Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of President Municipal Committee Thathri VS Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir dated 03/12/2024. Joint committee report dated November 25, 2024 has been filed through the Central Pollution Control Board. Project proponents stated that they want to file an objection to …
Energy security has to go hand in hand with economic development and environmental protection. India has to customize its own energy portfolio, consistent with its endowment of energy resources, and employing technologies which are economically viable, socially equitable, ecologically sustainable and have minimal carbon emissions.
If Bhutan were to generate 6,000 MW by 2020 it would require adding, every year, a Chukha project to generate 346 MW of power, for the next 12 years, according to the draft 10th Plan document. The projections, the draft document states, are realistically based and anchored by the Indo-Bhutan …
A group of Nepali power developers have decided to proceed with the development of 100 MW-strong Kaligandaki gorge hydropower project to help resolve the crisis of load shedding in the country. Hydro Solutions, a company of the Nepali promoters, has said that it aims to complete the construction of the …
The 60 MW Kurichhu hydropower station in Gyalpoizhing, Mongar, has shut down for eight days starting February 11, to allow Bhutan Power Corporation Limited (BPCL) to do maintenance work on substations and transmission lines in the eastern region. This means eight eastern and central dzongkhags, including Sarpang and Zhemgang, will …
Responding to the cancellation notice served by the new BJP government, the Brakel Corporation, a Dutch company, has finally deposited the upfront premium of Rs 173 crore for the two mega hydroelectric projects it had secured in global bidding. The state government had allotted seven projects by inviting global tenders …
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minster Prem Kumar Dhumal on Sunday said that the hill State was targeting a generation of 12,000 MW of hydro electric power in the next five years. While laying the foundation stone for a 2.5 MW private hydro electric project in Kullu, he said all environmental safeguards …
The submergence study of the proposed Kanhar Jalayasa Pariyojna by Jharkhand Space Applications Center (JSAC) is basically a technology demonstration project to assess the area of submergence at different level of proposed impoundment. The reservoir is proposed on the river Kanhar which borders both Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh state near Garhwa …
Hydropower projects leads to the transformation of ecosystems by the creation of reservoirs and/or through important modifications to flow regimes. The nature and magnitude of impacts is highly site specific, vary significantly from one project to another and vary according to the biotopes in which projects are situated.
Mozambique formally took over the Cahora Bassa dam from its former ruler, Portugal, on November 27. Mozambique had to pay Portugal us $700 million for control of the dam, which is the second largest hydroelectric project in Africa. The dam supplies power not only to Mozambique but exports power to …
The India Energy Conclave 2007 would focus on the preparedness of the Indian energy sector to keep up with the rapidly growing Indian economy. It will focus on a wide range of topics of interest to stakeholders. It would cover both conventional and non-conventional energy and focus on policy, power, …
Disregarding ecological and livelihood concerns, the Parbati hydroelectric project in Himachal Pradesh is moving forward. Experts warn that diverting water from the Parbati and its tributaries for power generation will leave the people in Kullu, where the project is coming up, with nothing to drink and irrigate their fields. The …
DAM IT: On August 30, 2007, the Pakistan government announced the expansion of the Tarbela dam, built on the Indus river. A consortium, Tarbela Hydro Limited and Associates, comprising the India-based Kohinoor Group and the UAE-based Al-Nahyan Group, was to undertake the US $500 million Tarbela dam expansion project to …
the Kerala State Electricity Board is hopeful that the Athirapally Hydro Electric Project in the state's Trissur district will be revived. The Union ministry of Environment and Forests on July 19 cleared the board's proposal to build a 163-mw dam on the Chalakudy river. The clearance has sparked protests from …
Saturday, July 7. It's day 18 of an indefinite hunger strike by tribespeople of Sikkim's Lepcha community and there's no end in sight. Protests against the imminent influx of a series of dams on the river Teesta and its tributaries in the remote mountain regions of North Sikkim district have …
