Normal supply of power from the Bellary Thermal Power Station (BTPS) is all set to resume by Wednesday morning with the technical snag in the 500-MW unit having been fixed.

The unit tripped on Sunday night, leading to acute power shortage and consequent power cuts in the City.

'A quantum of 135 million litre ethanol is being produced from six sugar factories of the State annually. This is being used with petrol as a fuel. There is a target of increasing the use of ethenal to 10 per cent in the State by the end of next year,' said State Bio-fuel Task Force President Y B Ramakrishna.

MUMBAI: L&T Power Development Company, a subsidiary of Larsen & Toubro (L&T), plans to set up coal-based power projects worth 5,000 MW by 2015.

State-owned power generating company Karnataka Power Corporation Ltd (KPCL) and Larsen & Toubro today signed a joint venture agreement for the 1,600 MW (2X800 MW) coal-based thermal power project at Godhna in Chhattisgarh.

The Government of Karnataka has signed a joint venture agreement with Larsen and Toubro for establishing a 1600 MW (800x2) power plant in Chattisgarh.

The State government will buy 850 MW of power for two months from March 1 to mitigate the power shortage in the State, Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa announced in Bangalore on Tuesday.

Addressing a press conference, Yeddyurappa said the gap between the demand and supply of power exceeded nine million units per day as on Tuesday.

BANGALORE: The ground-breaking ceremony for the 4,000-MW greenfield thermal power project being taken up by the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) in Kudgi of Bijapur district would be held in March.

Karnataka has to add 1,000 mega watt of renewable energy in a year

Hong Kong-based CLP Group company CLP Power India Pvt Ltd will invest $800 million (over Rs 3,700 crore)to augment its power generation capacity from renewable resources to 650 Mw by the end of this year.

Out of the total target, 346 Mw is under construction, while 104 Mw is operational. The company has also identified locations for building the remaining capacity.

Move follows unrest among farmers in some areas.

B.S. Satish Kumar

Farmers are set to become equity partners in renewable energy projects in Karnataka.