NTPC to commission its first hydel project in Himachal Pradesh...

  State-run NTPC is likely to commission its first hydro power project, Koldam in Himachal Pradesh, in the next six months. "The inauguration of filling up of the reservoir of the 800 MW capacity Koldam project may be done tomorrow and the entire process takes about 6 months or so," a source told PTI. In about six-to-eight months,...

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NTPC ties up EUR 55 million term loan facility with KfW-(Germany) and signed an agreement for research cooperation...

  National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) has tied up a fixed interest term loan facility for EUR 55 million with KfW, the German government developmental financial institution to part finance the capital expenditure on Electro Static Precipitators and other selected packages of its Mouda Stage-II power project. An agreement to...

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Tripura's 726 MW Palatana Gas based power project of to resume generation this week...

  North-East India's biggest gas fired thermal power project at Palatana in Tripura's Gomati district which stopped generation few months ago will be operational this week. The ONGC-Tripura Power Company project had developed some faults in the compressor which were repaired by BHEL, ONGC's Tripura Asset Manager Ved Prakash Mahawar...

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Alstom to supply components to BHEL for Neyveli New Thermal Power Project...

  ALSTOM India Ltd has informed BSE that Alstom has been awarded a contract worth close to €125 million (i.e. 10,700 million INR) by BHEL for the 2X500 MW Neyveli New Thermal Power Project (NNTPP) located at Neyveli in the state of Tamil Nadu in India. Under the scope of the contract, Alstom will co-operate with BHEL in conceptualising,...

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India's peak power deficit drops by 2.9 perc in November: Report

  The country's peak power deficit shrank to 2.9 per cent in November from a month earlier as a delayed winter lowered electricity demand and utilities added generation capacity, according to a report. The peak power deficit, or the shortage of electricity supply when demand is at the maximum, stood at 3,736 MW last month, provisional...

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MNRE targets to set up 10,000 MW Grid connected roof top solar power plants during the current plan period...

  The Ministry Of New and Renewable Energy is promoting the grid connected solar rooftop systems in the country under Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission. Central Financial Assistance upto 30 percent of the benchmark cost of the project is provided for setting up of the solar rooftop systems which generate the power and are connected...

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L&T secures Rs 2935 crore EPC contract for 18 Nos of EHV Substations and cabling in Qatar...

  Infrastructure major Larsen & Toubro (L&T) today said it had secured a major international engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) order valued at Rs 2935 crore ($ 473 million) from the Qatar General Electricity & Water Corporation (KAHRAMAA) for the supply, construction and commissioning of 18 extra high voltage...

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MNRE issues National Awards for the Solar Water Heating Systems...

    MNRE has issued the list of companies for the National Awards regarding the Solar Water Heating Systems.       The categories for the awards were. Maximum achievement in solar thermal installation in sq.m. Percent (%) increase of SWHS installation sq.m. from the last year Best Service Network/Dealer...

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