PSU to complete Rs 15,000-crore project in three years

The Punjab government has allotted the biggest thermal power plant being set up in Gidderbaha to National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC).

Power producers planning to lay transmission lines for evacuation of power produced in Himachal will have to tread a more difficult path for approvals.

Following The Indian Express report, building of Pinjore road put on hold, debris disposal gets priority

The Himachal Pradesh Pollution Control Board (HPPCB) has asked the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to immediately stop work on the Pinjore-Shimla highway.

The Himachal Pradesh government has decided to leave it to the Supreme Court to decide on the fate of Netherlands-based company Brakel Corporation, which was allotted the mega 960 MW Jangi-Thopan power project but the allotment was later set aside by the High Court.

The Himachal Pradesh Cabinet, which met here on Monday, approved a revised bid document for privatisation of all hydel projects above five megawatt capacity. It also gave a green signal to the power department to invite bids for 18 new hydel projects.

The UT Administration has adopted the theme, 'generating electricity from solar power', under the Solar City initiative, for which a proposal has been made before the Union government for its approval.

In order to do away with the cumbersome process of manually switching on and off streetlights, the administration has decided to install solar switches across the township.

The state government is negotiating with power major National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) to finally commission Punjab

In 1833, German engineer John Etzler had dreamt of generating power from high-altitude wind. The dream may come true, almost two centuries later. Hermann Plauson, an Estonian engineer, had thought about producing power from

Punjab offers incentive of 30 per cent power to be sold as merchant power

Twenty-one top notch power companies have shown keen interest in Punjab