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 …

Recommendations for improving the effectiveness of renewable energy policies in China

This report provides a list of recommendations to the policy makers in China on improving the effectiveness of renewable energy policies domestically. This report was commissioned by REN21 and produced in collaboration with the Chinese Renewable Energy Industry Association (CREIA) and technology experts from various Chinese research institutions and the …

18 micro power plants to come up in Gujarat

NHPC To Kick-Start Rs 600 Crore Project Soon Gandhinagar: The Gujarat government has roped in National Hydro Power Corporation (NHPC) to kick-start 18 micro power plants on the Narmada canal all over Gujarat at the cost of Rs 600 crore. While Saurashtra branch will have three power plants of 16 …

Small hydro projects, a safer bet

Amit Jain : The capital markets seem to have returned to a growth trajectory with the Sensex touching a high of 16,000. The primary market is also seeing a flurry of activity with the power sector being the centre of action. Adani Power

Mini hydel power project starts power generation

The Manhinadka mini hydel power project of Bharooka Power Company set up at Chettukaya in Kodagu district has started power generation, and now the power is being supplied to the 33 kv line of Sullia. The plant had begun generating 1.5 MW power on an experimental basis from June 27, …

Capacity addition with centralized and dispersed generation: A comparative performance analysis of a typical power network of N-E India

The electric utility business has historically consisted of centralized, large-scale power plants, supplying electric power to load centers such as cities and industries through a power transmission and distribution network. A number of independent and government studies have shown this centralized grid to be unsustainable in the long term, and …

Development of renewable energy technologies in India: The role of BHEL

BHEL (Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd)realized the importance of renewable energy sources as early as in the 1980s development, manufacture, and supply of a range of renewable energy products and systems. BHEL developed a range of renewable energy products and systems.

Powering the poor: projects to increase access to clean energy for all

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is committed to helping achieve access to energy for all people in the region. The stories in this publication

Deal inked to set up mini-hydel power plants

United Nation's Global Environment Facility (GEF) on Thursday signed a project document with Alternative Energy Development Board (AEDB) and Economic Affairs Division (EAD) for the implementation of $19.2 million plan for setting up mini-hydel power plants in the district of Chitral. The agreement for the project titled 'Productive Uses of …

Mid-Marshyangdi starts production in its full capacity

The second largest hydro-power project of the country, 70 MW Mid-Marshyangdi has started production in its full capacity during peak hours since last week. The hydel project is producing 70 to 75 MW electricity for about two to three hours each in mornings and evenings daily by operating both its …

Pehur Hydro Power Project: NWFP may sell 18MW electricity to private sector

The government of NWFP is likely to sell the 18-mega watt electricity of the under construction Pehur Hydro Power Project (PHPP), District Swabi to private sector, sources told Business Recorder on Wednesday. The matter had been discussed in a meeting of Provincial Committee on Investment (PCOI), headed by the Chief …

Residents protest against rock blasting

The residents of Erathna area staged a protest in front of a worksite of the proposed private hydro power plant with a capacity of 6.5 kilowatts on the banks of the Kuruganga at Lassakanda. More than 200 protestors participated, accusing the contractors of the project of blasting rocks without the …

Pak-German talks on funding eight hydropower projects

Pakistan and Germany on Friday discussed the possibilities of funding eight ongoing and new hydropower projects worth billions of dollars, official sources told Business Recorder on Friday. These projects came under consideration at a meeting between visiting German Minister for Economic Co-operation and Development Heidemaire Wiegoreak Zeul and Prime Ministers …

Three power plants being set up in Ctg to ease crisis

Power crisis is likely to ease in Chittagong with two rental and one state-run power plants expecting to generate 227 megawatt more power by April next year. Of the three plants, a 22-MW rental power plant at Barabkunda in Sitakunda will go into operation by this month. Regent Power Limited, …

Hydropower resource assessment of Africa

The focus over the years in many African countries has been large-scale hydropower schemes. Recent studies have shown that electricity generation through small hydropower (SHP) is gaining owing to its short gestation period, low investment and least environmental impacts. Also, economically viable and proven small scale hydropower technologies have been …

Own your power

Eleven years ago, Pathampara, a 90-minute drive from Kannur, made headlines when it stopped petitioning the government for electricity and instead began generating its own power from a very small facility using the flow of a local stream to run a turbine. Pathampara's achievement has been replicated in the Narmada …

Renewable energy resorces for climate change mitigation

Climate change has been identified as one of the greatest challenge by all the nations, government, business and citizens of the globe. The threats of climate change on our green planet

Arunachal Pradesh state mega hydro electric power policy 2008

This document details the Arunachal Pradesh state mega hydro electric power policy 2008. It is aimed at developing hydropower projects in an eco-friendly manner and ensuring proper rehabilitation and resettlement of project affected people. The Central Government has envisaged a hydropower capacity addition of about 30,000 MW during the 12th …

U'khand to focus on mini hydel projects

Shishir Prashant / Dehradun November 24, 2008, 0:27 IST The new power policy reposes faith on local people and gram panchayats. After many of its big hydel projects ran into problems owing to environmental threats, the Uttarakhand government is focussing on its new power policy on micro and mini hydel …

ADB studies mini-hydro project

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is studying a private loan funding proposal for the Mawanana mini-hydro project in Sri Lanka. The Bank has just completed a 14-month due diligence mission on the proposed project, which would have an installed capacity of 5.4MW. Funding totalling US$ 4.2M of private loan was …

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