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 …
The Punjab cabinet today constituted a sub-committee to consider and work out the modalities for the closure of the state-owned thermal plants in view of the CEA guidelines to retire non-viable Thermal Power Plants (TPPS) that have exceeded 25-year life span. The decision was taken at a meeting of the …
Move in line with Centre’s norm of shutting units older than 25 yrs Punjab’s two oldest thermal power plants — Bathinda and Ropar — are staring at closure. Taking the first step to shut both plants in phases, the Board of Directors of Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL), in …
Thermal plant at Mukerian set to become a reality The proposed 1320 MW Mukerian thermal plant to be taken up for commissioning by Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) is set to become a reality with the Union Coal ministry allocating a 229 million tonne coal block in West Bengal …
Ropar, June 23: A four-member team of a Delhi-based NGO, Centre for Science and Environment, during its visit to Ropar Guru Gobind Singh Super Thermal Plant found that the working conditions inside the plant exposed the employees to various health hazards. They observed that the coal unloading platform was not …
With a number of thermal power plants being developed by private companies getting delayed due to non-availability of coal, the Punjab Government's captive coal mine at Pachwara (Jharkhand) is in the centre of confrontation between the warring parties. Private companies are seeking a share in the coal produced from the …
The management of the Ropar Guru Gobind Singh Super Thermal Plant has decided to shut one of its six generation units from today due to shortage of coal. Sources said the plant management was left with coal stock for just 11 days. The 1,260 MW thermal plant has six units …
Ropar: No pong ash is being used from Ropar thermal plant for the construction of Kurali-Kiratpur Sahib stretch of the National Highway 21 despite strict guidelines of the government of India. Under notification issued by the Union government on September 14, 1999, use of fly ash, if available, is mandatory …
PSEB Chairman assesses damage Tribune News Service Ropar, March 12 To assess the damage caused to machinery during a minor fire in unit number 6, Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB) Chairman HS Brar today visited the Guru Gobind Singh Super Thermal Plant today. But the chairman was greeted with black …
Punjab was forced to undergo long power cuts for upto six hours after two units of the Ropar Thermal plant tripped today, leading to acute shortage of power. The state lost as much as 420 MW power on Friday due to the tripping of the two thermal power generation units …
