Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of 'News Item titled "Deforestation ill-planned construction and unscientific - illegal mining behind Himachal Pradesh, monsoon catastrophe" appearing in The Hindu dated 25.11.2023' dated 29/02/2024. One of the issue under consideration in the application is deforestation, ill-planned construction activities, illegal mining …
Hydropower is a valuable renewable energy resource in India, which can help in climate change mitigation and meet the increasing energy demands. However, the crucial role of climate change on hydropower production in India remains unexplored. Here using the observations and model simulations, we show that seven large hydropower projects …
This financial year has begun on a promising note for the authorities of the Nathpa Jhakri hydroelectric project with generation surpassing the target for April. There had been a sharp decline in production during 2012-13. The project owned and operated by the Sutlej Jal Vidyut Nigam (SJVN) has generated 449 …
Power officials recuperating from two successive and massive grid collapses had a close shave on Monday morning, offering just another reminder of how close to the brink India’s fragile grid infrastructure is. In a span of just three hours, 16 units of three of the country’s largest hydro stations shut …
Solan: With excessive silt leading to the closure of various hydel projects in the state, HP State Electricity Board Limited has been forced to impose power cuts in industrial areas to deal with the power shortage. Power Controller Joginder Singh said various hydel power projects, including Baspa, Chamera I and …
At a time when coal supply constraints are keeping thermal power generation capacity under-utilised, hydropower producers, too, are facing the heat. Reservoir levels are down to 16 per cent from 27 per cent last year, setting the alarm bells ringing for hydropower generators. If rainfall fails, the situation could turn …
Keen on taking advantage of the national solar mission, the public sector Sutlej Jal Vidyut Nigam (SJVN) will make a foray into the renewable energy sector with a pilot solar power project in the state, to be set up alongside the Nathpa Jhakri project. Pilot Project The pilot project will …
Every winter, the cold climate almost freezes Himachal Pradesh's hydropower generation. But this time unusually harsh Arctic conditions in the higher reaches, where most of the rivers originate, have made production nosedive further. Officials said hydropower generation starts declining in October. By December, it comes down by 80 percent. This …
Punjab Congress president Capt Amarinder Singh on Monday said there was no plan or proposal to scrap any of the power projects in the state, signed through MoU route by this government, when the Congress comes to power after the February assembly elections. Responding to reports that appeared in a …
The country’s largest 1,500 MW Nathpa Jhakri Hydro Power Station, owned and operated by SJVN Limited in Himachal Pradesh, has set a new record by crossing 6,000 million units of power generation between April 1 and October 6. “The generation is only 900 million units short of the 6,900 million …
The Nathpa Jhakri Hydro Power Station owned and operated by Sutlej Jal Vidyut Nigam in Himachal Pradesh has made a record generation of 1151.205 million units (MU) this August, breaking the earlier record of 1143.681 MU in July 2009. The yearly generation until now has also been a record 4865 …
In hydro electric projects, grouting plays an important role in controlling the seepage and improvement in rock strength for the construction of underground as well as surface structures. The Nathpa Jhakri Hydroelectric Power Station (NJHPS) 1500 MW, the largest hydropower station in India under operation, and downstream Rampur Hydro Electric …
SHIMLA: State-run power utility Sutlej Jal Vidyut Nigam (SJVN) has declared a dividend of Rs 330.93 crore for the 2010-11 financial year. The dividend was approved by the company's shareholders at its 23rd Annual General Meeting held here yesterday, SJVN Chairman and Managing Director R P Singh told reporters. The …
The Satluj Jal Vitaran Nigam (SJVN) Limited is set to generate 6,900 million units of power during the financial year 2011-12, which is beyond all the targets set and achieved in the past. The SJVNL has signed an MoU with the Government of India for generation of 6,900 MU power …
New Delhi: In an indictment of ham-handed approach towards infrastructure projects, the World Bank is downgrading the 412mw Rampur hydel plant being constructed in Himachal Pradesh by Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam Ltd, which recently concluded its IPO, on ground of tardy progress and management slack arising from long-pending vacancies on …
Shimla: With the 1,500 MW Nathpa Jhakri project running in full swing and 10 major projects in hand, the Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam (SJVN) now plans to diversify into solar and wind power. It will also explore the possibility of setting up nuclear power plants in joint venture. Stating this …
Channelling water eco-friendly option. S. Shanker Mumbai, April 6 The Rampur hydroelectric project, downstream of Nathpa Jhakri hydro electric project (NJHEP) in Himachal Pradesh, is the second unit in the country that will use the water discharge of an upstream power station. The 120-MW Kodri power project in Uttaranchal, downstream …
