Improving the processing and trade of African wood and wood products (WWPs) has long been a focus for African policymakers because it stimulates multiple benefits for the African continent, including the creation of jobs, investment, and revenues. Further processing of WWPs in Africa will contribute to the continent’s industrialization and …
Though the Bathinda unit had shut operations in September this year, the cabinet gave its final nod following a report of the sub-committee comprising cabinet ministers Manpreet Badal, Rana Gurjit Singh and Charanjit Singh Channi. The Punjab cabinet Wednesday gave a green signal to permanent closure of its oldest power …
Panipat: Haryana Power Generation Company Limited (HPGCL) has decided to lease four units of the Panipat Thermal Power Station (PTPS) on long-term basis. The HPGCL’s board in its 86th meeting held on March 15 decided to engage an agency, which would take over the PTPC on long-term basis on lease, …
Sterlite Energy, part of Sterlite Industries, has decided not to go ahead with an earlier plan to expand its Talwandi Sabo power plant in Punjab’s Bhatinda district. The project, bagged by the company in a competitive bid during 2008, originally had a project size of 1,980 Mw, with three units …
Miffed over the delay in its renovation to cut down on pollution, the Punjab Pollution Control Board on Tuesday ordered to shut down the Unit IV of Bathinda thermal plant in 40 days’ time. The Board chairman, Kahan Singh Pannu passed the order after visiting the power plant. It was …
Bathinda: With engineers of Punjab State Power Corporation Ltd (PSPCL) mounting pressure on the Punjab Government, it might not be an easy task for Deputy CM Sukhbir Singh Badal to meet his commitment of dismantling the ash-spewing thermal plant here that is currently being modernised with an investment of Rs …
Bathinda: The announcement by Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal on the shutting down of the ash-spilling 440 MW thermal power station of Punjab State Power Corporation Ltd (PSPCL) in the heart of the town here has come as music to the ears of local residents who were suffering because …
Patiala: The Punjab State Power Corporation Ltd has bagged an award for energy conservation for the performance of its Bhatinda Thermal power plant. CMD of Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) K D Chaudhri received the award at a function in New Delhi from Union Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde …
A major fire that broke out at the Guru Nanak Dev Thermal Plant (GNDTP) late last night here has reportedly caused a loss of more than Rs 125 lakh to the plant. The fire broke out after a blast around 10 p.m. in the oil-filled unit transformer. As a result, …
