The Madhya Pradesh government has imported 50,000 metric tonnes of coal from Indonesia to deal with its shortage which is affecting power generation in the state, official sources said.
"The imported coal has reached a port in Gujarat and will reach the state shortly," Madhya Pradesh Power Generating Company Limited (MPPGCL) Chairman cum Managing Director (CMD) RB Agarwal said.

ANTHROPOGENIC activities at Kandla Port are contaminating water in its creek which could affect the marine sanctuary and the national park there, a study by the National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) has said.

Vijaysinh Parmar | TNN

Virendra Pandit

Soon after dedicating the 250-megawatt, lignite coal-based power plant in Surat district to the people recently, the State-promoted Gujarat Industries Power Corporation Ltd (GIPCL) is now planning to invest around Rs 3,000 crore on in its second phase of nearly 600 MW on a greenfield thermal power project in the next two years.

Firm Likely To Set Up Smaller Plants At Multiple Locations; In Talks With Maharashtra, Andhra & Gujarat
Rajeev Jayaswal & Subhash Narayan NEW DELHI

ANIL Dhirubhai Ambani group company Reliance Power (R-Power) may substantially scale down its 7,480 mw Dadri power project and instead set up two or more plants totalling 8,000 mw capacity at multiple locations.

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Vasundhara Vyas Mehta | TNN

Ahmedabad: Innovation is the only solution for the challenge of energy conservation and final year students of
instrumentation department of Nirma University have proved this.

Sanjay Jog / Mumbai May 05, 2010, 1:11 IST

Several states have responded well to the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) initiative to introduce a renewable electricity certificate (REC) mechanism.

The company is also looking at private solar projects in Delhi and Mumbai; and water desalination project in Gujarat.

The Israel-based Safesky Software, which claims to be the cheapest solar power solution provider in the world, is scouting for projects in India.

Ahmedabad: Exciting plasma balls with flashes of electricity visible, an interactive presentation explaining how hydro power is generated or a screen that you can slide and the film playing on the screen changes. All this an much more for the children seeking to know about how, what, why, who and when about electricity is now put up at the latest exhibit at the Science City in Ahmedabad.