Rajiv Gandhi Thermal Power Plant, Khedar, Hisar district, Haryana, 27/05/2025

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Rajaram Vs State of Haryana dated 27/05/2025. By the execution application, the applicant was seeking compliance of the NGT order July 5, 2024 passed in OA No. 735/2024. In the OA, the applicant has raised the grievance in respect of …

Renewable thrust

With an installed renewable energy capacity of over 7,420 MW, Tamil Nadu occupies the top slot amongst all states in the sector. Wind power capacity, which accounts for more than 90 per cent of the state's installed capacity, has been the anchor of its renewable energy installations.

Bihar policy on development of hydro power project 2012: draft

Power system in Bihar is predominant by thermal power generation and the contribution of hydro power is only 5%. In order to exploit the available renewal source of energy, Govt. of Bihar is desirous and committed to encourage rapid development of hydro power in the State at the earliest. The …

MPGC sets record in power generation

Hydel power plants of Madhya Pradesh Power Generating Company have set a new record by generating 3057 million units of electricity during the current fiscal 2011-12. Earlier record of 3052 million units was created in the year 2006-07. It may be mentioned that the hydel power plants of the company …

Renewable energy fund on the cards

New Delhi The government is considering setting up a separate corpus out of the existing national clean energy fund to help finance renewable energy projects. Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee is likely to announce this in the forthcoming Budget. The proposal is that the government will set up the corpus out …

Mukul inaugurates first unit of hydel project

Shillong, Feb. 29: The first of the three units of the Myntdu-Leshka hydel power project in Meghalaya’s Jaintia Hills district was formally inaugurated today by chief minister Mukul Sangma. Lying in a seismic zone that experiences heavy rainfall during monsoon and the presence of acidic water, the first unit of …

Assessment of achievable potential of new and renewable energy resources in different states during 12th Plan period and determination of RPO trajectory and its impact …

India has 150 GW of known renewable energy potential, of which only about 14% has been developed. Renewable energy is considered to be an important part of the solution to India’s energy shortage. The country’s renewable energy potential is likely to be even greater than 150 GW, as sources with …

Remote village electrification programme

The objective of the Programme is to provide basic lighting facilities through renewable energy sources in those unelectrified remote census villages, unelectrified hamlets of electrified census villages where grid connectivity is either not feasible or not cost effective & not covered under Rajiv Gandhi Gramin Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY) and electrified …

Despite snowfall, companies generate record power

Despite the fact that most of the higher areas of Uttarakhand are covered with snow during winter, companies engaged in power generation have set new records in terms of power generation in February. Uttarakhand Jal Vidyut Nigam Limited (UJVNL) officials claimed to have broken the old record of power generation …

Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (Terms and Conditions for Tariff determination from Renewable Energy Sources) Regulations, 2012

These regulations may be called the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (Terms and Conditions for Tariff determination from Renewable Energy Sources) Regulations, 2012.

Efforts on to make MP self-reliant in power

Every possible effort is being undertaken to make the State self-reliant in power generation. Giving top priority to feeder separation and completion of new thermal power projects, important targets have been fixed to complete works within time-limit. A target has been fixed to start power generation in two extension units …

Cleared at cost of biodiversity

Environment ministry clears hydro project rejected twice by its advisory committee. The union environment ministry has given in-principle clearance to a proposed hydro-project on the Alaknanda river, a tributary of the Ganga, in Uttarakhand. The 300 MW project had been rejected twice by the statutory body which recommends forest clearances, …

Experts suggest translocation of elephants

Experts have made several recommendations to the government including long distance translocation of jumbos to resolve the man-animal conflict in Sakaleshpur taluk of Hassan district. After a daylong workshop on Saturday organised by the Forest Department, Forest Minister C P Yogeeshwara said, that the experts have suggested that the area …

Maharashtra govt to increase power generation via small projects

The state government aims to increase the power generation through private small hydro power (SHP) projects from the present 9 megawatts (mw) per year to 30 megawatts, water resources department (WRD) secretary, CS Modak said. “Nearly 53 megawatts of power has been generated by the SHP projects in the last …

Tariff transparency

The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) released the draft Terms and Conditions for Tariff Determination from Renewable Energy Sources Regulations, 2012 in November 2011, specifying technical parameters for tariff determination for renewable energy projects set up during the Twelfth Plan period. The draft regulations are a welcome step as they …

Kerala small hydro development policy 2012

Kerala is endowed with vast small hydro potential to the tune of about 700 MW. Government of Kerala has issued several guidelines from time to time for the development of small hydro development since 1992. The measues have encourage private investment to harness green energy from natural resources. The Kerala …

Action taken on the recommendations contained in the sixteenth report (15th Lok Sabha) on small and mini hydel projects

This report of the Standing Committee on Energy deals with the action taken by the Government on the Observations/Recommendations contained in their Sixteenth Report (Fifteenth Lok Sabha) on ‘Small and Mini Hydel Projects’.

Demwe hydroelectric project put on hold

Wildlife board worried over the impact of public-private project on wildlife habitats. The standing committee of the National Board for Wildlife (NBWL) has put the Demwe Lower Hydroelectric Project in Arunachal Pradesh on hold till an expert committee asseses its impact on the flora fauna downstream. The 1,750 MW project …

Awaiting an opportunity

Despite facing infrastructural bottlenecks, SHPs (small hydroelectric power) stand second only to wind power in terms of contribution to renewable energy in India and hold immense potential for makers to cash in on the growth. All that it needs is the right policy push.

Hydro hurdles - Issues in SHP development

India's estimated small hydro potential is over 15,000 MW. As of August 31, 2011, the segment had achieved a grid-connected capacity of 3,153.93 MW. The capacity addition target for 2011-12 is 350 MW, of which 111.3 MW had been added as of August 2011.

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