120 MW thermal power plant in Ganjam district of Odisha on the anvil...

  A 120 mega watt (MW) thermal power plant is on the anvil to be established near Chatrapur in Ganjam district. This power plant would need an investment worth around Rs. 600 crore. It would be established by Dr. Ramakrishna Prasad Power Private Limited (RKPPL) of Hyderabad. Speaking to The Hindu, Ganjam district Collector, Krishan...

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UPPCL signs power purchase agreement for 110 MW solar power with the solar power developers...

  The UP Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL) has entered into an agreement with solar power developers for purchasing 110mw of power. The agreement was entered in the presence of UP chief secretary, Javed Usmani, who said that under the state solar policy the state government will be setting up 500mw of power solar power plants in...

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DERC turns down discoms power tariff-hike plan in Delhi...

  The Delhi power regulator has turned down a request by the distribution companies to hike power tariffs in the Capital, a day before the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal takes oath as chief minister. This is probably the first time that a claim by the distribution companies has been turned down. Distribution companies...

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Progress of OPGC, NTPC power & coal mine projects in Odisha...

  The progress of the power plant and coal mine projects allocated to OPGC is satisfactory. This has come to light in the State level Steering Committee Meeting held under Chairmanship of Chief Secretary Jugal Kishore Mohapatra in secretariat conference hall today wherein Energy secretary Pradeep Kumar Jena presented the present...

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PowerGrid gets shareholder approval to hike FII limit to 30 per cent...

  Power Grid Corporation of India has received shareholder approval to increase the limit of holdings by foreign institutional investors to 30 per cent from 24 per cent currently. FIIs can acquire and hold, on their own account and on behalf of each of their Sebi-approved sub-accounts, shares of the company up to an aggregate limit...

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