Human Rights Forum (HRF), a voluntary forum of rights activists, has made certain demands on the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) with regard to the process for issue of environmental clearances to thermal power projects.
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Category: Power & New and Renewable Energy
HRF seeks transparency in environmental clearance to thermal projects
Human Rights Forum (HRF), a voluntary forum of rights activists, has made certain demands on the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) with regard to the process for issue of environmental clearances to thermal power projects.
HPGCL turns barren land into paddy field
Haryana Power Generation Corporation Limited (HPGCL) has succeeded in reclaiming the fertility of a farm land in Sutana village, that farmers alleged was barren due to water seepage from the Panipat Thermal Power Station.
NTPC posts record output in a day
NTPC has recorded its highest-ever power generation capacity 866.47 million units in a day from sources like coal, solar, gas and hydro.
HPPL firms to set up 31.5 MW Punjab solar plant
Hindustan Power Project Ltd (HPPL) subsidiaries Bhanu Energy Infrastructure and Power Ltd & Bhanu Energy Industrial Development Ltd have set up the country´s largest single-location solar power plant of 31.5 MW at Mirpur Lalan village in Mansa district of Punjab, reports the Economic Times.
CleanMax eyes 400 MW rooftop solar installed capacity in 2 years
Buoyed by the Centre´s increased focus on the renewable energy sector, solar solutions provider CleanMax Solar is looking to enhance its rooftop installed capacity by nearly eight-fold to about 400 MW in the next two years, a top company official said.
After acute shortages, Karnataka electrified with surplus power
Reeling under severe shortage of power until a few months ago, Karnataka is all of a sudden left with the bounty of surplus power.
NTPC´s Farakka plant gets green nod for coal imports
An Environment Ministry panel has given permission to state-run NTPC for transporting imported coal to its Farakka Thermal Power Plant in West Bengal via national waterways for another 6 months till January 2017.
Mohali to get 5 new power grids, updated transformers
To address the problem of low voltage and power fluctuations in Mohali, five new grids would be set up by end of next year. Five grids of 66 kV capacity would be installed at several locations in town to enable even and sufficient electricity supply.
WTC gets 250 kV rooftop solar plant
Solar solutions provider Maxwell Solar and Wind Energy has installed a 250 kV grid connected rooftop solar plant at the World Trade Centre in Mumbai.

