Tajikistan launches giant dam to end power shortage
Tajikistan on Friday inaugurated a $3.9-billion hydro-electric power plant, a mega project that would enable the impoverished country to eliminate domestic energy shortages and export …
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BHEL Commissions 120 MW Pulichintala Hydro Electric project in Telangana
With the commissioning of the fourth and final 30 MW hydro generating unit, Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has successfully commissioned the 120 MW Pulichintala …
Tamil Nadu CM Palaniswami writes to PM over Kerala’s proposal for new dam
The Tamil Nadu government on Wednesday wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, opposing the Centre’s nod to Kerala’s proposal to conduct an Environmental …
Nepal to award 1,200 MW hydroelectric project to Chinese company
Nepal has revived a deal with a Chinese state-owned firm to construct a USD 2.5 billion hydroelectric plant, that had been scrapped by the previous …
China mulls exit from Nepal’s Seti hydropower project
Citing high resettlement and rehabilitation costs, China is planning to make an exit from 750-megawatt West Seti hydropower project in Nepal, reported the South China …
Green group favors impact assessment of each hydropower project in HP
Environment group Himdhara Collective on Sunday sent a letter to the expert committee of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, demanding cumulative impact …
Bengal govt promoting renewable energy sources: Mamata Banerjee
The West Bengal government is drawing up several schemes for the promotion of solar power and other sources of renewable energy, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee …
Arunachal CM Khandu stresses on hydropower potential to transform state
Recalling years of economic struggle post-statehood in 1987, with lingering memories of war with China in 1962, Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Wednesday …
No formal communication on government’s NHPC stake sale: NTPC
NTPC has not received any formal communication yet on government’s reported plans to sell its stake in hydropower producer NHPC to the state-run power utility …
Punjab Govt. approves renewable energy projects worth Rs 100 crore
The Punjab government has approved renewable energy projects worth Rs 100 crore, state Minister for Power, New and Renewable Energy Sources Gurpreet Singh Kangar said …