Jammu and Kashmir Assembly has passed a Bill laying down that companies running hydro-electric power projects in the state pay for the water they use to generate electricity.

The move, the government said, will earn the state Rs 848 crore a year in additional revenue.

In unprecedented distancing from the government by a key minister and questioning its development works in the strategic North-East and Bhutan, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh has taken up with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh demands for a review of all hydel projects in the region and a

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

Bhubaneswar: National Aluminium Company Ltd (Nalco) has shown interest in developing Independent Power Plants (IPPs) in Odisha.

The Central-sector company is interested to undertake the projects in partnership with the State-owned undertakings like the Odisha Thermal Power Corporation Ltd (OTPCL), the Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC) and the Odisha Hydro Power Corporation (OHPC).

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NTPC Ltd. said Thursday it aims to more than double its power generating capacity to 75 gigawatts by March 2017, as the state-run company seeks to meet surging demand for electricity in the world's second-fastest-growing major economy.

NTPC aims to further increase its installed capacity to 128 GW by 2032, Chairman Arup Roy Choudhury said in a speech at an annual meeting of shareholders.

Italy's southern region of Basilicata wants to become self-sufficient in power supplies by 2020 by boosting its renewable energy capacity by more than fivefold to about 1,600 megawatt, regional authorities said.

Basilicata with a population of about 600,000 people consumes 3,000 gigawatt hours of electricity a year and at present covers half of its needs with its own output generated mostly at

Co May Take Up Only Small Hydro Projects In Wake Of Recent Delays

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New Delhi: Indian companies which have invested in hydel joint ventures in Nepal, with a total a capacity of over 6,000 mw, face uncertainties over exporting the bulk of the power to India due to several policy barriers that also restrict New Delhi

Executive Director of BHEL, Bhopal bagged "Enertia Award-2010 for Individual Achievement in Hydro Poower Sector". The announcement was made the other day by Professor AG Iyer, Editor In Chief & founder member of Jury for the awards.