Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …
Awaits Ministry’s nod for formal inauguration The National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) commissioned the first two units (200 MW each) of the 800 MW Kol Dam project yesterday after two machines were synchronised with the northern grid successfully. The other two units, of same capacity, would be commissioned soon, NTPC …
Plans to install 15,000 MW of solar power in next five years may become unviable with states being reluctant to buy costlier clean energy Reluctance on part of states to buy expensive clean energy has put a question mark on the feasibility of the country's biggest power generator NTPC's plans …
On Monday evening with the commissioning of our maiden hydel power project at Himachal Pradesh NTPC has crossed the 44,000 MW mark of power production, by today evening its one more unit is going to be functional. It was informed by the General Manager of North Karanpura Super Thermal Power …
Corp chairman to visit today, HP to get 366.48 million unit power each yr After being plagued by cost overrun and a delay of about five years, the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) is set to commission the 800-MW Kol Dam, its first hydropower project, on the Sutlej river in …
The Ministry of Environment and Forests has issued Terms of Reference to NTPC to conduct environmental studies for its 1000x4 MW supercritical power plant proposed at Pudimadaka, about 50 km from here. The expert appraisal committee under the Ministry at its meeting held in January considered the revised layout plan …
VISAKHAPATNAM: National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC)'s is mulling expanding its 2000MW Simhadri unit by another 650-800MW to cater to the growing power needs of the country. The coal fired Simhadri unit supplies power to southern states, including Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. Interacting with media persons here on …
These projects include 800 Mw at KTPS, 1,080 Mw at Bhadradri in Manugur of Khammam district and 4,400 Mw at Damaracherla in Nalgonda district Public sector undertaking Rural Electrification Corporation Limited (REC) has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Telangana State Generation Corporation (Genco) to provide a funding of …
A clean-up is essential. But for this, India's power sector must also come clean. Companies need to voluntarily share data. It was India's largest power generator, NTPC, that refused public scrutiny. Coal is an environmentalist's bugbear. The use of coal to generate energy is the key reason the world is …
Govt’s project monitoring group, set up to unlock hurdles facing big-ticket and strategic investments, has so far resolved problems facing over 200 projects worth .`6.9 lakh cr. While the government seeks to reform the land acquisition law this week, it has decided to fast-track 10 power projects worth . 90,000 …
Nagpur: The Maharashtra government on Wednesday informed the Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court that they have to recover Rs 164 crore from National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and Rs44 crore from National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) for repairing the roads around Koradi that were damaged due to movement …
Project implemented through a joint venture NTPC Ltd has informed the BSE about the commencement of commercial operations of Unit-III 500-Mw Vallur thermal power project. The Unit III power project located in Tiruvallur district has been set up by NTPC Tamil Nadu Energy Co Ltd (NTECL), which is a JV …
The union cabinet on Wednesday approved state-run power producer NTPC Ltd's plans to set up 15,000 megawatt of grid-connected solar projects, which would be completed in three tranches. The rapidly falling cost of solar power has ignited interest in its potential in Asia's third-largest economy, which relies on coal for …
The Cabinet on Wednesday approved 15,000 Mw of grid-connected solar power projects of state-owned National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC). This target is in line with the National Democratic Alliance government's ambitious target of 100,000 Mw of solar power by 2022. The NTPC would execute this scheme in three tranches …
SHILLONG: The State Government is planning to start thermal power projects in Garo Hills, one by NEEPCO, and another by DS Group, but the report released by the Centre for Science and Environment’s (CSE) on the side effects of coal based power plants is a cause of worry for Meghalaya …
CSE's Study Rates 47 Coal-Based Plants A first-ever environmental rating of coalbased power plants has found that India's thermal power generating units figure among the world's “most inefficient“ in terms of compliance to pollution norms, use of resources and overall operation efficiency . Though private sector thermal plants in the …
The much-maligned thermal power generation industry continues to be dogged by environmental issues. According to a study conducted by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) under the Green Rating Project (GRP), not only are Indian power plants some of the most inefficient ones, but also one of the most …
Impact assessments are conducted with the objective of safeguarding human health and the environment. The Environmental Impact Assessment notification of 2006, subsequent amendments and associated guidelines provide the framework to document untoward effects of proposed industrial and developmental projects on the environment, and to manage them. It is also implicitly …
Seven others in the fray pull out as bidding gets increasingly competitive. Four companies, including state-run Power Grid Corporation of India, have bid for two transmission projects, Gadarwara A and B, worth. `6,000 crore even as seven other pulled out of the bids after showing interest. Industry executives said that …
Country's largest power producer NTPC will invest close to $10 billion for executing green energy projects in the next five years as part of government's plans to provide thrust to clean electricity generation. The public sector company has committed to set up renewable power projects of 10,000 MW capacity in …
Hydropower plants in Uttarakhand are likely to get the backing of the environment ministry , which appears to have softened its stance after a meeting chaired by a top bureaucrat in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) in January , having previously been reluctant to do so following the catastrophic 2013 …
