Projects funded by the private sector added 5,122 MW of more capacity in 2010-11, about 84 per cent of the target set by the commission, while power projects run by the Central government added only half of the targeted capacity.
Category: Power & New and Renewable Energy
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UMPP projects a huge draw
Tata Power, Larsen & Toubro, Adani and Vedanta are amĆĀong the 20 companies that have bid for the government's fifth ultra mega power project (UMPP) at Bedabahal in Orissa.
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India Coal Conference 2011: Coal-based power no longer lucrative biz
Conference discusses viable options before coal industry; domestic production of coal, not increase in its price, needs a boost to correct situation, say experts.
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NTPC plans ash pipeline to restart 4 units
NTPC has proposed to lay a 40-km long pipeline for ash disposal from the four units of the 3,000-MW NTPC Kaniha plant in order to restart opeĆĀration of the four units.
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Tata Power secures coal for Mundra UMPP
Tata Power has received coal from Arutmin mines, Indonesia, for its 4,000-MW ultra mega power project (UMPP) at Mundra.
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Alstom bags $414 mn hydel project
Alstom, in consortium with Hindustan Construction Company (HCC), bagged a contract worth more than $414 million by the Tehri Hydro Development Corporation (THDC).
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Tata BP Solar commissions 1 MW unit
Tata BP Solar India has installed and commissioned 1 MW scale solar poĆĀwer plant in the co-operative sector under the Rooftop and Other Small Solar Power Generation Plant scheme.
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NHPC, OHPC JV to set up 320 MW hydel units
NHPC and Orissa Hydro Power Corporation (OHPC) have formed a joint venture (JV) to build three hydro power projects with a total capacity of 320 mw at an estimated cost of Rs 2600 crore in the state.
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NTPC closes Kaniha unit
The authorities of Kaniha plant of National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) have shut down one of the four 500 MW units of the stage-II of this 3,000 MW super thermal station.
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We've empowered NHAI managers at state level, more needed
J N Singh, Member (Finance), National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), chats with Shashidhar Nanjundaiah about factors governing lukewarm completion performance, restructuring, BOT Annuity (revised), changing road safety norms, and more.