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Thermal power plants will generate 75.66 per cent of the country's electricity requirement of 1,750 billion units in the current fiscal, the government said today.

Three more bodies were recovered from the NTPC's flood-ravaged Tapovan-Vishnugad hydel project site on Saturday, taking the death count in the February 7 glacial disaster in Uttarakhand to 65, officials said.

A video that has emerged from the Uttarakhand avalanche tragedy has captured the moment when the Tapovan Hydro Electric Power project was completely washed off. At least 30 people have died and 170 are missing after a glacier burst on Sunday that left many workers trapped in tunnels.

The Tehri Hydro Development Corporation's (THDC) proposed Khurja coal power plant in Uttar Pradesh will push up the cost of electricity and increase air pollution levels in Delhi, says a report by a research institute today. THDC India Limited (THDCIL), formerly known as Tehri Hydro Development Corporation Ltd, is a joint venture of the Centre and ...

The Union Cabinet may take up for approval this month the hydro-power policy which aims to provide Rs 16,709 crore support for stalled 40 hydel projects, entailing 11,639 MW capacity, and to classify all such ventures as renewable energy.

Nepal has signed a deal with a Chinese company to develop a 1,200 megawatt hydroelectric project. Nepal's Ministry of Energy yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding with China Gezhouba Group Corporation for the development of the 1,200-MW Budhigandaki Hydroelectric Project.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the 1200 MW Teesta Stage III Hydro Electric Project in Sikkim, all 6 units of which are expected to be ready for commissioning by the end of this year.

State-owned NHPC on Thursday said it has entered into a pact with Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) for undertaking hydro power projects in overseas markets.

State-owned Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) has successfully commissioned a 40 MW hydro-electric generating unit in West Bengal.

State-run NHPC on Wednesday reported a net profit of Rs 388.02 crore for the quarter ended December 31, 2015, more than double of Rs 179.83 crore in the corresponding quarter, on the back of higher income from operations.

The Jammu and Kashmir government has given its approval for the creation of a Local Area Development Fund (LADF) equivalent to one per cent free power for all Hydro Electric Projects commissioned in the state from 2008 onwards.

Strengthening its overseas footprint, state-run BHEL today said a renovated hydro project with enhanced generation capacity has been commissioned in Tajikistan.

Four hydropower projects with a combined capacity of 3,400 KW will be set up in Uttar Pradesh in three years, the state government has said. An empowered committee headed by Infrastructure & Industrial Development Commissioner Anil K Gupta on Wednesday approved the successful bidders for setting up the new small hydropower projects (SHPs).

The budget has proposed an outlay of Rs 53,296.87 crore for seven power sector PSUs, including major power producers NTPC and NHPC, PowerGrid Corp and Damodar Valley Corp, in the next fiscal.

Thermal power plants will generate 75.66 per cent of the country's electricity requirement of 1,750 billion units in the current fiscal, the government said today.

Three more bodies were recovered from the NTPC's flood-ravaged Tapovan-Vishnugad hydel project site on Saturday, taking the death count in the February 7 glacial disaster in Uttarakhand to 65, officials said.

A video that has emerged from the Uttarakhand avalanche tragedy has captured the moment when the Tapovan Hydro Electric Power project was completely washed off. At least 30 people have died and 170 are missing after a glacier burst on Sunday that left many workers trapped in tunnels.

The Tehri Hydro Development Corporation's (THDC) proposed Khurja coal power plant in Uttar Pradesh will push up the cost of electricity and increase air pollution levels in Delhi, says a report by a research institute today. THDC India Limited (THDCIL), formerly known as Tehri Hydro Development Corporation Ltd, is a joint venture of the Centre and ...

The Union Cabinet may take up for approval this month the hydro-power policy which aims to provide Rs 16,709 crore support for stalled 40 hydel projects, entailing 11,639 MW capacity, and to classify all such ventures as renewable energy.

Nepal has signed a deal with a Chinese company to develop a 1,200 megawatt hydroelectric project. Nepal's Ministry of Energy yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding with China Gezhouba Group Corporation for the development of the 1,200-MW Budhigandaki Hydroelectric Project.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the 1200 MW Teesta Stage III Hydro Electric Project in Sikkim, all 6 units of which are expected to be ready for commissioning by the end of this year.

State-owned NHPC on Thursday said it has entered into a pact with Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) for undertaking hydro power projects in overseas markets.

State-owned Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) has successfully commissioned a 40 MW hydro-electric generating unit in West Bengal.

State-run NHPC on Wednesday reported a net profit of Rs 388.02 crore for the quarter ended December 31, 2015, more than double of Rs 179.83 crore in the corresponding quarter, on the back of higher income from operations.

The Jammu and Kashmir government has given its approval for the creation of a Local Area Development Fund (LADF) equivalent to one per cent free power for all Hydro Electric Projects commissioned in the state from 2008 onwards.

Strengthening its overseas footprint, state-run BHEL today said a renovated hydro project with enhanced generation capacity has been commissioned in Tajikistan.

Four hydropower projects with a combined capacity of 3,400 KW will be set up in Uttar Pradesh in three years, the state government has said. An empowered committee headed by Infrastructure & Industrial Development Commissioner Anil K Gupta on Wednesday approved the successful bidders for setting up the new small hydropower projects (SHPs).

The budget has proposed an outlay of Rs 53,296.87 crore for seven power sector PSUs, including major power producers NTPC and NHPC, PowerGrid Corp and Damodar Valley Corp, in the next fiscal.